Discover the intricacies and importance of building projects modeled in 3D, specifically using Revit, a platform favored by architects and engineers across various disciplines. Understand how 2D views of these 3D models aid in resolving construction bottlenecks prior to physical construction, saving time and reducing errors.
Key Insights
- Architects and engineers, including mechanical, structural, and electrical, used Revit to create 3D models for the entire project. These 3D models help in pre-empting construction issues and bring about efficiency.
- The 3D models can be converted into 2D views, enabling better understanding of the design and facilitating early resolution of potential issues related to elements such as air intakes and duct layouts.
- These designs are well-organized, with detailed room names, numbers, and duct systems. The absence of dimensions doesn't hinder understanding due to the presence of exhaustive notes and logical flow of information, making these designs efficient and easy to comprehend.
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In one of our previous videos, I mentioned the fact that this project was created in Revit, and that is totally true. The architect, the engineers, which include mechanical, structural, electrical, mechanical, all used Revit to model the project. In fact, everything in this project is modeled in 3D.
This drawing is a 2D view of that 3D model. When we start looking at the contents up here, we're seeing 2D information, but in reality, everything is in 3D. How that helps us is that in situations like right here, where we have two air intakes that are crossing over one another in space, that we can resolve the vertical placement of these ducts electronically before construction and save change orders during construction.
Just like all of the other engineering drawings that we've been looking at, we have the architectural background referenced in and screened back. You can see that we have room names and room numbers. We have ducts.
We have intake units. We have supply and return systems. We're showing the ducting.
We can follow the path of how everything works. You can see here that we have an FCU, the size of the duct. It turns, same size.
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It turns into an 8-inch diameter. Then it goes flexible, and then it turns into a supply. You see structural grids are referenced.
You really don't see any dimensions, but again, you will see sizing. There's a lot of notes that clarify points. The mechanical engineer has done a really, really good job on this drawing.
Information is well organized. It's in a logical flow. Everything's easy to read.
So good job to them. Let's go on to our next drawing.