Paxton ActionLABS VIRTUAL ARCHITECTURE. Day 1: Activity 2/Experiment Blueprints DAY 1

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1 Day 1: Activity 2/Experiment Blueprints DAY 1 Purpose: The purpose of this experiment is to introduce you and your partner to blueprints. You will learn how to measure the plans shown on a blueprint using an architectural scale. For this experiment you will record full size measurements and calculations in your Journal. The scale of the drawing you ll be using is 1/4 = 1 foot. Materials Needed: My Apartment drawing (at the end of this activity) Architectural scale Procedure: STEP 1: Answer the following questions in your Journal. Remember to use full size measurements. 1. How many lights are in the apartment? 2. Width of the apartment in feet 3. Length of the apartment in feet 4. Width of entrance door in the top left of the drawing 5. Width of windows on the lower wall STEP 2: Clean up your work area. Conclusion: You and your partner should have investigated how to read and measure a blueprint. As you progress through this module, you will learn how to use a computer program to create a virtual floor plan. RETURN TO THE PAXTON ActionLABS PROGRAM. 2 1

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3 My Apartment LAMPS HANGING LIGHTS DOOR WITH DIRECTION OF OPEN/CLOSE WINDOW ELECTRICAL OUTLET 3

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5 Day 2: Activity 1/Project Architectural Design Tools DAY 2 Purpose: The purpose of this activity is to introduce you and your partner to hand tools that architects use. You will be using a T-square, 30 X 60 triangle, 45 triangle, and an architectural scale to make a sketch of your home floor plan. Materials Needed: T-square 30 X 60 Triangle 45 Triangle Drawing board Architectural scale Paper Masking tape Procedure: STEP 1: Locate the materials listed above. STEP 2: You and your partner are going to use these drafting tools to recreate your home floor plan. You will have to estimate room sizes. Sketch out the entire floor plan on an 8 ½ X 11 sheet of paper. STEP 3: Label each room on your floor plan. Try to locate doors and windows accurately; be sure to use the proper symbols for each. Refer to the drawing used in Day 1, Activity 2 for symbols you need. Spend no more time than ten minutes on this activity. STEP 4: Clean up your module area. continued 5

6 Paxton ActionLABS DAY 2 Conclusion: You and your partner should have used drafting tools to recreate your home floor plans. Show the floor plans to your instructor when finished. RETURN TO THE PAXTON ActionLABS PROGRAM. 6

7 Day 2: Activity 2/Project Using A CAD Program DAY 2 Purpose: You will be using a CAD program to draw a simple floor plan. In this activity, you will be using Punch! Professional Home Design software to draw a 2-D model of a family apartment. Any object that is not drawn on the computer can be drawn in after the design is printed out. Remember, this is just the beginning of a process that will take several hours or days to complete. Materials Needed: PUNCH! Professional Home Design software Procedure: STEP 1: In your Module Map Screen, go to your File Locker and click the Module Files tab. Click on the file for the template titled P001.pro. Close the File Locker and Minimize the Module Map Screen. STEP 2: Double-click on the Punch Pro desktop icon to start the program. Once Punch Pro has loaded, click File and, then Open. Navigate to the Class Files to locate the P001.pro file. Double click to open it. continued 7 1

8 Paxton ActionLABS DAY 2 STEP 3: You and your partner will now have a chance to look at a plan that has been started for you. Click on the small black Navigation icon. You may need to scroll around your floor plan screen to locate the Navigation icon. This will open the PUNCH! Live View in a smaller window. The Virtual Walk-through feature has been built into this program. Now you can spend a few minutes exploring what this CAD program can do! Begin thinking about what you would like the new apartment to look like. How would you like it to be furnished? Painted? Landscaped. You will have an opportunity to do all of the things that a real architect has to think about when preparing a drawing. STEP 4: Take a minute to master controlling the black Navigation icon. Take turns with your partner and move the black Navigation icon around and through the apartment. Floor Tab NOTE: You can easily close the colored 3-D walk-through window by clicking the X in the top left-hand corner of the 3-D window. STEP 5: After you and your partner have each had a chance to navigate through the apartment, close the 3-D window. Now you are ready to begin adding the fixtures and furniture to your new apartment. STEP 6: Refer to the Illustration on the next page as you complete this step. Click on the Floor tab at the top of the screen. Locate the icon in the toolbar menu that looks like a striped chair. Click on this icon, an Objects menu will appear on the right of the screen showing different types of furniture. continued 8

9 Floor Tab Striped Chair icon Objects Menu DAY 2 STEP 7: Click the down arrow on the Objects menu to decide on the category of furniture that you would like to place in your new apartment. STEP 8: Now, simply click on the piece of furniture that you would like and drag it into your floor plan. Use the arrows keys to nudge the selected furniture in the desired direction. Take some time with your partner to explore the different possibilities that the interior design has to offer. STEP 9: When you have finished planning your apartment, go to the File menu and select Save As. You have now saved your document. Type in you and your partner's first names, ex. "Jim and Steve" in the File name box. In the File Window, click the black drop down arrow in the Save In box. Locate and click Desktop then double-click to open the Class Files folder. In the File name box, type your last name and click Save. Click on the taskbar of your desktop to open the Admin screen you hid earlier. Reopen the Module Map screen and click the File Locker icon. Click on the Upload File button and then click the Browse button. The computer should ve automatically brought up the Class File window, where you should see the file you saved. Click on your file then click Open. Click the Upload button. It will take a few moments and then you should see the contents of your student files. Close the Locker. After your drawing has been saved, go to File and select Print. Once your apartment has printed, go to the File menu and select Exit. 9

10 Paxton ActionLABS DAY 2 Conclusion: You and your partner designed and printed a plan for a new apartment. Make sure that your names are on the paper. Add any extras to your printed sketch. SHOW AND EXPLAIN YOUR APARTMENT TO YOUR INSTRUCTOR. RETURN TO THE PAXTON ActionLABS PROGRAM. 10

11 Day 3: Activity 1/Project Interior Design DAY 3 Purpose: The purpose of this activity is for you and your partner to learn more about designing an interior layout using a 3-D program. You will be adding furniture and changing the colors of the various items on the apartment floor plan that you have started and saved. Materials Needed: PUNCH! Professional Home Design Software Procedure: STEP 1: MINIMIZE THE PAXTON ActionLABS PROGRAM. Double- click on the PUNCH! Pro desktop icon to start the program. STEP 2: Once you have started the program click File, and then Open. In the Look In box, click on Desktop, then locate and click on the Class Files folder. Locate the apartment you and your partner saved and double-click the file to open it. STEP 3: You and your partner will now have a chance to reevaluate your plan and make changes to the apartment that you began earlier. Redirect your mouse to the Striped Chair icon on the toolbar at the top of the screen. The furniture Objects menu will open on the right side of the screen. In order to change the color or size of the objects within the floor plan, you must double-click on the item that you would like to modify. Double-click on one of the chairs in the room. STEP 4: Notice that when you double-click on the chair, the PUNCH! 3-D Furniture Workshop program will appear with your selected piece of furniture in it. Now you have the option of changing the color or the texture of the object that you have selected.(figure 1) Maximize the 3-D Furniture Workshop screen by clicking on the little box in the upper right-hand corner of the window. Figure 1 continued 11

12 Paxton ActionLABS DAY 3 STEP 5: Click on the Textures menu and select Fabric. STEP 6: Choose a colored fabric that you would like for the chair. Click and drag the fabric color directly onto the 3-D picture of the chair. NOTE: If you do not change the texture to fabric, you may end up with a brick covered chair! Ouch!! STEP 7: When you are satisfied with the color of the chair, you may want to experiment with changing its size and shape. Spend some time on this and make sure that you do not go too crazy with the colors. When you have made your selections click File, and then Save. Now, click on the small X in the top right corner of the window to close PUNCH! 3-D Furniture Workshop. An Exit & Return to Punch! Home Design dialog box (like the one on the left) will appear asking if you would like to Update Changes to Object in PUNCH! Home Design? Click Yes. HINT: Simple Designs Work Best! STEP 8: Continue experimenting with the different textures and combinations of color available in the Textures menu until you have made a design that you and your partner are proud of! STEP 9: Now take another walk-through of your floor plan to examine your work. SHOW YOUR INSTRUCTOR what you have accomplished today! STEP 10: When you are finished, click File and Save your work. Then, exit the program and clean up your work area. Conclusion: After exploring the 3-D Furniture Workshop program you and your partner should have a good understanding of how to create an enhanced apartment interior. RETURN TO THE PAXTON ActionLABS PROGRAM. 12

13 Day 3: Activity 2/Project Exterior Design DAY 3 Purpose: The purpose of this activity is for you and your partner to learn more about designing an exterior layout using the PUNCH! program. You will be adding landscaping such as flowers, shrubs, trees, walkways, gardens, and many other outdoor living area features to your plan. Materials Needed: PUNCH! Professional Home Design software Procedure: STEP 1: MINIMIZE THE PAXTON ActionLABS PROGRAM. Double-click on the PUNCH! Pro desktop icon to start the program. STEP 2: Once you have started the program click File, and then Open. In the Look In box, click on Desktop, then locate and click on the Class Files folder. Locate the apartment you and your partner saved and double-click the file to open it. STEP 3: You and your partner will now have a chance to design the landscaping, gardens, pathways and other exterior features of the home. STEP 4: Click on the Landscape tab at the top of the screen. You will notice that the screen toolbar changes to show a different series of icons at the top. To get an idea of how big your property is, you will need to create the property lines. Click on the Property Line tool, circled in Red at the right. STEP 5: Click and move the mouse to the point on your drawing where you would like the property line to begin. A rubber-band line appears and follows the pointer. This line signifies the first edge of the property line. Notice that dimensions appear as you draw. Click and move the pointer to the next cornerpoint. Repeat until you have completely drawn the property lines around the perimeter of the house. STEP 6: Double-click when you have completed the property lines. continued 13

14 Paxton ActionLABS DAY 3 NOTE: The Property lines are only visible in the 2-D view. STEP 7: When you are satisfied with the layout of the property lines, you are ready to begin putting in planting beds, ground cover, trees, and more! HINT: Simple Designs Work Best! STEP 8: Begin by positioning your black Navigation tool on the 2-D drawing so that it faces a section of the house that you want to landscape. You will be able to see the house in the 3-D window as well. All of the designing will be done on the 2-D window. STEP 9: Try adding a ground fill area around one of the corners of the house. This is a popular design technique used by professionals to create a "softer" look to the house. Click on the Ground Fill Region icon, circled in blue to the left. Begin outlining a planting bed around the corner of the house. Doubleclick when you are satisfied with the shape of the planting bed. NOTE: You will have to complete the planting bed in a continuous connected line for the fill to take place. Refer to page 166 in the PUNCH! Manual for specific directions on editing the property and bedding lines. STEP 10: As time permits, open the Punch! Live View and select the Helicopter icon for a Fly-Around view of your property. Experiment with the icons in the upper right of the Punch! Live View window. STEP 11: Save Your Work!!! You will continue this activity tomorrow. STEP 12: When you are finished, exit the program and clean up your work area. Conclusion: You and your partner have had the opportunity to begin the landscaping layout of the home. You will spend more time customizing your home later, so observe various houses on your way home today (including your own home). Pay attention to details and add some of your own creativity. 14 RETURN TO THE PAXTON ActionLABS PROGRAM.

15 Day 4: Activity 1/Project Exterior/Interior Design (Continued) DAY 4 Purpose: The purpose of this activity is for you and your partner to continue to learn more about interior and exterior layouts using the PUNCH! program. You should be familiar with the essential features of the software program by this point. Try using other elements of the interior or exterior planning software to further customize your new home. You can add trees, a pool, ponds, edging, and a variety of other elements to your design by opening the appropriate menu from the toolbar at the top of your screen. IMPORTANT NOTE: Make sure that if you are going back inside the home to work on the interior, that you have chosen the Floor tab on the toolbar. If you will continue to work on the landscape features of the home, then be sure to click the Landscape tab. Materials Needed: PUNCH! Professional Home Design software Procedure: STEP 1: MINIMIZE THE PAXTON ActionLABS PROGRAM. Double-click on the PUNCH! Pro desktop icon to start the program. STEP 2: Once you have started the program click File, and then Open. In the Look In box, click on Desktop, then locate and click on the Class Files folder. Locate the apartment you and your partner saved and double-click the file to open it. STEP 3: When your plan is opened, use your imagination and your computer design skills to further customize this home. NOTE: This is a good time to invite your instructor over for a "Walk-through" of your design! (See if your instructor can navigate through the home!) continued 15

16 Paxton ActionLABS DAY 4 STEP 4: Save your work when you have finished your plan. To save and print your work, go to the File menu and click Save. Once it is saved, go back to the File menu and select Print to print a copy of your design. STEP 5: After your file has printed, exit the program and clean up your work area. Conclusion: You and your partner have had the opportunity to layout the interior and exterior features of your newly designed home. Once you have printed your project, SIGNAL YOUR INSTRUCTOR and be prepared to explain what you have learned. RETURN TO THE PAXTON ActionLABS PROGRAM. 16

17 Day 4: Activity 2/Project Designing Furniture DAY 4 Purpose: The purpose of this activity is to introduce you and your partner to the principles of interior design. Feel free to design whatever furniture you choose to place in your room for this activity. Materials Needed: T square 30 X 60 Triangle 45 Triangle Drawing board Architectural scale Masking tapeyour Room Drawing, Day 4, Activity 2 worksheet Procedure: STEP 1: In your Module Map Screen, go to your File Locker and click the Module Files tab. Click on the file for the worksheet titled Your Room.pdf. Close the File Locker and Minimize the Module Map Screen. STEP 2: On your Desktop, double-click the Class Files folder. Locate your file and click to open it. Print the worksheet and locate the remaining materials listed above. STEP 3: Draw the furniture in your room. Your sketch must be creative and have good craftsmanship. STEP 4: Finish your sketch. STEP 5: Clean up your module area. Conclusion: Today you and your partner have explored the principles of design by designing furniture for your room. Show your completed project to your instructor. RETURN TO THE PAXTON ActionLABS PROGRAM. 17 1

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19 Day 5: Activity 1/Project Virtual Walk-Through DAY 5 Purpose: The purpose of this activity, which you ll continue on Day 6, is to introduce you to an architectural program that allows you to visualize a design you will create in three dimensions. The program also allows you to walk around and visualize the design from different places. Computer design programs are one type of virtual reality, allowing you to look around with or without changing your own point of view. Materials Needed: Virtus CD Procedure: STEP 1: MINIMIZE THE PAXTON ActionLABS PROGRAM. Double-click the Virtus desktop icon to start the program. When creating a new architectural design with the computer, it s helpful to see your idea in as many views as possible. The floor plan you created in Day 2, Activity 2 allowed you to see your floor plan in only two dimensions, width and depth. To get a better idea of how a new design actually looks, it is better to view it in three dimensions: width, depth, and height, the way we normally see things. height depth width 19 1 continued

20 Paxton ActionLABS DAY 5 STEP 2: If you have any questions about how to use Virtus software, refer to the Help feature on the CD. STEP 3: Click on the Walk window. Now go to the Walk menu. Drag down to Velocity Grid. This will add the Velocity Grid to the Walk window. STEP 4: Go to the Walk menu and drag down to Top View. Select Tool Rectangle Tool Rotate Tool STEP 5: The diagram to the right will show you the Virtus tools you will be using in this exercise. STEP 6: Click on the Select tool. It will turn yellow. Click on the small circle in the middle of the Walk window and drag the circle down and to the left one square. This circle (it now has a vertical line in it) is the Observer tool. You will use this tool to change how you look at your project. This is also called your point of view. STEP 7: Click on the Rectangle tool. STEP 8: Move the Cross Hair to the coordinates 0, 0 in the Top View window. Drag a box up and to the right to create a room 15 feet wide by 20 feet high. You have just drawn your living room. Observer STEP 9: Move the Cross Hair to the upper right-hand corner of the living room. Drag a box down and to the right to create a bedroom 15 feet x 10 feet as shown on the left. STEP 10: Now that you have created two rooms, add the furnishings. Go to the Window menu and drag down to Content. STEP 11: Click the 3D tab in the Content Window. Furniture module pictures will appear. STEP 12: Scroll through the pictures until you find the picture of the living room furniture and click on it. You should now see a picture of the living room in the right side of the content screen. 20 continued 1

21 STEP 13: Click on the picture of the furniture you want to place in your room and drag it into the living room drawing. DAY 5 NOTE: When you place furniture, do not let it touch any of the walls. STEP 14: Repeat STEPS 11 through 13 to place the bedroom furniture in the bedroom. STEP 15: You may rotate a piece of furniture so it faces the right direction in the room. You would not want a chair facing the wall. Click on the Select tool then click anywhere outside of your drawing. This will turn the Velocity grid off. Next, click on the corner of the piece of furniture you wish to rotate, this will select the piece of furniture. Finally, click on the Rotate tool. Place your cursor on a corner of the furniture you wish to rotate and move your mouse. The furniture will rotate but probably not be in the correct position. STEP 16: To move the furniture into its proper position, click on the Select tool, then click and drag the furniture to the right location. STEP 17: Go to the File menu and drag down to Save As then click OK. In the File Window, click the black drop down arrow in the Save In box. Locate and click Desktop then doubleclick to open the Class Files folder. In the File name box, type your last name and click Save. Click on the taskbar of your desktop to open the Admin screen you hid earlier. Reopen the Module Map screen and click the File Locker icon. Click on the blue Upload File button and then click the Browse button. The computer should have automatically brought up the Class files window, where you should see the file you saved. Click on your file then click Open. Click the Upload button. It will take a few moments and then you should see the contents of your student files. Close the Locker. You have now saved your document continued

22 Paxton ActionLABS DAY 5 STEP 18: Signal your instructor to check your floor plan and furniture placement. STEP 19: Once your file is saved, go to the File menu and choose Print. STEP 20: Once your floor plan has printed, go to the File menu and drag down to Exit. STEP 21: Please clean up your work area. Conclusion: You and your partner should have explored the Virtus Walkthrough Pro applications and learned how to create 3-D interior designs. If you haven't done so, signal your instructor. Be prepared to explain what you have learned. RETURN TO THE PAXTON ActionLABS PROGRAM. 22 1

23 Day 5: Activity 2/Critical Writing Narrative DAY 5 Directions: While your partner is completing the test on the computer, you will complete the critical writing activity on a separate page supplied by the instructor. When you have both finished with this activity, trade places. You will now complete the test on the computer and your partner will complete the critical writing activity. Critical Writing: You have just graduated from college with a degree in architecture. You have passed your state testing and are licensed. On the very first day in your new job your boss asks you to develop a series of 10 questions that you can use to interview families about what they would like in new homes your firm is designing. What would those 10 questions be? Secondly, your supervisor requests that you explain how you could take the answers to these questions and use a CAD program to show some of these features the potential home buyers would like to see. Remember, this is only a written explanation of how you could use the CAD program to help your employer demonstrate design ideas. Here is what your new employer needs to see: 1. A list of ten questions for prospective home buyers concerning what specific features they would like to see in a new home; 2. An explanation of how a virtual CAD program could reinforce what your company already has; and, 3. An explanation of uses for the 3D generated drawings and walk-throughs. continued 23

24 Paxton ActionLABS DAY 5 Narrative/Persuasive Pre-Writing to Writing Process Follow this process when writing your narrative or persuasive assignments. Prewriting: Plan your writing by thinking about the topic and your purpose. Are you explaining or arguing a point of view? A narrative piece requires you to describe in order. Persuasive writing requires you to first state your point of view, then tell why you think it is correct and present facts to support your opinion. 1. Identifying Choose the main elements you wish to write about. There should not be more than three. 2. Drafting Jot your ideas down in rough form. 3. Revising Change and improve the rough draft. Get rid of unnecessary parts. Add important material based on your writing goal to explain or defend. 4. Proofreading Correct any errors in spelling, punctuation, and clarity. Care should be taken to make the writing communicate clearly. 5. Publishing After final editing, finish the writing and make it available for others to read. Edit your piece one more time before you rewrite (publish it) for the audience to read. AFTER COMPLETING THE CRITICAL WRITING AND THE PROGRESS TEST, RETURN TO THE PAXTON ActionLABS PROGRAM. 24

25 Day 6: Activity 1/Project Virtual Architecture DAY 6 Purpose: The purpose of this activity is to show you how to create doors and windows for the house that you started on Day 5, Activity 1 and later complete a virtual walk-through. The doors will allow you to walk through the house and the windows will allow you to see in and out of your house. When you finish today, you should have a basic understanding of the software. Materials Needed: Virtus CD Procedure: STEP 1: In your Module Map Screen, go to your File Locker and click the Module Files tab. Click on the file that you saved in the previous activity. Close the File Locker and Minimize the Module Map Screen. STEP 2: Double-click on the Virtus desktop icon to start the program. STEP 3: To open the floor plan that you started yesterday, go to the File menu and drag down to Open. Click on Desktop, then double-click to open the Class Files folder. Locate and click on your file then click Open. STEP 4: Click the Surface Editor tool in the toolbox. It's the tool to the right of the hammer icon. STEP 5: Double-click the Cross Hair exactly on the front (bottom) of the living room wall. You will now see an outside, front elevation of your living room wall. In CAD, an elevation is similar to standing on the ground and looking at the object. STEP 6: Click on the 2D tab on the Content window to access Doors and Windows. Click on the Select tool, then pick a door and drag it onto the front elevation of your house. If the door is too big, click on the Select tool, click on the door to select it, then click on the Resize tool. Click on a corner of the door and drag to change its size. If you make a mistake, select Undo from the Edit menu. continued Top View Front Elevation of Living Room Wall 25 V. 3.1

26 Paxton ActionLABS DAY 6 STEP 20: Exit the program by going to the File STEP menu and 7: To select a window, DAY click 6 on the arrow to the selecting Exit. right of Doors Non-Textured 2D in the Content window. Select Open 2D Objects Library and then select STEP 21: Remember to upload your file when you Windows return to Non-Textured. Click on Open. the Paxton ActionLABS Program. STEP 8: Select a window and drag it onto the elevation. Conclusion: STEP 9: Go to the Window menu and drag down to Top You and your partner should have added doors View. and windows Release the mouse button. You will now be able to to your floor plan. When you are finished, if you see haven't where done the window and door are placed on the living so, signal your instructor. room wall. STEP 10: Click the Surface Connect tool the tool that looks like a hammer and nail. RETURN TO THE PAXTON ActionLABS PROGRAM. STEP 11: Place the Pointer exactly on the wall between the living room and the bedroom. You should hear a slight click sound; if not, try again. This nails the walls together to make one wall. STEP 12: Click the Surface Editor tool. STEP 13: Place the Cross Hair precisely on the wall between the living room and the bedroom and double click. You will now see an elevation of your living room/bedroom wall. STEP 14: Click and drag to create a door on the right half of the wall. STEP 15: Go to the Window menu and drag down to Top View. You will now be able to see where the door is placed on the living room/bedroom wall. STEP 16: Follow the same procedure to add windows to the other walls of your house. STEP 17: Move the cursor outside the house and click. The handles should disappear. STEP 18: Signal your instructor to check your floor plan with the doors and windows in place. 26 V. 3.1 STEP 19: Save your document by going to the File menu and dragging down to Save. 27 V. 3.1 continued

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28 Day 7: Activity 1/Project Walk-Through DAY 7 Purpose: The purpose of this activity is to learn how to walk-through your house. Now that you have created your 3-D house, you can use the computer to walk-through the house and visualize what you have designed. This is one example of virtual reality, a computer simulation of a real-life experience. Materials Needed: Virtus CD Procedure: STEP 1: In your Module Map Screen, go to your File Locker and click the Module Files tab. Click on the file that you saved in the previous activity. Close the File Locker and Minimize the Module Map Screen. STEP 2: Double-click on the Virtus desktop icon to start the program. STEP 3: Go to the File menu and drag down to Open. Click on Desktop, then double-click to open the Class Files folder. Locate and click on your file then click Open. STEP 4: In the computer program you are using, you can control a walk- through in two ways: moving the Observer in the top view window or moving the cross hair in the walk view window. After you learn to move the Observer, you will record a movie of your walk-through that you can play over and over. continued 29 V. 3.1

29 Paxton ActionLABS DAY 7 Read the following paragraph about the Observer. Before learning how to move the observer, let s find out how it works. The Observer looks like a circle with a line coming out of it. The line coming out from the center shows where it is looking. When you move the line, the Observer will look in the direction it is pointing. You can move the Observer around by clicking and dragging as you have done before. STEP 5: Find the Observer. It should be at the center grid (0, 0) or the lower left corner of your house. This is the Observer s home position; if you lose it, you can always have it return to this home position. STEP 6: Click the Select tool and move it to the center of the Observer. Click and drag the Observer to the front of the house. You will be looking directly at the house. In the Walk View window, you should see a view like the one to the left. STEP 7: Hold down the control key on the keyboard, then point to the eye line inside the Observer. Drag it to the left and right. When you release the mouse, notice that the view in the Walk View window changes as you change the Observer s direction. STEP 8: Experiment a little. Try moving the Observer around both inside and outside the house while you are changing its direction. NOTE: The Observer can walk through walls without using the doors. WARNING: Do NOT try this at home! STEP 9: When you are through experimenting, drag the Observer to the front of the house so it faces the front door. STEP 10: Move the cursor anywhere in the Walk View window and click to activate the window. A grid in the window should be overlaying the elevation of the house. If the grid is not there, move to the Walk menu and drag down to Velocity Grid. continued 30 V. 3.1

30 STEP 11: You can control the Observer by dragging the cursor within the Walk window's grid pattern. The further you move the cursor from the center, the faster it will move. By dragging toward the corners, you can move forward or backward and rotate at the same time. DAY 7 Drag up = move forward Drag down = move backward Drag left = rotate left Drag right = rotate right STEP 12: Place the cursor in the center of the grid, directly over the cross. Hold down the mouse and practice moving the Observer in and around the house. Practice moving smoothly at different speeds until you feel comfortable. NOTE: If you lose the Observer, move to the View menu and drag down to Home Observer. STEP 13: Place the cursor inside the Top View window and click. Drag the Observer to the front of the house facing the front door. NOTE: Now that you have practiced moving the Observer in the Walk View window, you will record your walk-through. This recording will be similar to a movie that shows a tour of your house. After the recording is done, you will play it. It will loop (play over and over) until you stop it. STEP 14: Move the cursor to the center of the Walk View window and click. STEP 15: From the Walk menu, select Record. STEP 16: Place the Cross Hair in the Walk window and use the mouse to control the Observer s movement through the house. Turn the Observer as you move through the house so you can see the furniture and windows. continued 31 V. 3.1

31 Paxton ActionLABS DAY 7 STEP 17: When you have completed your tour, move to the Walk menu. Click the Stop button. STEP 18: Click the Play button and watch the movie of your house tour. It will take a moment to start the tour, so be patient. STEP 19: When you are done watching the tour, click on Stop from the Walk menu. STEP 20: Signal your instructor to view your tour. Be prepared to explain what you have learned. STEP 21: When finished, move to the File menu and drag down to Save. Remember to ask your instructor for the file saving location. STEP 22: Go to File and drag down to Exit. STEP 23: Remember to upload your file when you return to the Paxton ActionLABS Program. Conclusion: You and your partner have learned how to use the walkthrough portion of this program and you have created a movie of your project. RETURN TO THE PAXTON ActionLABS PROGRAM. 32 V. 3.1

32 Day 10: Activity 1/Critical Writing Persuasive DAY 10 Directions: While your partner is completing the test on the computer, you will complete the critical writing activity on a separate page supplied by the instructor. When you have both finished with this activity, trade places. You will now complete the test on the computer and your partner will complete the critical writing activity. Critical Writing: In this module you have learned about 3D CAD programs as well as virtual CAD programs. You have created a variety of interior and exterior designs using these virtual programs. You are the owner of a company that develops architectural computer software, like the ones that you used in this module. Develop an advertising campaign to sell your product throughout the world. You need to include what you are selling and how it works, and your main focus should be on why people need to purchase your product. This assignment will be used to persuade possible buyers to purchase your product, thus creating a profit for you and your company. The more you sell, the more money you make! Explain how you used these programs in a design project. Justify why you selected the virtual CAD programs to design your outcomes. Give specific examples of how you went through the design procedure to obtain your final result. Compare other designs to your design that you found when researching your problem. Tell how and why you came to your final conclusions. Discuss how a 3D or virtual CAD program like the one your company has developed helped create the final solution. Here s what you ll have to do: 1. Write a description of what your virtual CAD program has to offer a potential buyer; and, 2. Argue why your program will give them the best results. You can use any of the projects that you have worked on in this module as examples. Remember that this is a PERSUASIVE SUMMARY of what you think your program has to offer the consumer. continued 33

33 Paxton ActionLABS DAY 10 Narrative/Persuasive Pre-Writing to Writing Process Follow this process when writing your narrative or persuasive assignments. Prewriting: Plan your writing by thinking about the topic and your purpose. Are you explaining or arguing a point of view? A narrative piece requires you to describe in order. Persuasive writing requires you to first state your point of view, then tell why you think it is correct and present facts to support your opinion. 1. Identifying Choose the main elements you wish to write about. There should not be more than three. 2. Drafting Jot your ideas down in rough form. 3. Revising Change and improve the rough draft. Get rid of unnecessary parts. Add important material based on your writing goal to explain or defend. 4. Proofreading Correct any errors in spelling, punctuation, and clarity. Care should be taken to make the writing communicate clearly. 5. Publishing After final editing, finish the writing and make it available for others to read. Edit your piece one more time before you rewrite (publish it) for the audience to read. WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE CRITICAL WRITING AND THE POST TEST, FINISH YOUR DESIGN BRIEF. 34

34 Design Brief #1 Introduction Architects use many different technical means and graphic representations to sell an idea to a client. CAD drawings, oral presentations, multimedia presentations, and computer enhanced "walk-throughs" may be used to sell a home or building to perspective buyers. These techniques help the potential buyer "see" the building prior to the actual construction of the building. Your Task The Imagination Development Company needs creative individuals to offer prospective buyers a vision of their new home designs. The company is opening a display home in the Wondering Heights neighborhood and would like to have several different home designs on display as prospective buyers visit the display home. You and your partner have been selected to design a poster that will illustrate three typical rooms in model homes. These room illustrations should include all furniture and permanent fixtures. Materials Teams may use only the materials listed below to solve this design brief: Virtual Architecture module, computer, associated software/equipment; 1 - standard sheet poster board (instructor provided); 1 - glue stick; and, 1 - Roll double stick tape. Historical Research To solve this problem, teams will need to examine existing house plans, search the Internet, books, magazines, and other sources of information. To develop the final poster, teams will need to address each of the following statements/questions: 1. What are some examples of floor plans that already exist? a. Investigate resources such as the Internet, books, home stores, and building magazines. 2. How do modern homes differ from those built 100 years ago? 3. What are the primary design features that lead people to the purchase of a new home? 4. What characteristics can you add to your team designs that will make it different from others on the market? 5. Are there specific features that can be added for your region of the country (for example, screened porches do not sell well in Minnesota but do sell very well in Florida)? 6. What are some characteristics of the Wondering Heights (recreation, services, etc.) subdivision that would be attractive to buyers? Use your imagination. 7. Why is CAD used for this project instead of board drawing? a. How is it different? b. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a CAD system? DB1

35 Paxton ActionLABS Parameters While working to solve this design brief, teams should remain within the following design parameters: 1. Teams should show ample evidence of research related to the problem; 2. Teams should use PUNCH! Professional Home Design software to draw a complete floor plan of a home; 3. Teams should expand three rooms of the floor plan and include all furniture and permanent fixtures for the room; 4. These three rooms should be placed on a poster board with other information about the new subdivision; 5. A legend should be included that describes all symbols used on the drawing (Refer to page 3 in this guidebook to see an example of a legend; 6. Teams must supply a written explanation for each of the questions outlined within the "historical research" section; and, 7. Teams must prepare for and present all ideas and the poster to the remainder of the students in the class. Evaluation Team solutions will be evaluated according to the following criteria: 1. Complete Floor Plan: Did the team prepare a complete floor plan for the home prior to selecting and refining the three (3) rooms for the poster? 2. Expansion Rooms: Did the team expand three (3) of the rooms from the floor plan to include all furniture and permanent fixtures? 3. Poster: Did the team prepare an advertising poster that included the complete floor plan, three expanded rooms, and other graphic information about the subdivision? Did the drawings include a legend describing all symbols? 4. Written explanation: Did the team provide adequate written responses for each of the questions outlined in the "Historical Research" section? 5. Presentation: Did the team prepare for and provide a short presentation illustrating the poster and the room concepts? DB2

36 Design Brief #2 Introduction In the world of residential architecture, kitchens and bathrooms are essential rooms. Unlike many other rooms in the home, kitchens and bathrooms are designed for a single purpose. Kitchens and bathrooms must be durable, functional, practical, and beautiful at the same time in order to attract the attention of buyers today. Kitchens and bathrooms have changed a great deal during the 20th Century due to changes in architectural style, artistic tastes, and technology. For example, a kitchen designed in 1920 would not include electric outlets, a cabinet to house the microwave oven or even a dishwasher. In kitchens today, these two items are almost always included. Designing/decorating kitchens and bathrooms is a very prosperous business. Your Task You and your partner have just accepted a contract with the Ultimate Vista Home Company to design kitchens and bathrooms that they will be installing in their new line of upscale homes. The company has a reputation of being "cutting edge" so you will need to do research and include some "smart home" technology in your designs. You will use your knowledge of home design computer software and creativity to design two kitchens and two bathrooms for Ultimate Vista. Your reputations as kitchen and bathroom design gurus are on the line so be creative and innovative. Materials Teams must use only the materials and equipment listed below to solve this design brief: Virtual Architecture module, computer, and associated equipment; Kitchen and bathroom design/decorating magazines (supplied by student); Internet; 2 - Pair of scissors; 1 - glue stick; 1 - sheet of standard poster board (instructor provided); and, Appliance catalogs (instructor provided). Historical Research To design the rooms, your team will need to conduct research on home designs and decorating. Answer the following questions as you attempt to solve this design brief: 1. What kind of decorating and design techniques are popular in modern kitchens and bathrooms? a. Investigate design and home interior magazines for ideas (look for color schemes, location of kitchen components, decorations, etc.); b. Where are most kitchens and bathrooms located in homes (think of where your kitchen is located in your home and homes you have visited)? 2. What types of materials are used in most kitchen/bathroom construction? DB3

37 Paxton ActionLABS Parameters While working to solve this design brief, teams should remain within the following design parameters: 1. Teams must develop two different kitchens and bathrooms; 2. Each kitchen and bathroom must have a decorating scheme (presented on poster board and including wall coverings, floor coverings, types of appliances and various decorations). Note: These may be cut and pasted from magazines; 3. Team designs must be sketched on paper before being designed on the computer. These sketches must be included in the final submission of the design brief; 4. The final drawings must include a range, a refrigerator, a double sink, cabinets, a table and chairs, a dishwasher, a microwave, and an island for serving in the kitchen; 5. Bathrooms must include a sink, a full bath and shower, cabinets, a toilet, and a linen closet (implement smart home technology in the construction of your exhaust/lighting unit in the bathroom); 6. Teams must design the kitchens and bathrooms so that the customer may complete a virtual "walkthrough;" and, 7. The formal presentation to the owners of Ultimate Vista will include a posterboard that details decorating schemes, hand drawn sketches, a copy of the CAD floor plans, and a virtual "walk-through" displaying kitchen and bathroom designs. Evaluation Team solutions will be evaluated according to the following criteria: 1. Decorating Scheme: Are the design schemes creative/modern and do they adhere to the design parameters? 2. Room Arrangements: Is the overall design and placement of the kitchen and bathroom components logical, convenient, and do they meet the specifications? 3. Technology: Did the design team use technology to illustrate their designs adequately and appropriately (virtual walk-through, smart technology, etc.)? 4. Poster Illustration: Did the team prepare a quality poster illustrating the design schemes and floor plans? 5. Written Responses: Did the design team provide adequate responses to each of the questions outlined in the "Historical Research" section? DB4

38 Design Brief #3 Introduction Architects often create computer animated "walk-throughs" of their designs to help them market their ideas. In this design brief you will create a virtual walk-through that will assist your team in marketing a fitness center. Your Task Franco s Fitness Center has hired your architectural firm to create a virtual walk-through of a new facility. Since you and your partner do not regularly exercise, you will need to conduct a little research into fitness centers and some of the equipment before you can begin. You may want to use Internet sites, books, magazines, pamphlets from local fitness centers, or equipment sales people in your area to gather information. You should focus on safety, size, and membership incentives that may be used by the fitness industry. Finally your team will develop a "walk- through" that will be presented to the class (in an effort to entice them to join the center). Materials Design teams may use the following materials and equipment in their effort to solve this design brief: Virtual Architecture module, computer and related equipment; Health and fitness magazines (instructor provided); Internet; and, Newspaper advertisements (instructor provided). Historical Research To solve this problem, you and your partner will need to develop a virtual walk-through of a fitness center. Conduct research by examining documents obtained on the Internet, in books, in magazines, in sports pamphlets from local fitness centers, or by discussing the problem with sports leaders or coaches from your school. Answer the following questions as you and your partner gather information for this design brief: 1. What equipment is necessary in a "state-of-the-art" fitness club? 2. What are the benefits of weight training, aerobic training and the overall approach to wellness that a fitness club can offer? 3. When did fitness and wellness become popular in American society? 4. What are three (3) other items that could be included in the walk-through to attract interest? DB5

39 Paxton ActionLABS Parameters While working to solve this design brief, teams must remain within the following parameters: 1. Teams must develop a 2-3 minute walk-through of a fitness club; 2. Teams must develop a script of dialog that can be stated orally while the walk-through is playing. The dialog must also help "sell" the center; 3. Teams must provide written responses to each of the questions outlined in the "historical research" section; and, 4. Teams must prepare a presentation during which the walk-through will be played and the dialog will be orally stated. Evaluation Team solutions will be evaluated according to the following criteria: 1. Walkthrough: Did the team provide a 3-D walk-through of a fitness center that was at least 2-3 minutes in length? 2. Dialog: Did the team develop a dialog that supplements the 3-D walk-through? 3. Presentation: Did the team provide a short presentation explaining the walk-through? 4. Written Responses: Did the team provide adequate responses to each of the questions outlined in the "historical research" section? DB6 Copyright 2006 Paxton/Patterson LLC - All Rights Reserved. All printed and electronic materials in Paxton ActionLABS Learning System are copyright protected including but limited to student guidebooks, graphics, tests, rubrics, videos, and instructor and student orientations.