Wednesday, January 18, 2012

For this Project we had to create a pluming plan for the home.  In the Pluming plan Green is drains/sewage, red is hot water, and blue is for cold water.  There is so much planing that goes into making a home and I never really thought about all of the different things that are needed. 

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Site Plan

For this project we had to place the home that we created for our client on the site.  So the driveway had to be placed and the sewage and water lines had to be added to the house.  The site set back lines and property lines also had to be drawn

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Affordable house-- Support drawings









For this Project we had to create a pluming and electrical plan for the home.   I added skylights to the home to gain more energy from the sun.  In the Pluming plan Green is drains/sewage, red is hot water, and blue is for cold water. 




Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Revit Client house







For this Project we had to Design a house for our client.  First we interviewed the client to see what they wanted in their house.  We had to follow residential code requirements and make it an affordable home.  Then once our floor plan was approved by our client we had to draw it on Revit.  This took a considerable amount of time and I would be lying if I said that I had no problems at all.  But it rely helped me to understand how to use Revit better.  Next time hopefully it will be much easier to draw a home in Revit.   

Monday, November 21, 2011






For this project we had to make floor plans for our client according to what they said they wanted in their house.   

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Shed Activity

For this Project we had to learn how to use Revit to create a shed and design the surrounding area. 
durring this project I learned how to use Revit to build walls insert plants fences and how to make a spreadsheet with all of the different views.  Some things that I found difficult were how to attach the roof to the walls and then all of the different options you have.  Designing this shed is relevent because we were just learning about the different parts of a shed roof trusses, insulation, top plate, and header are just a few of the things we learned about that we put to use in this project 

Monday, October 17, 2011

Roof Project

For this project we had to design and build a style of roof on top of a Kleenex box.  We chose to design a Gable roof.
FACTS
This style of roofing is very popular here in Minnesota probably because of how well it handles rain and heavy snow.  Unfortunately this style of roof is very bad in hurricane weather.  In the high winds of the hurricane gable roofs triangular structure catches wind like a sail and can often get ripped right off of a house.     







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In this project I learned that a roof needs a strong structure so that it doesn't collapse on itself.  I liked using the bigger glue gun it made everything go faster.  I didnt like getting the glue stuck on my hand or the fact that we ran out of popsicle sticks one of the days so we couldn't really do much that day.  Next time I would use a different material for the shingles.