© 2006 ITT Educational Services Inc. CD230 Architectural Design & Drafting: Unit 1 Slide 1 Unit 1 CADD Part I

© 2006 ITT Educational Services Inc. CD230 Architectural Design & Drafting II: Unit 1 Slide 2 3D Modeling Three-dimensional modeling is a rapidly emerging area of CADD, revolutionizing the way industry integrates computers into the design process.

© 2006 ITT Educational Services Inc. CD230 Architectural Design & Drafting II: Unit 1 Slide 3 3D Modeling Commercial 3-D modeling packages, available since the early 1980s, have slowly made inroads into a wide range of industries.

© 2006 ITT Educational Services Inc. CD230 Architectural Design & Drafting II: Unit 1 Slide 4 3D Modeling Two-dimensional CAD has, in many ways, matured to 3D CAD, revolutionizing the way industry integrates computers into the design process.

© 2006 ITT Educational Services Inc. CD230 Architectural Design & Drafting II: Unit 1 Slide 5 3D Modeling 3D modeling has just begun to have an impact that will revolutionize the architectural and building industries

© 2006 ITT Educational Services Inc. CD230 Architectural Design & Drafting II: Unit 1 Slide 6 BIM Building information model  a methodology for storing complete information about a building in a 3D model  integrates all the geometric model information and the functional requirements to create a database of a building project over its lifetime

© 2006 ITT Educational Services Inc. CD230 Architectural Design & Drafting II: Unit 1 Slide 7 3D Modeling Over the last decade, 3D modeling has been used to create 2D construction models and documentation

© 2006 ITT Educational Services Inc. CD230 Architectural Design & Drafting II: Unit 1 Slide 8 BIM The newest technologies focus on the creation, management, and communication of information for the building project

© 2006 ITT Educational Services Inc. CD230 Architectural Design & Drafting II: Unit 1 Slide 9 BIM Software Solutions Autodesk Architectural Desktop Graphisoft ArchiCAD Autodesk Revit Bentley Architecture

© 2006 ITT Educational Services Inc. CD230 Architectural Design & Drafting II: Unit 1 Slide 10 Architectural Desktop Models can be analyzed for:  structural member determination  mechanical loads  electrical loads  energy consumption loads

© 2006 ITT Educational Services Inc. CD230 Architectural Design & Drafting II: Unit 1 Slide 11 Construction Documents Plans and documents can be generated automatically from the 3D models Sections and schedules are maintained for objects such as doors and windows

© 2006 ITT Educational Services Inc. CD230 Architectural Design & Drafting II: Unit 1 Slide 12 Implementation Level The point in which the building model information can be used for project estimating, project management, and/or facilities management Architectural Desktop and Revit can export information to a spreadsheet or database