rlwade.68242
2009-09-12, 04:18 PM
We are having an internal debate in our office about wall styles and how indepth do you go requarding the many different types that you can make. First of all our project types are very large up to 1million sf plus so as you can imagine in any given project we could have 100 different wall types depending on sizes, finishes, cores and fire ratings.
So far we have come up with three different options.
1. Create a wall type for every different condition and just let it go. (lots of wall types) but allows us to let the model cordinate with the spec software (we are starting to impliment BSD Spec link and when it links with the model it will then see the materials) and we can also do quantity takeoffs in the future.
2. We have created a wll type with checkbox parameters that allow us to minimize the amount of differnet wall types by letting the wall tags use the parameters to add inforamtion. For example if a wall is high impact gyp then we check the box and the tag shows HI. If it has sound insulation check the box and it shows S on the tag. The drawback is of course it can't see these tags for material quantities or specs but at this point we are not a construction company and we don't get into this level of cost take off.
3. Keep the wall types even more generic by just doing the minimum types determined by actual thicknesses and core type and letting the room finish schedule and specs call out the finishes and substrate. For example the wall type would be a 5/8"_6" MS_5/8". The room schedule would then say it is a tile wall or a high impact wall. Then the specs would futher describe the finishes and substrate.
Everyones thoughts would be really helpfull...Thanks.
So far we have come up with three different options.
1. Create a wall type for every different condition and just let it go. (lots of wall types) but allows us to let the model cordinate with the spec software (we are starting to impliment BSD Spec link and when it links with the model it will then see the materials) and we can also do quantity takeoffs in the future.
2. We have created a wll type with checkbox parameters that allow us to minimize the amount of differnet wall types by letting the wall tags use the parameters to add inforamtion. For example if a wall is high impact gyp then we check the box and the tag shows HI. If it has sound insulation check the box and it shows S on the tag. The drawback is of course it can't see these tags for material quantities or specs but at this point we are not a construction company and we don't get into this level of cost take off.
3. Keep the wall types even more generic by just doing the minimum types determined by actual thicknesses and core type and letting the room finish schedule and specs call out the finishes and substrate. For example the wall type would be a 5/8"_6" MS_5/8". The room schedule would then say it is a tile wall or a high impact wall. Then the specs would futher describe the finishes and substrate.
Everyones thoughts would be really helpfull...Thanks.