Despite some glitches with VistaBB (apologies) I received most of your outlines on time. I provided specific feedback in my grading comments (the cumulative grades are up to date) so these are general comments.
- Many of you did not cite any reference sources. Please remember that, unless you’re undertaking a project that is solely focusing on producing a product, you want to learn from those who’ve gone before you. Since you want to learn from people that you’d respect that’s the reason for picking professional sources. In this area you may not find directly relevant peer-reviewed articles, but you certainly want ones from reputable publications – those aimed at the professionals (trade publications) rather than the general public. Google Scholar is always a good place to start, though it focuses mainly on academic sources.
- Narrow your topic – I suggested repeatedly to individuals and groups that they would need to narrow their topic. It’s much more meaningful to do some narrower topic well rather than trying to cover too much ground and thus not really say anything you couldn’t have written before taking this course.
- If you undertake a project that attempts to produce a product (e.g. Revit Model) it’s OK to not complete it. What’s important is that you document what you tried, what happened, your analysis of what went wrong, what you’d do differently next time.
- RTFM – Read the Freaking Manual is a wonderful acronym to remember. Revit and Bentley and most software vendors have extensive documentation to help you learn how to do things. Read about it before you dive in too deeply. That doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t dabble a bit first to get a sense of the tool, but for anything complex reading about it is going to be more efficient.
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