What is preventing interior designers from taking up Revit? We can't just keep blaming a lack of content. Maybe we don't need BIM but why should we use Revit for interior design? And why are interior designers so special anyway? The most important question this class will answer is how can we help them transition to, or improve their use of Revit? This slidedeck is from a class presented at BILT ANZ 2018. Interior design teams have different needs to architects, your architecture template and library might need some work and the Revit essentials 2 or 3 day training courses don't meet our needs. This class will discuss what the needs of interior design teams might be (and how to better understand your interiors team), both from a technical and a change management perspective. How to turn your Revit Inside Out (or should that be Outside In?)! The class draws on 20 years of experience as a lead interior designer managing projects from very small to very large, including commercial / workplace, education, multi residential and hospitality - for over 10 years working exclusively in Revit and working with 5 different practices to implement or improve their Revit from the Inside Out.

1. ROYAL ICC
BRISBANE
24 – 26 MAY 2018
Inside Out
Implementing Revit for
Interior Design Teams
Ceilidh Higgins
Custance / The Midnight Lunch
www.themidnightlunch.com
@ceilidhhiggins
@BIMinions

2. thanks!

3. and also RTC events

4. filming ok

5. Interior
Design Leader
Senior
Associate
Revit User
(& Architect)

6. Writer
Speaker
Thought
Leader
Futurist
BILT
committee

7. 3 projects shortlisted for 5 interior design awards
over 50,000sqm of office fitout
trained more than 20 interior designers in Revit

8. workspace

9. designed
and documented

10. in Revit

11. really!

12. multi residential

13. health

14. educational

15. institutional

16. Its not all about
furniture

17. or modelling
complex shapes

18. People
Training
Content

19. People

20. who are they?
how do they work?
what do they need?

21. we don’t wear black

22. less experienced

23. less technical

24. projects are faster

25. programs are short

26. teams are smaller

27. Our design
process &
outputs are
similar BUT
different to
architecture

28. what we need revit
to do is different

29. we don’t need sites

30. or even windows

31. we need familes

32. materials

33. scheduling

34. but also
efficiency

35. how to get there?

36. how does your
interiors team work?

37. what to understand?
• project phases
• design process (is it 3d? who designs?)
• software & skill levels
• types of outputs (design & documentation)
• standard documentation and details
• what can change?

38. seek different
viewpoints

39. there are no
standards

40. find champions

41. why revit?

42. think about your teams why?
• improving internal efficiencies
• consistency between architecture & interiors
teams
• upskilling your interiors team
• rendering, virtual reality and beyond
• BIM project deliverables

43. its not all about revit

44. Content

45. common questions
key considerations
templates &
libraries

46. we can’t get
the furniture
& materials

47. generic vs supplier

48. core library

49. generic
core library
• looks good in plan
• stylistically
representative of
the kinds of things
your team specify
• only swap out if
necessary

50. use the same family

51. Casework
• Benches – straight, L shape, U
• Above bench cupboards – single, double,
corner, open shelves. Door panels to be
switchable and to have switchable
handles. Panel options for no handle or with
handle.
• Below bench cupboards – as above and also 1-
4 drawers. Door panels to be switchable and
have switchable handles. Panel options for no
handle, finger pull or with handle.
• Full height cupboards – single and double, open
shelving
• Plinth
• Pigeon holes
• Banquette seating
• F&P Dishdrawer integrated
Curtain Panels & Mullions
• Curtain panels – Glass 6, 10.38, 12,38 and double
glazed 10.38 and 12.38
• Curtain wall mullions – rectangular 25x25, 25x50,
50x100, 100x100, 150x100
Doors
• Single swing – with panels for solid, solid with
viewing panel, aluminium glazed fully framed leaf,
top and bottom frame to leaf. Do we integrate steel
and timber framed doors into the same family or
have separate families with the same panel
options?
• 1.5 leaf with options as above
• Double leaf as above
• Cavity slider with solid leaf
• Surface mounted slider with all options as for 1.
Furniture
• Tables – Square/Rectangular, circle, elipse, semi
circle, barrel – with interchangeable legs/bases
(disc, cylinder, square, square frame, round, legs,
slab)
• Generic Lounge – 1-4 seater (with parametric
dimensions)
• Lockers – Ability to have different stack height and
door dimensions and possibly also to add bench.
• Task chair – mesh and upholstered
• Meeting chair (on castors)
• Café/breakout chair (on legs)
• Planters
Furniture systems
• All with interchangeable legs – square, round, slab
ends, square frame, A frame
• Bench workstations – Single, and multi seat
configuration with 4/6/8 seats. With and without
screens.
• L shaped – with and without screens
• 120 degree – with and without screens
• Mobile Pedestals – narrow and standard, 2 and 3
drawer with file drawer or 4 drawer
• Mobile Caddy – half drawers and half with sliding
door
• Umbilical cords – from ceiling and from skirting
Electrical Equipment
• Generic TV – with preset sizes
• Generic Dishwasher – Non integrated and
integrated
• Generic Fridge – 3 versions, with freezer top,
freezer bottom, no freezer
• Generic Microwave
• Generic Oven
Lighting Fixtures
• Downlight – round and square
• Linear – suspended, recessed and surface mounted
• Generic Round/Drum Pendant
• Troffer
Plumbing
• Download supplier families for our plumbing
requirements.
Railings (BCA compliant for class 5)
• Handrails – s/steel, timber
• Glass
• Steel 50x20 vertical plates
• Perforated mesh panels
• MDF lining
Stairs (BCA compliant for class 5)
• Steel framed, timber treads/risers
• Steel framed, carpet treads/risers
Speciality Equipment
• Generic whiteboard
• Mobile whiteboard
Miscellaneous
• Roller blind
• Curtain – straight, curved, L shape
• Tactile indicators (to AS1428)
• Toilet cubicles – in and out swings, side access,
ambulant
• Disabled access circulation zones – basin, shower,
toilet, ambulant doors and doors
• 2d people – plan and elevation. Including
wheelchair person
• Projector with projection zone shown dashed

52. supplier content

53. • Stylecraft
• Aspect
• Wilkhan
• Ke-zu
• Schiavello
• Zenith
• Herman Miller
• Cor
• Steelcase
• Interloc
• Haworth
• Luxmy
• Knoll
• Interstudio
• Dulux
• Tarkett
• Bolon
• Armstrong
• Lotus
• Bosch
• Miele
• Corian
• Caroma
• Dyson

54. sometimes its
good to model
boxes -
generic
massing
families

55. categories

56. shared or not?

57. joinery (casework)

58. to group?
or not to group?

59. FFE groups

60. typical rooms

61. we don’t have a
building model

62. the engineers are
in autocad

63. what scale to
model?

64. floor levels

65. wall or
finish?

66. material limitations

67. you could have a
huge material
library

68. But revit
doesn’t
differentiate
between
‘finish’ &
‘material’

69. revit is great for
scheduling

70. But interior
designers
love weird
text fields
finish: white painted
chair with pink balloon

71. Finishes schedules
are one of the most
difficult things to
get right in revit

73. your template

74. key components
• views and view templates
• basic walls/floors/ceilings
• starter materials
• legends & notes
• standard schedules

76. standard detail
sheets

78. Training

79. assess needs
quick wins
what next?

80. what level?

81. ask about revit experience
• modelling
• building families
• schedules
• keynotes
• detail components
• rendering

82. different or similar?

83. Types of training
• Project based
• Courses
• Online subscriptions
• Books, Blogs & You Tube
• BILT/RTC Handouts & presentations
• Your own training sessions

84. Interior
Design
Using Revit
Dan Stine

85. quick wins

86. Quick Wins
1. Rooms
2. Concept Models
3. Design Options
4. Phasing
5. Detail Components
6. Keynoting
7. Filters
8. FFE schedules
9. Type vs Instance
10.Walls
11.Seniors

87. rooms

88. concept models

89. design options

90. phasing

91. detail components

92. keynoting

93. filters

94. FFE schedules

95. type vs instance

96. walls

97. for seniors?

98. Basics for space planning
• walls
• doors
• inserting components
• generic mass components
its all about basic quality content

99. where to next?

100. materials

101. groups

102. advanced families

103. modelling
techniques

104. stairs & handrails

105. rendering

106. virtual reality

107. soon your
team will be
interior
design
Revit gurus
too

108. People TrainingContent

109. feedback

110. questions
@ceilidhhiggins
@BIMinions
www.themidnightlunch.com
I will be at the Speakers Corner in the
Exhibition Hall for further conversations. Please
join me there at this time:
Friday 25 May, 4:15-4:45pm (Afternoon Tea)

111. Screen shots of Revit and Project Images by Ceilidh Higgins from GHD, DJRD & Custance
Images not credited all via Unsplash.com thanks to some amazing photographers
Not sure where that one of Chris Needham as Willy Wonker comes from (thanks RTC Events)
I admit to shamelessly ripping off the Minions
Gantt chart by Drift Words (clipped) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/drift-words/10434156/sizes/l/
Monkey in the Middle by Mark Dumont - http://www.flickr.com/photos/wcdumonts/8265151843/sizes/l/
Floor Walking by Amodiovalerio Verde - http://www.flickr.com/photos/amodiovalerioverde/41523777/sizes/o/
flip_board (Schedule board) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/apothecary/1453906842/
Options -http://www.flickr.com/photos/wespeck/3912468102/
Jump by Hamad AL-Mohann - http://www.flickr.com/photos/al-mohanna/5436096181/
Question mark by milos milosevic - http://www.flickr.com/photos/21496790@N06/5065834411/sizes/l/
They are Coming - http://www.flickr.com/photos/donsolo/2886355241/sizes/l/
Towel rail https://www.flickr.com/photos/aagius/3015288152
Groups (Nested bowls) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/sizima/564751829/
Revit for Interiors book cover Thanks to Dan Stine
Type vs instance CP3o vs Data by JD Hancock - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdhancock/4617759902/sizes/l/
Miniature shelves - https://www.flickr.com/photos/_sk/4749649082
Colours (Room) by Shershe (recoloured) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/shershe/3361427968/sizes/o/in/photostream/
CP3o vs Data by JD Hancock (clipped and recoloured) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdhancock/4617759902/sizes/l/
Time jumper by h.koppdelaney - http://www.flickr.com/photos/h-k-d/6171907581/sizes/l/
Image credits

112. Colour palette
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G 51 214 244
B 102 255 255
R 165 239 255
G 0 109 204
B 33 109 204
R 144 213 244
G 70 143 224
B 107 213 244
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