BBSC 303 Digital Craft Lecture 4 March 21 2006

Topics: Planning the 3D model for assignment 1 - what to document on the Reasonate web site for assignment 2 about the process.

On the topic list from the timetable were: CAD shootout. AutoCAD: geometry modeller with Architectural Desktop overlay; ArchiCAD: Architectural paradigm; Revit: Parametric Modeller Different approaches.

Discussed at length were the principles of making a model in tandem with another person. Examples were given of occluding surfaces; computer efficiencies when making materials; object / layer naming systems; testing ideas with small objects combined from two modellers; assigning object names so object exclusions, material assignments etc are efficient.

At the end of the session we covered a range of topics:

• the hand in dates for ALL the assignments are flexible around the dates in the timetable
  
• the hand in date for the Exercise, because of the delays due to the room closure (319) is 22 March 23:00pm
• email contact with the architects of your building - offering them something in return (by showing them examples from past years of what 303 students are capable of) - and asking for references to information not already found in library / Avery searches
• finding partners for the assignments is clearly becoming an issue and we are working on a partner finding solution