Purvi Irwin
Shifted Paradigm Design
Design Technology Consultant
Purvi supports professionals across all disciplines with BIM technologies, which includes teaching Revit, creating content, developing workflows and standards, troubleshooting issues, and finding creative solutions to both design and modeling problems. She has 23+ years of experience, most spent as a preservation project architect, where she specialized in using innovative technologies to facilitate the documentation and rehabilitation of institutional buildings, and 14+ years of Revit experience working with existing buildings (most historic), from conceptual design, through construction administration and project close-out. Purvi is a registered architect with degrees in both Architecture and Historic Preservation and is a former board member on the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review in Alexandria, VA. Her conference presentations include AU, BILTna, DesignDC, AIA National Conference, ArchEX conference, the APTI Annual Conference, and local AIA chapter events
My Speakers Sessions
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Wednesday, 23 September, 2020
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BCS Online | To Host or Not to Host,That is the Question: Using Hosted Families in RevitPurvi Irwin, Shifted Paradigm Design
Synopsis:
Do you use hosted families in Revit or are they taboo? During this roundtable we will discuss the pros and cons of using hosted families across a variety of disciplines and model configurations to better understand how you may take advantage of this feature within your projects.
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- Thursday, 24 November, 2022
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BILT ANZ 2022, Gold Coast | Area Plans – they aren’t just for egress calculationsPurvi Irwin, Shifted Paradigm DesignPre-Design, DesignBILTInformation Technology, Operations and Maintenance, Architecture, Data Management, Model ManagementAutodesk
Synopsis:
Area Plans are an often-underutilized feature in Revit. They can be used for a variety of things such as planting plans, unit plans, and test fits. This presentation will show some alternate uses for them that harnesses the I in BIM.
- Friday, 25 November, 2022
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BILT ANZ 2022, Gold Coast | Harnessing the I in BIM – taking schedules to the next levelPurvi Irwin, Shifted Paradigm DesignOperations and Maintenance, Pre-Design, Design, ConstructionBILTOperations and Maintenance, Construction, Change Management, Information Technology, Architecture, Content, Interoperability/OpenBIM/ Collaboration, Model Management, Project ManagementAutodesk
Synopsis:
Schedules are a powerful tool in Revit beyond just cataloging your modeled elements. Learn how to push the features of schedules to the next level, creating data within them to aid in design, make them prettier, and help you more fully harness the database side of Revit.
BILT ANZ 2022, Gold Coast | Generic Annotations – Fake it until you make it (Smart)Purvi Irwin, Shifted Paradigm DesignDesign, Pre-DesignBILTInformation Technology, Operations and Maintenance, Architecture, Data Management, Model ManagementAutodeskSynopsis:
Generic annotations are known for basic symbols (centerline, graphic scale, north arrow), but you can also schedule them via a note block schedule and create parameters with them that you don’t have to add to your project to make “smart” dumb schedules, and much more!
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