Site model progress

Post date: Feb 4, 2016 4:56:10 PM

I worked on the site model and was able to fix the problems in it. There were three problems:

1. The missing elevations. If you zoom in on the weird triangle apex (see below) you will find the elevation markers for the model. They point at nothing and have a short clipping plane, so they display nothing. If they are moved to look at the model, raised to the height of the toposurface, and the clipping plane extended, they will produce proper elevation drawings.
2. The weird triangular extension of the toposurface. This seems to have been a problem with the subregion for the parking. It may not have been properly closed so that the region "leaked out" and went to the file origin. I redrew the lines along the boundary and used the trim/extend commands to make the boundary meet exactly at the corner.
3. The blank default 3D view. This is because the camera for the 3D view is pointing at the wrong place. Use the show camera command to reveal the camera in various plan and elevation views to get it to the right location. Once you get a good view, right click on the view cube and set it to be the home view. I also had trouble with the icons on the view cube zooming out too far. Eventually it quit behaving like this after I changed all of the views to be zoomed it appropriately and used the Zoom All to Fit command. This also oddly turned on the section box in all views. Perhaps the section box has an effect on the zoom settings.

Now I have a good site model.

The site model showing the property lines, topo, Phase 1, university, and context is very effective at providing the context for architectural design. I suggest that designers download the site model onto a local hard disk. You can download again as it is updated on the Google Drive and replace the model on your hard drive.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B55iyxPxOFUnQXJUMkFOM2t6ckU

Create your own project file in Revit. It is a good idea to name it with your last name now so that when you submit it to me it has a name that identifies you. Link the site model into your project file. When the site model is updated, you simply reload it into the project file.

Another thing that needs to be added to the site model is Northpoint Crossing complex as it is a very significant part of context. Look at their Web site for resources:

http://northpoint-crossing.com/our-apartments/community-map/