Historic Resources Committee

I am soliciting opinions about preferences for SketchUp vs Revit as a visualization tool for a historic property.
The project is a Federal Style house where the interior woodwork was removed and saved before a remodeling project (decades ago). We are restoring the house and will replace as much of the original woodwork as possible. The challenge is that there are no records for the location of the woodwork. I think that drawing the wood elements separately in 3D and then the and the house in 3D would help sort out locations and visualize the restoration. I feel confident that I could easily do this with SketchUp because I'm familiar with the software and the wood detail is conducive to SketchUp's capabilities - but I'm wondering if it might be a missed opportunity not to use Revit. (I'm great at AutoCAD but still learning Revit). Are there advantages to using Revit? Is it worth the time to invest learning the Revit?
Early 19th century brick house, +- 3500 sf, 2 floors, small town Ohio farmhouse

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Marika Snider AIA
Architect
Ohio History Connection
Columbus, Ohio
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We use laser scanning first, to generate a point cloud, which is converted to a REVIT model.  If you scanned both the building and salvaged wood work, you could play with it in the model like puzzle pieces to figure out their likely locations.  Just make sure you tag the wood work piece you scan, and keep that tag with the model of it, so you can coordinate that into useful documents for the contractor.  Feel free to contact me - I can connect you with the fellow who does this in the office and he can answer to the specifics.  Good luck!

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Susan Turner FAIA
Historic Preservation Leader
Bailey Edward Design
Chicago IL
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-26-2017 16:50
From: Marika Snider
Subject: SketchUp vs Revit

I am soliciting opinions about preferences for SketchUp vs Revit as a visualization tool for a historic property.
The project is a Federal Style house where the interior woodwork was removed and saved before a remodeling project (decades ago). We are restoring the house and will replace as much of the original woodwork as possible. The challenge is that there are no records for the location of the woodwork. I think that drawing the wood elements separately in 3D and then the and the house in 3D would help sort out locations and visualize the restoration. I feel confident that I could easily do this with SketchUp because I'm familiar with the software and the wood detail is conducive to SketchUp's capabilities - but I'm wondering if it might be a missed opportunity not to use Revit. (I'm great at AutoCAD but still learning Revit). Are there advantages to using Revit? Is it worth the time to invest learning the Revit?
Early 19th century brick house, +- 3500 sf, 2 floors, small town Ohio farmhouse

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Marika Snider AIA
Architect
Ohio History Connection
Columbus, Ohio
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