Introduction to 3D and 4D Modeling Applications

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Introduction to 3D and 4D Modeling Applications
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About AECOM

• 43,000 employees
• Over 400 offices
• More than 100 countries

A leading provider of professional technical and
management support services, including planning,
advisory,engineering design, program and
construction management services, to a broad
range of markets, including transportation,facilit
ies, environmental and energy
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Wisconsin Presence

• Full-service design, planning, and construction
  engineering
• More than 540 professionals
• Green Bay
• Milwaukee
• Madison
• Oshkosh

• Pewaukee
• Sheboygan
• Stevens Point
• Weston

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AECOMs Capabilities

• Community Sensitive Design
• Holistic planning approach
• Public involvement / Stakeholder consensus
• Interagency facilitation
• Architecture
• Lighting
• Landscaping
• Urban design
• Web site design
• Professional publications group

• Program Management
• Capital program development
• Design standards
• Criteria development
• Construction management
• Project controls
• Web-based project management
• Consultant oversight
• Contract administration

• Design Planning
• Structural design
• Transportation planning and design
• Traffic engineering
• Alternatives analysis
• Environmental
• Historic architecture / cultural resources
• Rural and urban design
• Streetscape/aesthetics

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Agenda

• 3D Modeling

• 4D Modeling

• Introduction
• Applications
• Software Packages
• Examples

• Introduction
• Software Packages
• Interaction between 3D Modeling and CPM
  Scheduling
• Examples

3D/4D Modeling Summary Questions Answers
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3D Modeling Introduction

• Engineering builds model
• Modeling begins with preliminary design
• Data collection is key to successful modeling
• Agencies
• Utilities
• Consultants
• Steps in modeling process
• Collect design data
• Create initial model
• Render objects
• Supplement design with artistic rendering details
• Still images and animated models available

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3D Modeling Applications

• Utilized throughout engineering and construction
  industries
• Building design and construction
• Roadways and Bridges
• Transit and Railroads
• Architecture

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3D Modeling Applications

• Transportation Design and Construction
• Public involvement
• Extent of impacts
• Aesthetics
• Public buy-in tool
• Design tool
• Line of sight analysis
• Drainage analysis
• Construction
• Staging analysis
• Equipment staging
• Schedule implications

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3D Modeling Software Packages

• Primary Modeling Programs
• Bentley Microstation
• Autodesk Applications
• Common Design Platforms
• InRoads
• GeoPak
• Civil 3D

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Virtual Still Images
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Virtual Still Images
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Virtual Animation City of Racine Roundabout
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Virtual Still Images
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Virtual Animation SR-112 (Miami, FL)
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Virtual Animation Kennedy Center (Washington
D.C.)
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Virtual Animation Calumet Initiative (Chicago,
IL)
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4D Modeling Introduction

• Project scheduling adds 4th dimension to 3D
  models
• Introduce to projects early in process
• Design and construction applications
• Identify and quantify delays
• Relate causes and effects
• Determine responsibility for delays
• As-planned vs as-built analysis

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4D Software Packages

• Software capabilities vary
• Some packages interact directly with scheduling
  software
• Software examples
• NavisWorks
• Timeliner XE
• Autodesk 3D Studio MAX
• Synchro 4D Software
• Common Point

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Interaction between 3D Modeling and CPM
Scheduling

• CAD and drafting tools
• AutoCAD
• ArchiCAD
• Bentley Applications
• Autodesk Inventor
• SolidWorks
• Google SketchUp

• Scheduling Software
• Primavera P3
• Microsoft Project

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New York City Hudson Yards Redevelopment
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New York City Hudson Yards Redevelopment
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Highway and Interchange Project
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3D/4D Modeling Summary

• 3D Modeling
• 3D models begin with engineering and preliminary
  design
• Valuable tool for design, construction staging
  analysis, and public involvement activities
• 4D Modeling
• Scheduling adds 4th dimension to 3D models
• Identify and analyze project delays
• 3D models interact directly with scheduling
  software to produce results

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Questions Answers

• Boris Veleusic
• AECOM
• 11425 W. Lake Park Dr., Suite 100, Milwaukee, WI
  53224
• T 414.577.1391 E boris.veleusic_at_aecom.com