The focus is on pressurized water piping that use relatively more expensive PEX pipes. From the design I can determine all the piping accessories. Sound complicated? Not really, because I use 3skeng pluggin (free version, valid until April 2010). A looping pipe design is use to maintain pressure of the hot water supply. (b) cold water to supply water from the reservoir system for all toilets and all the first floor water installation, (c) pressurized cold water and (d) hot water (trough a booster pump) for two main bathrooms. There are four groups of water piping: (a) water that goes straight up to a water reservoir system installed on a roof platform. This is very handy to design how to get most out of the sunlight to your building and to keep away heat (this is important in tropical countries such as Indonesia) by adding plantation at specific locations or adding shade to Windows. SketchUp has the ability to simulate the movement of the sun for every minute of the day to study how the shadow fall to your building specific location. The staircase above is a made according to specification from a handrail producer in Indonesia that I plan to use. Try Googling what you need or you can always make them on your own. Some manufactures, such as Kohler, have already provided SketchUp models of their products in Google 3d Warehouse. They can be imported into SketchUp version 6.x/7.0. Some manufactures, such as Grohe and Grundfos, have already provided 3-D models in CAD formats for some of their products. From detailed size of windows, doors, and architrave, placement of toiletries, to detailed design of staircases even to the laying of tiles.Īll of the detailed design and technical drawing is made as detailed and as accurate as possible. I prepare detailed designs and technical drawings for almost all aspects of the house construction. All structure that must be build at the first stage is identified in order not to compromise overall structure of the final design. The structural design is required not only for obtaining building permits, but it also required to find alternatives on how to split the construction into several stages.įrom the structural design, it is determined that the house will be built in three stages. Structural Design and Dividing the construction into several Stagesīased on the Grand Design, I ask a civil engineer to design the proper structure of the house. This is the final input to the Grand Design. At the end of the consultation, Architect send me some 2-D AutoCAD files. Therefore, consultations can be done mostly by email since not much verbal communication is required. To have thorough understanding of all designs submitted by the architect, I always make a SkecthUp model of every design and send it to with comment to the architect ( if a picture is better than a thousand words, than 3D model at least 1001 times better right. The architect provide me with 3D design of the house but only in hardcopy, or pdf of the hardcopy. The architect also provides my with a better main stair placement so it is not only functional but it also blends with the interior nicely. To finalize the design, I ask a professional architect to give "the look" of the house by designing the roof and the façade. I myself designed the house layout down to the placement of bathtub, toilet and walk in closet. The grand design is the final stage of the construction. I need to have everything well planned so every stage will not look like unfinished building and no building material is wasted. I call it the Grand Design since I am planning to build the house in several stages to match with my budget. Almost for every aspect of the construction, from designing to supervising. I use SketchUp extensively during the construction of my new house.
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