Miranda Homes has recently changed their engineering software to Revit Architecture 2011. This advanced program allows for the home builder and buyer to explore a wider range of customization for their home. The engineers at Miranda are excited about what this software has to offer.
"From inception our goal was to incorporate software that would give us the ability to allow our customers to visualize, in 3-D, their dream home in detail and then turn that into deliverables," said president Rob Boydstun, "Revit, coupled with the Struc Soft program, customization from Miranda's engineers, and other component manufacturers improve our process to construct the home as ordered and on schedule."
Revit has updated its software to enhance the needs of efficient builders like Miranda. New features include estimates on total energy and carbon emissions annually, monthly and even hourly, estimates on water usage throughout the house, and calculations of heating and cooling loads based on occupancy. All of these features collectively work to simplify the process of designing a house.
Revit also supplies a panoramic 3-D view of the home allowing each room to be seen as it will look structurally in detail. Think of it as an in-depth version of "The Sims" architectural video game series, except you can actually have it built.
To ensure that the buyer has a greater chance of getting the exact product they want with their home, Revit provides the "family" feature. This takes the parameters and dimensions of a product – say, a bathtub – and fits it into the architectural drawings allowing the designer to see what that product will look like in the home when it is built.
The buyer can choose from thousands of household items such as bathtubs, windows, cabinets and appliances from many businesses, such as Andersen Windows, who have pre-made product files ready to be downloaded.
"Because there's so many architects and structural engineers using it there's a large library of components already available," says Hanson (right), "The point of having the geometry already created is a big head start."
These products can be grouped together so that the engineer can simply pick the product and drop it into place in seconds, instead of repetitively putting in dimensions each time, which will save hours over the overall building process.
With requests growing for Miranda custom homes, the Revit Architecture 2011 software is leading the way in providing the home buyer with a more enjoyable and stress-free experience as they begin to construct their dream home.
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