Elizabeth M. West

Course Overview

ART 120 provided to be a beneficial learning experience for myself as we learned how to use AutoDesk's Revit. 2020. As a mechanical engineering student, I particularly wanted to learn this software as it is used in MEP firms across the nation, which is the industry I want to pursue after graduation. The course started with us diving straight into Revit with a follow-along type of project where we worked together in class alongside out professor. This was very helpful with getting the basics to later apply in a more complex semester project which is featured below. 

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Semester Project Progress

 

This semester's project started with inspiration from several different floor plans. The floor plan my design draws inspiration from is the Buchanan style. The final design here is a 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath residential home raising two stories with an unfinished basement. Some permanent casework and additional appliances are installed in the kitchen, bathrooms, closets, and tandem garage. 

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My project process, after understanding the floor plan, was jumping straight into AutoDesk Revit 2020 to start construction of the exterior walls and floors. This also included the introduction of the different level lines to serve as elevation markers and constraints for further design. Doors and windows were also layed out at this step. Next was the construction of the interior walls and laying those out into each story's floor plan. Revit has a tagging tool which allows the user to name and tag each room in sequential order and customizable names per client's request. As the home is multi-level, it was necessary to use the shaft tool and enter stairs between each story. Next roofs were added based on necessity and aesthetic, with the ability to change the slope and its peak direction based on which sides could slope. Then, ceilings were added per individual room or space. The first floor of the living room is open to the second floor, so the ceiling in this area modeled the slope of the roof. Then light fixtures were added to each floors' reflected ceiling plan. These were later dimensioned to show where they are located.Next, permanent casework was added in the rooms mentioned above. This includes cabinets, shelves, and appliances. Lastly, in order to create the final set: final annotations were added to all sheets, interior elevations were detailed, legends were created for finish materials, doors, and windows, and interior and exterior renderings were created.

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Construction Materials:

 

Walls (Exterior to Interior):

• Foundation | 8" cast-in-place concrete

• Exterior Brick | 3 5/8" Brick, 3" Air Gap, 3/4" Plywood Sheathing, 5 1/2" Wood Stud, 1/2" Gypsum Board

• Exterior Wood Siding | 2" Wood Siding, 3/4" Plywood Sheathing, 5 1/2" Wood Stud, 1/2" Gypsum Board

• Exterior Stucco | 1" Stucco, 3/4" Plywood Sheathing, 5 1/2" Wood Stud, 1/2" Gypsum Board

• Interior Wall | 1/2" Gypsum Board, 3 1/2" Wood Stud, 1/2" Gypsum Board

• Interior Plumbing Wall | 1/2" Gypsum Board, 5 1/2" Wood Stud, 1/2" Gypsum Board

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Floors

• Basement and Garage | 6" Cast-in-Place Concrete

• First and Second Floors | 3/4" Plywood and 9 1/4" Wood Floor Joists

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