![]() The “floor” tool, she says, works just fine for designing the biofiltration planters that are a signature feature in her work. Quinn has found she can co-opt the building-based tools of Revit for landscape purposes. In Revit, you just model it once, and then you can cut as many sections and elevations as you want, with basically the click of a button.” You end up redrawing a lot of things, so it’s like you are doing it twice. With a 2-D program like AutoCAD, you have to constantly export and import information to a program like SketchUp to do three-dimensional studies. “You design in 3-D, and then the program creates the 2-D construction documents more or less automatically. “It is vastly more efficient,” says Meghen Quinn, Principal, RLA, ASLA, LEED AP, with Hargreaves Associates. As a result, chores such as material takeoffs and scheduling, not to mention revisions, are much easier.īIM might be more time consuming up front than 2-D drafting, but as the project progresses, that initial investment more than pays for itself. Every object in the design is linked to its own database, which might include information such as dimensions, weight, carbon footprint, and cost. Whereas most landscape architects compose their designs in a combination of plan views, sections, and 2-D details, and must create additional 3-D renderings for illustration purposes, with BIM, everything is modeled in 3-D from the start-a huge aid for envisioning how the design will translate from paper to a park or plaza. Stories have popped up of landscape architects using BIM, by way of Revit, from start to finish for projects including drought-tolerant landscapes, rooftop and courtyard gardens and much more. ![]() ![]() But for landscape architects, BIM has traditionally fallen short, with professionals calling it clunky, building-centric and overly complex with too many limitations for landscape design. ![]() In 2016, the American Institute of Architects reported that BIM was used for nearly 100 percent of projects at large firms. Tags: Architecture and Design, Engineering, Online Training Can BIM / Revit Finally Be the Useful Tool that Landscape Architects Want and Need?
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