Module Details

Module Code: RECH
Module Title: BIM and Representation 1
Title: BIM and Representation 1
Module Level:: 8
Credits:: 5
Module Coordinator: Eoin Homan
Module Author:: Eoghan O'Shea
Domains:  
Module Description: • To provide a fusion of BIM best practice with the technical design development in the Studio module
• To explore the use of BIM in conjuction with Graphic Manipulation software as a sophisticated recording and communication tool in refurbishment projects
• To develop modelling, drafting and rendering skills, and presentation abilities to a professional level
• To develop teamwork and collaboration within the BIM and studio environment
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Apply advanced BIM techniques to the representation of complex material and structural characteristics of historical and new building fabrics
LO2 Integrate the use of multi-layered image manipulation software with BIM to communicate strategic, material, structural and informational qualities of buildings and building elements for analytical and presentation purposes
LO3 Develop skills in creating and editing parametric (family) components in a BIM environment
LO4 Operate within a collaborative BIM and studio environment
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.

No recommendations listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Additional Requisite Information
No Co Requisites listed
 
Indicative Content
Advanced Customisation of Buildings, Families and Project Settings
(a) Advanced modelling techniques for walls, stacked walls, curtain walls, ceilings, floor, slabs, roofs, columns, beams, truss, bracing, foundation, piling, stairs, ramps and railings. (b) Creating advanced family types in the project environment and family editor.
Advanced Detailing Techniques, Collaboration and Sustainable Design.
(a) Creating 3D axonometric details in 3D view and adding annotation to the 3D detail. (b) Exporting and importing details and views from Revit projects. (c) Incorporating a sustainable design approach from the beginning. (d) Develop your design using work sharing, workflows and collaboration. (e) Understand the principles of groups and links. (h) Collaborating, tracking changes and coordinating processes.
Create Professional-quality Construction Documentation.
(a) Using callouts create views, sheets, annotation, tag, schedules, legends, 3D sections, elevations, sections, details and keynotes. (b) Rendering, real-world surfaces with architectural materials. Creating and editing materials from digital images using real world scale.
Historical record and demolition
(a) use of phasing tools and graphic overrides (b) advanced graphic techniques to emphasise material qualities and construction process (c) Use of advanced families to record historical decorations
Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP)
Project collaboration, schedules, legends, HVAC heating and cooling, ductwork, piping, lighting, power and communications, mechanical systems, electrical systems and circuits, plumbing systems and fire protection.
3Ds Max design
(a) Assign images as environmental maps. Create and edit materials and maps using material editor. (b) Understand a logical approach for calculating mental ray rendering. (c) Understand Global Illumination, Indirect Illumination and Final Gather. (d) Creating daylight systems, setting the material reflectivity and understanding photometric lights. (d) Understanding and Creating Animations (e) Understanding the World of Video Time, adding and adjusting cameras. Understanding and editing keyframes. Creating walkthroughs, understanding animation file output options.
Photoshop Essentials
(a) Pixels, Bitmaps, Grayscale to RGB versus CMYK. Setup raster printer in AutoCAD matching scale and resolution. (b) Natural selection, transformation, distortion, hiding and showing. (c) Getting into Perspective (d)Establishing the horizon, introducing vanishing points filters; two point and three point perspective. Move, copy and clone in perspective. (e) Light and Shade (f) Shadows on the ground and walls, shading using dodge and burn (g) The Third Dimension (h) Adding depth to flat artwork, matching existing perspective and using displacement maps. (i) Plans and Elevations (j) Exporting images from BIM, converting vector to raster and creating depth with shadows. Setting background and swatches, adding noise for textures. Reflecting clouds and environment in glass and extracting realistic figures.
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Project100.00%

Assessments

Full Time

No Continuous Assessment
Project
Assessment Type Project % of Total Mark 75
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Conservation Project - cross module assessment with Conservation & Adaption
Assessment Type Project % of Total Mark 25
Timing Week 3 Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Primer project- cross module assessment with Conservation & Adaption
No Practical
No End of Module Formal Examination
Reassessment Requirement
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.
Reassessment Description
Learners may submit additional project work for marking and for the consideration of the Autumn Exam Board, providing they have achieved a minimum of 35% in their initial submission.

SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Workload Category Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact Conservation Project 12 Weeks per Stage 3.00 36
Lecture Contact Primer Project 12 Weeks per Stage 1.00 12
Independent Learning Non Contact No Description 12 Weeks per Stage 6.42 77
Total Weekly Contact Hours 4.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Paul F Aubin. (2020), Revit Essentials for Architecture, 2021. G3b Press, p.808, [ISBN: 9780578731063].
  • Eric Wing. (2019), Revit 2020 for Architecture, John Wiley & Sons, p.848, [ISBN: 9781119560081].
  • Brad Hardin, Dave McCool. (2015), BIM and Construction Management, 2nd edition. Sybex, p.408, [ISBN: 1118942760].
  • Scott Onstott. Enhancing CAD drawings with photoshop, San Francisco, Calif. ; SYBEX, c2005., [ISBN: 0782143865].
Supplementary Book Resources
  • ASCENT - Center for Technical Knowledge. (2020), Autodesk Revit 2021: Fundamentals for MEP (Metric Units): Autodesk Authorized Publisher, 1 edition. Ascent, Center for Technical Knowledge, p.798, [ISBN: 9781952866111].
  • Alison G. Kwok,Walter Grondzik,Walter T. Grondzik. (2011), The Green Studio Handbook, 2nd edition. Routledge, p.424, [ISBN: 9780080890524].
  • Deepak Maini. (2019), Up and Running with Autodesk Navisworks 2020, 1 edition. Independently Published, p.714, [ISBN: 9781095844755].
  • Joe Habraken. (2013), Office 2013 in Depth, 1 edition. Que, p.1032, [ISBN: 0789748703].
  • Roger Cusson,Jamie Cardoso. (2010), Realistic Architectural Visualization with 3ds Max and Mental Ray, Taylor & Francis, p.280, [ISBN: 0240812298].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
This module does not have any other resources
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