Onboarding and Adoption KB - Architecture A 102: Modeling Interior Floors

This video series contains instructions for getting started with Bentley’s BIM solution, OpenBuildings Designer.

You will learn how to model the interior core for a small commercial building, adding stairs, office spaces and ceilings.

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In this video we will apply what you learned in the previous videos, in order to model the interior core layout.

In this video we will place a standard U-shaped stair based on the floor to floor height and stair width.

In this video we will place an elevator door and cab in the building model.

In this video we will copy the lobby core to create the office core and then modify the heights of walls and stairs.

In this video we will add the core models to the floor models to begin to assemble the nesting tree that will become the master model.

In this video we will create a layout of an office floor and add spaces by drawing shapes and flooding areas.

In this video we will place a ceiling grid in the model.

In this video we will assemble all the working files to create a composition master model.

In this video we will use the power of reference files to add additional floors to the building.