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Graphic Communication and Design. First semester, first year for construction management students Hand drawing Simple sketch design 3D CAD documentation. Students struggle with:. Understanding scale in drawings Recognising drawing symbols Visualising designs in 3D
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Graphic Communication and Design First semester, first year for construction management students Hand drawing Simple sketch design 3D CAD documentation
Students struggle with: Understanding scale in drawings Recognising drawing symbols Visualising designs in 3D Documenting 3D designs in 2D paper format
Building Information Modelling Increasingly we build our buildings virtually before building them actually Coordination of different consultants Clash detections Integrated time scheduling – 4D CAD Automatic quantities and costing
The problem ArchiCAD is difficult to learn if you have no background in construction drawing Existing training programs tend to assume some prior knowledge Students starting from scratch need a lot of support
The two screen solution 32 short YouTube videos Students can watch these on their I Pads while working through the program on their laptop or home computer
http://www.youtube.com/embed/si_rjJwSPwQ?list=PLZsIiam7ad3Clc8ULRx2S1_X5NrSpsF5Ihttp://www.youtube.com/embed/si_rjJwSPwQ?list=PLZsIiam7ad3Clc8ULRx2S1_X5NrSpsF5I