Course Number: BCT 420
Course Description:
Building upon skills acquired in the “Introduction to CAD for Construction and Architecture” course, this course presents advanced topics in architectural CAD software. Centered around problem-based tasks, topics such as parametric building design, building information models (BIMs), material takeoff, energy-efficient planning, visualization and others will be explored. Industry standard CAD tools such as Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD and Google SketchUp will be used to accomplish this.
Learning Outcomes
- Going from digital to physical: design and fabrication of a physical object.
- Learning about making with SketchUp.
- Work organization for maker projects.
Maker competencies considered in this course:
Assignment or Project Prompt:
Partner Institution: University of Massachusetts AmherstDiscipline: Civil EngineeringInstructor: Alex SchreyerSemester: Spring
Creative Commons License:
Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC-BY-SA 2.0)