SARUP: AUP Project
The AUP Project This project’s goal is to construct a 3D model of the Architecture and Urban Planning building on the computer. I, the WebMaster, have aspired to construct this model for a number of...
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12/04/95
The AUP Project December 4, 1995; Time Today: 3 hours, Total Time: 3 hours First day on the project. First time using form*Z. I’ve got a nearly full set of architects drawings of the building (no as...
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The AUP Project December 5, 1995; Time Today: 3 hours, Total Time: 6 hours I’ve found the manuals for form*Z to be lacking. No index, which I hate. Everything must be found through a table of contents,...
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The AUP Project December 6, 1995; Time Today: 5 hours, Total Time: 11 hours The footings were next. In AutoCAD, I would have used the offset command to help with this, but couldn’t find anything that...
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12/07/95
The AUP Project December 7, 1995; Time Today: 5 hours, Total Time: 16 hours I spent today fixing inaccuracies that I stumbled across, and added the stairs to the south basement. After measuring the...
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12/08/95
The AUP Project December 8, 1995; Time Today: 5 hours, Total Time: 21 hours Started work on the floor above the basement. I’m creating pans, which I will array, and ‘difference’ from a solid slab. The...
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The AUP Project December 11, 1995; Time Today: 5 hours, Total Time: 26 hours I continued work on the floor. I’ve started working on west side of the hall on the north side of the building. I’ve wasted...
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The AUP Project December 12, 1995; Time Today: 4 hours, Total Time: 30 hours Still working on the north half of the building. I completed the top four floor plates. I then started working on the first...
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12/13/95
The AUP Project December 13, 1995; Time Today: 5 hours, Total Time: 35 hours I completed the complex, multi-sloped floor of the large lecture hall. You wouldn’t understand how I did it if I tried to...
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12/14/95
The AUP Project December 14, 1995; Time Today: 6 hours, Total Time: 41 hours Today’s task was to do the floors on the south end of the building. I completed all five slabs on the south east end (which...
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The AUP Project December 15, 1995; Time Today: 4 hours, Total Time: 45 hours Worked on the lowest floor slab on the west side today. Created the stepped, curved floor of room 110. Discovered a boo-boo...
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12/27/95
The AUP Project December 27, 1995; Time Today: 3 hours, Total Time: 48 hours No, I haven’t given up, I’ve just been really busy with the end of the semester here. Today I completed the west ceilings...
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The AUP Project January 31, 1996; Time Today: 3 hours, Total Time: 51 hours Our copy of form*Z times out today, and it appears we are not renewing it. The primary professor that is using it has been...
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03/12/96
The AUP Project March 12, 1996; Time Today: 15 hours, Total Time: 66 hours I’m Back! We got our renewed copy of form*Z a few weeks ago. Haven’t had much time to work on the project at school, so I’ve...
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03/22/96
The AUP Project March 22, 1996; Time Today: 12 hours, Total Time: 78 hours This week I worked on the exterior CMU for the building. Creating the blocks was easy. The more difficult area was in the...
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03/29/96
The AUP Project March 29, 1996; Time Today: 16 hours, Total Time: 94 hours Spent this week beginning work on the brick. I snapped a couple pictures of the brick on the building with our Apple Quicktake...
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05/27/96
The AUP Project May 27, 1996; Time Today: 3 hours, Total Time: 97 hours Well, It’s been a while, but I did a little more work. I completed the brick exterior wall on the first floor, and worked on the...
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06/30/96
The AUP Project June 30, 1996; Time Today: 4 hours, Total Time: 101 hours I completed the brick exterior today. With the initial few panels created, it was easy to copy them around and add them...
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01/06/97
The AUP Project January 6, 1997; Time Today: 2 hours, Total Time: 103 hours Spent an hour adding some finish to the interior side of the exterior walls. I worked on parts of the first floor and the...
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01/14/97
The AUP Project January 14, 1997; Time Today: 3 hours, Total Time: 106 hours Worked more on the interior walls, concentrating on the second floor north end. I’ve included the ventilation portals and...
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