Architectural Wizard: Crafting Creative Designs in Revit and SketchUp

Bhavleen and the student reviewed Revit elevations, focusing on creating and adjusting levels. The student learned how to add elevation markers, create new levels, and connect walls to these levels, understanding the difference between connected and unconnected walls. Due to technical issues, the session was cut short and rescheduled for Sunday to allow the student to practice alongside Bhavleen on a larger screen.

Bhavleen reviewed a student's cooking school hotel project, focusing on instructor feedback regarding site sections, floor plans, and program adjustments. The student, who attends Golden West College in Huntington Beach, will gather site photos and send project files to Bhavleen, who will revise the Revit model to incorporate the slope in the sections, adjust the floor plan layout, and refine space allocation. They scheduled a follow-up lesson for Monday to review the revisions.

Bhavleen guided Tamia through Revit, covering detail levels, revealing hidden elements, creating reference planes, and aligning walls. Tamia practiced measuring elements, using shortcut commands, and setting up elevations to understand level datums. They plan to meet next Wednesday to continue working on the project.

The following is a summary of a lesson. Bhavleen guided Julia through a comprehensive exploration of Revit functionalities. Julia gained practical experience in creating door schedules and tags, working with legends and drafting views, and utilizing detail items and material tags. The instruction also covered implementing keynotes and designing stairs within the Revit environment. Julia actively practiced tagging doors, developing a legend, and sketching a custom staircase. To further support her ongoing work in Revit, Bhavleen will send Julia a link to download missing family libraries.

Bhavleen provided Izzy with a comprehensive SketchUp lesson, covering fundamental techniques like copying objects, employing the move and push/pull tools, correcting face orientation, and organizing models with tags and groups. During the lesson, Izzy actively practiced object manipulation and troubleshooting command issues. They concluded that Izzy should continue practicing these techniques with a mouse, and their upcoming lesson will delve into setting up cameras, section planes, and importing models from the 3D warehouse.

Bhavleen guided Izzy through the process of importing a CAD floor plan into SketchUp, initiating the modeling of walls and openings. This SketchUp lesson covered essential steps such as cleaning up the CAD file, setting the origin, using tags for organization, and tracing the plan with SketchUp's line and push/pull tools. Izzy will practice creating walls and openings for a bedroom based on the imported CAD file, and their next lesson is scheduled for Wednesday at 9:30 AM.