Description
This class shares a project that was completed for investigative engineering purposes—not for building design. The original goal of this project was to generate a visual aid of an engineering failure to be used as part of an expert witness report; however, the project evolved into much more. The families and corresponding model that were created incorporated structural engineering such that the model not only provided a visual aid to show deflection of roof members due to ponding water, but actually calculated the amount of deflection that could be expected due to a given amount of rain. We cover how these families (1 structural framing family and 1 adaptive component) and the model were created, as well as the lessons learned after completing such a project.
Key Learnings
- Describe how structural engineering was incorporated into a custom structural framing family
- Explain how an adaptive component was created to provide a visual aid showing ponding water
- Use Revit Structure for a nontraditional investigative engineering deliverables
- List and describe the challenges and lessons learned for this project
Speakers
- DMDesiree MackeyDesirée Mackey has been in the AEC industry since the1990s. She holds a bachelor's degree from University of California, Davis and a master's degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Desiree has worked in construction and as a structural engineer, and has lead design technology departments. Desirée is a regular speaker at many conferences, she co-founded the Rocky Mountain Building Information Society, was Chair of the Structural Engineers Association of Colorado's BIM Committee, served as an AUGI board member, Treasurer, and Vice President, serves on the AU Advisory Council, and is Chairman of the BILT Americas Committee.
Brian MackeyBetter known as “The Revit Geek”, Brian has spent more than 25 years in the AEC industry, more than 10 of which have been focused on Revit and BIM. After nearly a decade of working with Architects and Engineers to advance BIM in their companies, Brian started his BIM consulting company in 2011 to focus on custom high-level training and mentoring. Brian has clients all over the US and Canada that generally tolerate his sarcastic nature in exchange for his wide breadth of BIM knowledge. Brian showcases his love of talking about Revit, or maybe just his love talking, in a monthly light-hearted, occasionally irreverent, free Q&A webcast, Revit Radio.