Startup Location, Project Base Point and Survey Point

Every project has a startup location (true origin), project base point and a survey point, although they might not be visible in all views, because of visibility settings and view clippings. They cannot be deleted.
The startup location is the internal project origin and fixed on the plate having 1 mile (10 miles for 2011) radius. It is equivalent to the WCS Origin in a CAD (.dwg). Based on that origin and coordinate system, you can then have multiple locations in the form of shared coordinate systems with their own origin and orientations. So if you want to move your linked files around, you have to link them by Shared Coordinates and not by Origin to Origin as that will always land them at the same spot.
The project base point defines the origin (0,0,0) of the project coordinate system. It also can be used to position the building on the site and for locating the design elements of a building during construction. Spot coordinates and spot elevations that reference the project coordinate system are displayed relative to this point.

The survey point represents a known point in the physical world, such as a geodetic survey marker. The survey point is used to correctly orient the building geometry in another coordinate system, such as the coordinate system used in a civil engineering application.

Consider the following when working with project base points and survey points:

• To ensure accuracy of the model, be sure the model geometry is less than 1 mile (10  miles for 2011) from the startup location of the project base point. To check this measurement:
1. Use Move to Startup Location from the shortcut menu to move the project base point back to its startup location.
2. Use the Measure tool on the Modify tab to measure the distance from the project base point to the model geometry.
3. If the distance is more than 1 mile (10 miles for 2011), move the model geometry within 1 mile (10 miles for 2011) of the startup location of the project base point.
• Before you export a building site to a civil engineering application that accepts ADSK files, such as Civil 3D:
1. Move the unclipped survey point to the location agreed upon with the civil engineer.
2. Use the Specify Coordinates at a Point tool or enter the coordinates on the Site tab of the Building Site Export dialog, using the coordinates provided by the civil engineer.  
• To ensure that an imported DWG site is positioned correctly in the project: 
1. Using the coordinates you received from the civil engineer, specify the shared coordinates of the survey point.
2. Specify the correct angle for True North. Specify Positioning-Auto by Shared Coordinates to link the DWG file.



From BIM Skills Competition 2011 to buildingSMART Build ASIA Live 2011 international BIM competition

     Building Information Modelling (BIM) Competition 2011 is the first nationwide competition in Singapore, jointly organized by the Building and Construction Authority and buildingSMART Singapore. Held alongside the Singapore Construction Production Week, the event attracted around 140 participants from 47 teams of students and professionals participating in the 24 hours on-site competition held on 25 and 26 April 2011.
There are five categories for the competition, namely:

(a) Students (Architecture) [15 teams],

(b) Professionals (Architecture) [13 teams],

(c) Civil and structural engineering [5 teams],

(d) Mechanical and electrical engineering [9 teams],and

(e) Construction, quantity surveying and facilities management [5 teams].

     The 15 teams in the Students (Architecture) category comprised 44 students

from the Institute of Technical Education, the National University of Singapore,

Singapore Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic.
    

Aedas Pte Ltd                                                             1

Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner (S.E.Asia) Pte Ltd              3

BYME Engineering Hub                                                1

CPG Consultants Pte Ltd                                                4

DP Architects Pte Ltd                                                    5

Housing & Development Board (HDB)                           2

Jurong Consultants Pte Ltd                                        2

RSP Architects Planners & Engineers (Pte) Ltd           1

Squire Mech Pte Ltd                                                   1

ST Architects & Engineers                                          4

Surbana International Consultants Pte Ltd                      2   

Woh Hup (Pte) Ltd                                                  2

Institute of Technical Education

College Central, Tampines Campus                              2

National University of Singapore                                  2

Singapore Polytechnic                                                   9

Temasek Polytechnic                                                      4

Others:                                                                                   2

Freelancer / professionals not affiliated

with any organisation 
Total                                                                                 47
                                              

     The competition has unveiled Singapore’s most skilled BIM users.
(See http://sgbimcompetition.com/)

     In conjunction with the buildingSMART ITM meeting in Singapore from 19 to 21

September 2011, buildingSMART Singapore is kicking off a buildingSMART Build

ASIA Live BIM international competition which we hope will create greater

awareness on BIM and IFC among industry practitioners all over the world.
     The Build ASIA Live@Singapore will be a 48 hour event which aims to showcase the

integrated design and collaborative features of BIM in construction. Teams from all

over the world will be allocated a site in Singapore and design brief just before the

commencement of the competition. The teams will be expected to use the arrays of

features available in BIM to create detailed designs and proposals. Teams will be

given instructions to submit their models and supporting documents at different

stages of the competition to a registered site (to be given at a later date).
 

Competition Registration & Schedule

(a) Registration of interest by 10th August 2011 -Interested teams should register your interest of participation giving your name, the company you are working for and e-mail contact to Mr Eddy Tan at eddy.tan@nova-hub.com

(b) Registration of teams by 31st August 2011 - Teams will register their team members at the registered web-site
(c) Schedule of BIM Competition

Commences on 8th Sep 2011 at 12.00 GMT
Closes on 10th Sep 2011 at 12.00 GMT

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BIM Adoption in Singapore Polytechnic

     Singapore Polytechnic is only one Polytechnic who offers Architecture Diploma in Singapore. Below is the Architecture Education in Singapore.

     The School believes that BIM an important part of challenging the creativity of the students into innovative architectural solutions. In order to formalize the integration of BIM into the curriculum, a pilot program was introduced in 2009 for final year students. A year later, the DARCH course now requires students to be able to conceptualise design ideas and develop into workable design schemes with details using BIM. As an indicator of the success of the BIM Instruction Pilot, DP Architects employed more than 60% of graduates in 2009, based on their possession of Revit skill.

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Setting up Levels

     Setting up Levels is another important procedure that you should do it before starting your project modeling. If you use the default Revit Architecture template, you will see two levels. The default BCA template comes with 10 storeys for new project (may be different from your office standard template), but you can easily define as many levels in your project as you needed.

     To add new levels, open any one of the elevation views and then click Home tab > Datum panel > Level

     When you create a new level, Revit Architecture automatically creates a Floor Plan view and Reflected Ceiling Plan view for that level (if you turn on the Make Plan View option in the options toolbar ;Default is turn on).

     If you are not sure whether you want that view or not, you can turn off the Make Plan View first. Later if you need that view, click View tab > Plan Views and select the view as you needed.

     Now the important thing to do is to change the project datum level. If you are using the BCA template, you will see two types of Level Families as shown.

     Select all the level markers in any of the elevation view and then go to Properties > Element panel > change the element type to “Circle Head – Shared Datum”. After that click Manage tab > Project Location panel > Position > Relocate Project

     To move the project graphically in the view, click on the drawing area to enter move start point. Then the best way to enter move end point is, move the cursor vertically in the direction that you want and type a value for the distance and press ENTER.

    

     If you are using the default Revit Architecture template, you need to create at least two types of Level Families as shown.

     Select all the level markers in any of the elevation view and then go to Properties > Edit Type > Type Properties

     Under Type, click Rename to rename the existing family to add “-Project Datum” behind and click OK.

     You will get 8mm Head-Project Datum Family as shown

     And then click Duplicate to create the new type of family naming “8mm Head-Shared Datum” as shown and click OK.

     Then go to Type Properties > Type Parameters > Constraints > Elevation Base dropdown list, change Project to Shared and click Apply and OK. Now you have new 8mm Head-Project Datum Family as shown.

Starting New Project with Office Standard Template

     If you want to start a new project in Revit Architecture, you need to know which template file to choose. Template files are designed to hold standard information and settings for creating new project files. Your office may have their own standard template file created by BIM Consultant / BIM Manager based on BCA’s Architectural BIM e-Submission Template.
     From the application menu, click New > Project

     You will see the New Project dialog as shown below

     Under Template file, you will see the default template. If you want to use your office standard template, you can click “Browse” and navigate to the location of the office standard template (----.rte), and then click open.

     Another way to start a new project based on the default template is to use the Quick Access Toolbar. At the end of the Quick Access Toolbar,

clickand select “New” as shown in below.

     By doing that, you will see New icon on the Quick Access Toolbar and just click on it.

  

     You also can set up the default to your office standard template under options dialog. From the application menu, this time go down to the bottom and click options. In the options dialog, click “File Locations” tab. Under  “Default template file” click “Browse” and navigate to the location of the office standard template (----.rte), and then click open, and then click OK. This is a one-time setting, such that the office standard template is always loaded when you launch the Revit application.