COMPUTER AIDED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
ARCH 6410/3410: AUGUST 27, 2009

Assignment 1: Email, Graphic Primitives, Selection of Design Case Study
Part 1 due September 1 ( in time for the first workshop).
Part 2 due September 3  

PART 1: ACCOUNT SETUP & BROWSE THE CLASS WEB SITE

Within this first assignment, you are asked to ensure that your School of Architecture and University computer accounts are fully activativated in preparation for the computer graphics workshops beginning next week. For most students in this course, this would have been established in prior semesters at UVA or during IT orientation. If you have not already done so, please us the School's  information technology's web site for information on how to setup your accounts.  

1. You must have created and setup by the start of workshops next week, the following:

• University wide Email account
• University Home Directory Account
• Architecture School Login Account

Note that the Architecture School Login Account will allow you access to local software and hardware, and, as you will discover later on, class file storage and access to relevant examples.

2. Download and install Microstation on your personal computer from either on grounds or through VPN access. You will be required to have an Architecture School Login Acount. Go to the following web site, follow the links to from the software downloads to the Microstation download.

• http://www.arch.virginia.edu/computing/software/distribution/.

You will want to load the following executable files in the order below. Read the info link on the web page for more detail. See Eric Field in room 136 for additional help if needed.
a) Prerequities for Bentley Desktop Applications pbda08110505en.exe 276.7 MB
b) MicroStation CAD v8i ms08110517en.exe 283.3 MB
c) Bentley Architecture arc08110546en.exe 163.1 MB
d) Generative Components gc08110536en.exe 111.2 MB
e) Bentley GeoPak Site gpkst08110539en.exe 228.6 MB

3. Begin to browse the web site for the class http://www.arch.virginia.edu/arch6410

PART 2 - IDENTIFY A PROJECT

Select a design project case study (e.g., architecture project, landscape architecture project, environmental sculpture, archeological site, etc.) for exploration during the semester. The selection of the design case study project is up to you, but it should be a study of geomerical form taken from to a critically acclaimed work. Anticipate meeting with your TA to discuss possible project ideas the first week of computer graphics workshops. Email a short note the TA for your section and to Earl Mark ejmark@virginia.edu emfield@virginia.edu identifying the case study. (Design students may optionally coordinate the selection of a case study project from another coures with permission of that course's instructor.) You will be asked to study varied aspects of this case study throughout the term. You will have the option to change the case study throughout the term, or can continue to work on the same one at your discretion..

You may wish to look ahead at part 1 of the next assignment', Symmetry Transformations in Plan and Elevation. and begin explore graphic primitives (e.g., lines, circles, arcs, etc. within Microstation) .