Sketchup house3/29/2023 We love those other BIM tools (you know who you are), but not all design offices will be able to / want to invest in that level of software. Sketchup is much more affordable than larger, complex BIM tools.Below I’ve outlined the basic workflow and there is a download link at the bottom of the page if you’d like to give it a try.īy the way, in case you think we’re silly for trying to build this into Sketchup rather than use an existing robust BIM tool which already would have some of this functionality built-in, three reasons: Our goal is to have the 3D model work as the single data source, with calculation and outputting simply pulling data out as needed during the Certification process. This tool also includes some basic sorting, filtering, visualizing (material assignment) and of course outputting functions as well. To that end, we have created a small plugin for Sketchup which allows a designer to model room-by-room geometry and assign Passive House relevant metadata / tags to that geometry. This is fine, so far as it goes, but as part of our overall effort to streamline our workflows we wanted to create a tool where we could use the BIM model as the single data management source in order to improve our process, reduce errors, and make communicating this data much simpler. In the past, we would end up with endless spreadsheets which each sought to organize, calculate and communicate (to the Certifiers usually) one or another aspect of the building. In particular, room-level data such as volume, room-name, zone, HVAC equipment assignments and the like are all critical to organize properly for the certifiers and on larger or complex buildings such as multi-family projects this can become a very difficult and time-consuming task, prone to error throughout. While there are some good tools available nowadays for managing building envelope data for purposes of performance modeling in various 3D BIM tools (DesignPH for PHPP, for instance) we have found that there is still a large amount of information that must be organized for certification which isn’t (yet) built into those available BIM tools. This review is important since it provides critical quality assurance for the building owner, but for it can lead to lots of extra time wrangling and checking on our part. When we consult on Certified Passive House projects this data management can be particularly difficult due to both the huge quantity of data, as well as the requirement for rigorous and careful review of all this data by the Certifiers. One major hurdle for any building design project is how to manage the enormous amount of data about the building, and how to keep that data updated and error-free throughout both the design and assembly phases.
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