Tony Caputo, a Principal and Design Practice Leader at Array Architects, recently presented at the Revit Technology Conference (RTC) North America 2015. Tony's session outlines and demonstrates how to use Autodesk FormIt and Revit for high-speed conceptual design and analysis. For more information, please reach out to Tony via email at acaputo@array-architects.com

1. Conceptual Design and Analysis: BIM in High Gear
Tony Caputo
Array Architects

2. This session outlines and demonstrates how a design team uses
Autodesk FormIt and Revit, in the real world, for high speed
conceptual design and analysis and how it helps amplify the
effectiveness of a 7 office nationwide architecture firm.
We'll dive into how these tools can significantly aid design
synthesis and how the products of these efforts translate into
production models, documents and presentations, while allowing
and fostering the iterative process common in architectural
practice. We'll highlight how this workflow improves early design
decisions to help meet design, energy, cost, program, and
schedule goals.

3. Learning Objectives
• Understand Various workflows from mobile design applications
to office based Design and Production teams
• Use Autodesk Cloud Services to convert Formit 360 model into
editable Revit model
• Round Trip Content and model integrity from Revit to Formit
• Understand how solar / energy analysis can be performed
early on in the design process

4. Tony Caputo
Principal / Practice Leader – Design
acaputo@array-architects.com
@TonyCaputo_
http://array-architects.com
Tony Caputo
Principal and Practice Leader, Design
acaputo@array-architects.com
@TonyCaputo_
www.array-architects.com

9. Mobile Work-style supported by Mobile only
Design Applications

11. RFP received Today…and
Interview is Tomorrow

12. 4 Story – New Lab Building
• Imported Google Site Imagery and PDF Plan from Developer
• Built existing context in FormIt 360
• Developed Massing Options and Zoning Analysis
• Used Sketchbook Pro to develop final Presentation Materials

18. Collaboration in Transit

19. 1 Story – Medical Office Building
• Imported Google Site Imagery and PDF Plan from Developer
• Imported Sketch Plan images from Planning Team
• Used Sketchbook Pro to ‘mark-up’ design images
• Used Reflector and Sketchbook Pro for real-time white board collaboration
• Exported RVT site file to Team for Working Model
• Use iPhone as LTE tether

25. Downstream Hand-off

26. 4 Story – Replacement Hospital
• Use FormIt 360 for early Site Analysis and Massing
• Built Existing Context in FormIt 360
• Built Future Phases in FormIt 360
• RVT Export to Autodesk 360 Team Import into Working Model
• Revit 2015 and Vasari Solar Analysis

38. Round Trip Collaboration

39. 7 Story – Office Building Conversion
• Used FormIt 360 for Local Weather Data
• Built Existing Context Buildings and Massing
• Developed Façade Options; composite in Sketchbook and traditional sketching
• Exported RVT files to Autodesk 360 for team to incorporate into working Model
• Used both Revit and FormIt 360 to exchange façade concepts with team

56. Daylighting

73. Highly Repetative

82. Longitude / Latitude

132. acaputo@array-architects.com
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