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fusionBIM AC27 Experimental - Design Options - Renovation - Phasing

Francois_MCD
Advisor
‎2023-12-26 02:19 PM

fusionBIM AC27 Experiment - Design Options.gif

 

 

This is an AC27-3001 Experimental project - Combining the new Design Options, Renovation Tool & Phasing in the fusionBIM Archicad workflow & template.

 

Experiment Objective: Follow the natural evolution of a renovation project through typical construction phases in one single model file while:

  1. using Archicad 27's new Design Options + the Renovation Tool,
  2. publish design Layouts of the complete evolution & avoid having duplicate elements & extensive element management.
  3. still achieve / maintain local Documentation Standards as set within the practice template.
  4. discover limitations, challenges & best practice to adapt the practice template to make maximum use of the new Design Options Tool.

Experiment Focus: workflow discovery, not design.

 

Explore the BIMx - Hyper Model here: https://bit.ly/BIMx-fusionBIM-AC27-Experiment-DesignOptions

Comments
Ahmed_K
Advisor
‎2024-02-20 12:06 PM

Your workflow is interesting ! but i get confused on demolition by stages, can you explain more your workflow for phasing please ? 

Thanks 

Francois_MCD
Advisor
‎2024-02-24 04:18 PM

Hi @Ahmed_K 

The basic flow of this Renovation project exercise is, we start with existing building elements. 
Some of these elements will be demolished + new elements added in "Phase 1".

Then at the start of "Phase 2", all original Existing + "Phase 1" new elements become / are set to Existing.

Now all changes are made for "Phase 2" (demolish elements + new add elements).

A few keys to achieve the Layout drawings for these Phases in the same model is:

  • Drawings on the layouts are set to Manual update
    ie. you update EVERYTHING for the drawings for the Existing phase layout,
    then complete the model & views for Phase 1 layouts and update the Phase 1 layouts, etc, etc 
    NB: After changing the model in ie. Phase 2, only update drawings on layouts of the latest Phase 2 & leave previous layouts as they are.
  • To avoid "duplicate elements" for different Design Options,
    you MOVE an element from Existing phase to now show in Phase 1 and change it's status from Existing to Demolished, etc, etc

This way we combine Design Options & Renovation & Phasing (in the same model & no need for extra layers / any extra attributes / properties).
I hope this helps you understand better. I will be doing a video & article on this workflow asap.