DFT 46 - Building Information Modeling II - Advanced Applications

Transfer Status

CSU

Prerequisite

DFT 45

Unit(s)

3.00

• Lecture: 34.00 Contact hours/68.00 Out of class hours/102.00 Total hours/2.00 Unit(s)
• Lab: 51.00 Contact hours/0.00 Out of class hours/51.00 Total hours/1.00 Unit(s)
• Total: 85.00 Contact hours/68.00 Out of class hours/153.00 Total hours/3.00 Unit(s)

Course Description: This course is a continuation of the computer-based Building Information Modeling (BIM) course. Students who have already completed the learning objectives of DFT-45 Building Information Modeling will be introduced to advanced techniques and concepts of BIM within the software, Revit. Topics will include design options, phasing of design, work sets, site, area analysis, creating in-place and advanced families, massing, and rendering. Students will complete a large scale project with activities spanning the entire course including project phases, project management, material costing and extensive modeling in 3D.

Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Create a project with several design options using Building Information Modeling (BIM) application.
2. Initiate design phases in as-built and proposed design change with separate configurations within a single project BIM file.
3. Create an electronic shared work environment containing BIM application worksets to manage project sharing of details, model and specification data.
4. Add a topographic surface and other site components to the BIM model and create area schedules for analysis purposes.
5. Create simple and complex parametric families in a BIM application and using the BIM application to apply architectural massing techniques that apply to the project design.
6. Interpret plans and specifications provided by instructor to create an as-built model of a light commercial building or a complex multi-story residence in preparation for revisions and new design to given parameters.

Topic Titles / Suggested Time Topic

Lecture

Lab

1. Class Activities
2. Collaborative Group Work
3. Demonstrations
4. Homework: Students are required to complete two hours of outside-of-class homework for each hour of lecture
5. Lecture
6. Multimedia Presentations

1. Exams/Tests
2. Projects
3. Homework
4. Class participation

Reading Assignments

1. Read the chapter on Creating Custom Templates and be prepared to work on the practice exercises during the next class.
2. Read the bid documents for the Boise Cascade project and, with your team, be prepared to discuss at the beginning of the next class.

Writing Assignments

1. Complete the review questions on creating custom templates and submit answers at the end of class.
2. After reading about project time management and completing the assigned tasks from the study guide, complete the review questions. Submit answers to instructor.

Out-of-Class Assignments

1. Using Autodesk Seek online, research office wall partition system families and be prepared to report your results during the next class.
2. After completing the estimates in class today, prepare a basic project schedule of tasks to complete the initial model. Summarize tasks and prepare to discuss your estimates in groups during the next class.

ASCENT, Center for Technical Knowledge. (2024). Autodesk Revit 2025 BIM Management. ASCENT, Center for Technical Knowledge, 1st. 9781962037655.

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