Exercise 5.4.1: Using Model Images to Enhance Communication

In this exercise, students will learn how to:

Manipulate viewpoints to highlight and better communicate problems that require resolution.
Increase the realism of an image by adding material textures, lights, content, and backgrounds.

Figure 5.4.1 - Enhancing a viewpoint to better communicate a conflict requiring resolution

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Create a viewpoint that highlights the conflicts between the concrete beams and the exposed oval duct HVAC system in the ceiling space of Level 1. Try making the lighting fixtures transparent to reduce clutter in the view.
Duplicate a viewpoint from that same camera angle and fine-tune the appearance to highlight the clearance problems that existing between the lighting fixtures and the exposed oval duct HVAC system. Try making the beams transparent and hiding any elements that obstruct the view.
Create an exterior rendering of the composite model testing different material finishes on the architectural shell of the building. Use a natural sky as the background for the image.

Figure 5.4.2 - Rendered preview of the interior of retail space on Level 1

Exercise 5.4.2: Creating Animations

In this exercise, students will learn how to:

Record a real-time walk-through of the project using different effects and perspectives.
Program simple object animations to heighten the model interactivity.
Associate object animations with events that can be triggered by the user navigation.
Create scripts that play animations during the course of a real-time walk-through.

Figure 5.4.3 - Animating door objects to open and close

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Create a real-time walk-through that starts at the exterior of the building; walks around and passes through the front entry doors; looks around the lobby; and stops in front of the elevator shaft.
End the animation on a viewpoint with redline tags and comments regarding the design.
Create an object animation that opens and closes the front door of the building.
Script the animation to be triggered when a reviewer navigates through a hotspot with a 3-foot (0.91 m) radius from the center of the door, then rerecord the walk-through, triggering the door animation as you pass through the front door.
Export the animation to an AVI file, being careful to choose a resolution so that it is easily uploaded to the web.

Figure 5.4.4 - Real-time walk-through animation with object animation incorporated

In this exercise, students will learn how to:

Explore the results of the clash tests as lists and as scene views.
Manage and organize clash test results by the cause of the problem or the discipline responsible for resolving the problem.
Differentiate between valid and invalid clashes.
Tune the appearance of the viewpoints in order to highlight the essential elements shown.
Creating clash reports using various output formats options (Viewpoints, HTML, TEXT, or XML).

Figure 5.2.5 - Grouping like clashes into clash sets

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Review the clash test results and the conflicts reported between the concrete framing and the exposed HVAC system in the ceiling space of Level 1. Then create folders to group and consolidate the clashes related to the Flex Duct Round and to the Oval Duct.
Using a similar approach, group and consolidate the clashes reported in the clearance clash test between the ducts and lighting fixtures on Level 1. Group the clashes results into folders based on the root causes of the conflicts.
Add tags and comments to each set of clash results that describe the needed resolution.
Create a Viewpoint report and an HTML to report these results to the responsible disciplines. Open each report to confirm the accuracy of the simplified set of clashes included in the reports.

Figure 5.2.6 - Managing clashes from concrete framing and exposed ducts

In this exercise, students will learn how to:

Interrogate the composite model to find particular elements.
Define selection sets of like elements that include elements from several of the appended models.
Define search criteria to select sets of elements that share common properties or parameter values.
Merge previously defined selection sets and organizing the sets into folders.

Figure 5.1.6 - Using the section box to expose the building systems in a 3D view

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Create a multicriteria Search Set, called Wood Framing, that contains the wood framing elements that meet at least one of the following constraints:
- Item Name Contains timber
- Item Name Contains joist
- Item Name Contains pine
- Item Name Contains wood
Create a Selection Set, called Windows & Doors that includes all the windows and doors of the model, regardless of the family type.

Figure 5.1.7 - Selection set of the wood framing elements