Showing posts with label 2D Representation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2D Representation. Show all posts

Monday, March 28, 2011

Miss Representation

Exhibit A: Section at roof. What’s wrong with this view?

Section

I know, you’re probably answering…”The deck is not resting on the joist, call your Engineer!”. Well, I did. Sent several emails actually and had the engineering team scratch their heads and think I’m nuts. There’s actually nothing wrong with the model and we’re coordinated! I should have noticed this, but my brain played a nasty trick on me.

Exhibit B: The truth.

Section - Explained

This particular 2D view is not telling the whole story and should also include the additional green linework above. So next time you’re presented with a similar puzzler, don’t be too quick to jump to conclusions! Hmmm, and I thought Revit never lied…


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