PHILIP LEWALLEN PORTFOLIO

INTRODUCTION

My portfolio is organized roughly in the same order as one would progress with Revit and Navisworks at a working office. Starting with a section of Revit family creation. Then full Revit projects. Clash detection. Still rendered images using both Revit and 3ds Max. Finishing with videos and a resume. There are working navigation buttons in this portfolio and the videos are hosted on You Tube.

Image produced with 3ds Max and Vray

TABLE OF CONTENTS

REVIT CONTENTRevit Family Libraries

As the fundamental "building blocks" of Revit, families can "make or break" a project process. Quality, amount of detail and flexibility level along with ease of use are all critical aspects of a well-built Revit family. My focus on this part of the Revit process is to produce a library which will delivery the best quality result with the lowest cost. My solution is to make families which are "stretchable" by using instance parameters allowing for the user to click and pull. This allows for the family level of detail to match the level of detail of the project in the earlier phases. As the project progresses toward completion the complexity of the families increases and the families become less generic and more focused.

Project Phase Complexity

Schematic Design

Conceptual Design

Design Development

Construction Documents

Instance based family. Manipulated with the blue arrows at the ends.

REVIT CONTENT

The Foodservice Industry has over 40,000 unique pieces of equipment. In order to manage this vast amount of content, I create generic Revit families which allow for accurate depiction of their function without the excessive time investment. Additionally, all content is created with multiple goals: 2D working drawings, equipment schedules and Revit visualization.

REVIT PROJECTS

Small scale projects with their smaller budgets, have very little opportunity to use families multiple times in the project. The smaller projects also have a much higher ratio of custom modeling per contract dollar than a larger project. To address this issue the individual families and entire project model was built only to a point before switching to the 2D documentation features in Revit.

REVIT PROJECTS

Projects with multiple users can become bogged down by too many users working in the same space. Splitting the project into separate linked files allowed for the project teams to be assigned to an easily identifiable scope allowing for greater accountability, focus and ownership of the finished work. A project started with questionable organization costs more while delivering less than the best possible finished product. Setting certain properties which allowed for the greatest reuse for the smallest investment of time such as the, materials, fill patterns, line styles to name but a few, allow larger projects to start efficiently and for refinement of detail at the most appropriate phase throughout the life of the project.

CLASH DETECTION FACILITATION

One of the most common reasons a clash detection processes fails to achieve the maximum benefit for the project is because of individual team members skill, and lack of organization of the team as a whole. As the BIM executive for the clash detection on this restaurant for Disney, I worked with the General contractor to bring the different models up to the right level of detail as the project progressed. This allowed for the client changes and critiques to be integrated throughout the design phase with a minimum of cost. Disney also requested we use the building models in their virtual reality facility.

VISUALIZATIONUtilizing Revit

Imagery which allows for a client to "see" the finished product can be invaluable for gaining approval of a design. By developing the Revit family library from the start of the Revit deployment at our firm, allowed for us to store the geometric detail of the equipment in the families for use by the entire firm as well as the material settings for reuse by all users in the office. This allowed for the minimum of cost with a maximum of image quality.

VISUALIZATIONUtilizing 3ds Max

Certain projects require an image which is at a level of photo realism which cannot be achieved with the built-in Revit rendering engine. I use 3ds Max and Vray to produce images which are as accurate to the final product as possible. The models from Revit are used for keep the costs as low as possible and keeping a library with greater geometric fidelity.

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE ATHLETIC CENTER MAC COURT

KAISER PERMANENTE FONTANA SERVERY

LACCD LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE STUDENT UNION MAIN KITCHEN

LACCD LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE STUDENT UNIONBANQUET KITCHEN

RIVERSIDE CULINARY ARTS ACADEMY BAKERY

VIDEOS

EDUCATIONPortland State University Bachelor's of Economics, with one year studying Computer Science 2001-2006 Mt. Hood Community College 1998-2000

RW Smith & Co. Costa Mesa, CA January 2010-PresentManager of CAD Services Design and main Revit Standards throughout the office Create Revit Family Library Develop in house Visualization capability using Vray and 3ds Max with Revit. Hiring of CAD department personnel

LPA Inc., Irvine, CA Irvine, CA 2008-2009B.I.M. Manager Responsible for the implementation of Revit throughout the two location firm. Training, content creation for Revit, and standards. Tasked with integration of the in house mechanical, plumbing and structural engineers using Revit MEP and Revit Structure with Revit Architecture. Integration of Revit with 3ds Max with Vray, Navisworks, SketchUp and E-specs. Designed and executed the training curriculum for the firm. TVA ARCHITECTS Portland, OR Summer 2007Consultant Revit Consulting for the Laika Campus. The project was a 4 building animation studio. Responsibilities included troubleshooting, and implementing new procedures for using Revit, with a heavy emphasis on Family creation.

Lewallen Architecture Portland, OR 2001-20083D Manager Implemented Revit Architecture for the firm. Responsible for the production of construction documents and office standards. Acted as Construction Administration on residential projects. Research & deploy new software & hardware throughout office. Deploy & maintain in-office network.

OTHER COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

Background Programming in C++

References available upon Request.

Contact information

Philip Lewallen

philip@studiomcl.com

971-645-6687

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