A1a–Revit - Grader’s Comments

Grader #1

Once again, everyone did really well for the most part. It is critical however, to read all of the instructions carefully, the rubric AND the directions. The instructions ask for very certain specifics of how to present your work. In my experience, when sending plans out it was necessary to ensure that the plans were scaled correctly and printed to PDF on the correct size paper, typically 30" x 42". We would never send a Revit model and expect the receiver to decipher through them because this could create unnecessary ambiguities. The great thing about this class is that it prepares us for real world aspects of engineering jobs besides analyzing a truss or calculating HVAC loads. It also teaches us how to deliver our work.

Grader #2

From the majority of the student feedback, it seemed as if students enjoyed this assignment and found the Revit tutorial to be very helpful. For most students, this was the first time they used Revit and they seem eager to learn more about it.

The grading of this assignment was a little different than A1. A grading form in BBVista was used, indicating the performance for each criteria.

Several students did not submit the Revit model to BBVista. This is explicitly stated in the projects deliverables. No points were awarded if the model was not submitted. A surprising number of students forgot to dimension a continuous wall that is 10x the number of letters in their last name on their .pdf drawing sheet. This was listed in the Assignment details, which are very important to read.

Part of the “Sheet Exists” criteria was that students submit a 30”x42” drawing sheet. The majority of students turned in an 8.5”x11” pdf. Because the Revit sheet was created at 30”x42” and printed at 8.5”x11”, the drawings were not to scale. Although no points were deducted for submitting an 8.5”x11” sheet, please be mindful that by reducing to this page size the aspect ratio of the drawing changed.