Videos below. Sorry if quality is Choppy ... ran into some issues.
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VIDEO 2
VIDEO 3
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Design Options Quick Video
Design Options:
Very useful but do not over do it.
In my experience best practice is for only one person to work on a Design Option at a time. I have run into problems where the model slows down and crashes.
- Select Design Options
- Create the Option Set and rename to something project specific.
- Create the Options within the set.
- Select the option to be primary (Automatic default in all views unless modified in the visibility graphics)
- Start Drawing within option.
Design Options Starting from existing elements:
- Follow the steps above up to step 4.
- Select elements to place within design options.
- Make the primary option the original design. This is done just in case there is an error or you wish to go back to the original. It is meant as a fail safe.
Finishing Design Options:
Not nevcessarily but recommended as it may mess up your room areas / boundaries. Select the option you wish to keep and select "Accept Primary". Accepting the primary will delete all other design options within the set, the set and it will place the primary as part of the main model.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Monday, November 25, 2013
REVIT Mass using reference lines
Video Mass Using Reference Lines Part 1
Video Mass Using Reference Lines Part 2
Using the Mass Family and Reference Lines.
Rhino to Revit Step by Step Video
Click on Link Below for Video
http://www.screencast.com/t/NgGGpOADpo
Steps:
- Convert Mesh to Nurbs
- Select Surfaces
- Click on Export
- Change Format to ACIS (.sat)
- Open project or project that will be linked into main project file.
- Create an in place mass
- Insert by Linking SAT file Origin to Origin or Center to Center. Depends on how you created the Rhino file. Note that sometimes the export scale may be different when importing. If it is too small reinsert adjusting scale settings. If it is large then just scale using type.
- Finish Mass
- Go to manage Object style, select the imported object layer and change name from 0 to whatever makes sense in your project. Change the material if required.
- Link file to main model.
It is important to export and import each item on its own if you wish to have different materials or visibility graphics.
Also you may have to break the file down into various pieces since Revit limits the import at 2000 faces.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Tools4Revit Dynamic Legend
http://www.youtube.com/v/Rx6VRplPy2U?version=3&autohide=1&showinfo=1&feature=share&autohide=1&attribution_tag=JaHp-BuhczpzS5fny9nqxA&autoplay=1
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Keynoting
Keynoting is one tool that should be used more as it ties your model to the specifications. It prevents people from calling an element by several different short forms
GYP, WALLBOARD, GWB, etc
http://aucache.autodesk.com/au2012/sessionsFiles/6056/1271/VirtualHandout_6056_MP6056-V_Autodesk-Revit-Keynotes-Made-Simple_class_handout.pdf
GYP, WALLBOARD, GWB, etc
http://aucache.autodesk.com/au2012/sessionsFiles/6056/1271/VirtualHandout_6056_MP6056-V_Autodesk-Revit-Keynotes-Made-Simple_class_handout.pdf
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Thursday, July 4, 2013
BIM Forum Level of Development Guidelines
Thursday, June 20, 2013
What Family do I use???
I have been asked many times about what family type to use. Floor based, Level base or plane base. The answer is not easy because it depends on the case scenario.
For lighting I use both ceiling based and plane based. The advantage of a plane based family is that if you have an angled ceiling or domed ceiling the plane based light will adapt adn insert perpendicular to the face of the surface. Also some fixtures may be placed on walls, etc depending on your needs.
The link below is to a video showing how face based components work
Face Based Family
My personal preference and the one that gives me the most freedom is to start using a Generic Model family which I then switch to the Family Type. Remember to not over constrain your families.
For lighting I use both ceiling based and plane based. The advantage of a plane based family is that if you have an angled ceiling or domed ceiling the plane based light will adapt adn insert perpendicular to the face of the surface. Also some fixtures may be placed on walls, etc depending on your needs.
The link below is to a video showing how face based components work
Face Based Family
My personal preference and the one that gives me the most freedom is to start using a Generic Model family which I then switch to the Family Type. Remember to not over constrain your families.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Perkins+Will Grasshopper Users Group posted a few very useful examples on how to merge Grasshopper with REVIT
Friday, May 10, 2013
Using Massing tools can help you generate complex geometry curtain walls. In the video link below you will see how easy it is to create a curtain wall from a mass. I also used the "Cut" tool to modify some of the mass geometry and refresh the curtain wall to update to the new form.
This is useful not only for curtain walls but for anything you can think off. I use it in conjunction with Mass family, Rhino and 3D autocad.
This is useful not only for curtain walls but for anything you can think off. I use it in conjunction with Mass family, Rhino and 3D autocad.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Connecting Grasshoper to Revit
This blog post describes a good way to document a complex facade using Rhino GH and Revit.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
Ideate Solutions: Quick Tip: Revit Revisions
Ideate Solutions: Quick Tip: Revit Revisions: Forcing Revision Visibility on Sheets Ever wanted to show the Revision Schedule on a Sheet even if no Revisions are present? Well it’s r...
Sunday, April 21, 2013
If you are interested in creating / transforming physical data into parametric design check out Firefly Site
Industry 'experts' oblivious at how McNeel is now revolutionizing Architecture w/Grasshopper, just like it did Industrial Design w/Rhino.
— gustavo fontana (@gustojunk) April 20, 2013
Great link for anything mathematical or physics...wiki search on steroids...you can find fractal geometry patterns aswell
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
Friday, April 19, 2013
Massing tools for Revit
With Revit you can quickly create a mass and place floors to it. You can extract the areas and volume and quickly asses / do enviromental analysis such as sun, wind and energy
1. Basic Massing
2. Adding floors to massing
3. Sun Study
4. Energy Analysis
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Paul Aubin is one of the best REVIT Gurus in the field. Below is a link to a handout from a AU class with some very useful guidelines and tips
http://paulaubin.com/_downloads/2012_AU/Papers/AB2444_Revit-Tips-Paul-F-Aubin.pdf
Cartoon Set
Cartoon sets are one of the most important tools any office could have. It could be as simple as a hand written list or a complex excel chart.
A cartoon set helps you plan out your drawing list and assign resources to them. It helps you allocate time to be spent on each drawing sheet an helps you determine the LOD per phase.
It organizes your workflow, link it to your schedule and use it as a benchmark tool.
It is imperative that every project has one right at the beginning.
Your office Revit template would have a basic skeleton of a cartoon set.
A cartoon set helps you plan out your drawing list and assign resources to them. It helps you allocate time to be spent on each drawing sheet an helps you determine the LOD per phase.
It organizes your workflow, link it to your schedule and use it as a benchmark tool.
It is imperative that every project has one right at the beginning.
Your office Revit template would have a basic skeleton of a cartoon set.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Beautiful Simple House by Emilio Ambasz
I love this house. It has always inspired me
http://www.archdaily.com/224879/classic-cordoba-house-emilio-ambasz/
http://www.archdaily.com/224879/classic-cordoba-house-emilio-ambasz/
Level of Development
When people ask me about how much detail is too much detail in Revit and how CAD is so much better than Revit i raise a few useful counter arguments/ points.
- Revit is a graphic representation of a database. It has so much power to gather and mine information. The information is extremely useful as a decision and design tool but also as a post construction database.
- Forces everyone to understand the project in 3D as it will be built in real life.
- Forces everyone to understand construction assemblies.
- Connects to the specifications.
- Provide instant views from any angle.
I learned manual drafting back in the early 90's and we were taught that the level of information or detail was enhanced as the scales got bigger. In a 1:100 floor plan you would only see two lines for a wall and in a 1:50 or 1:20 plan you would start to see all of the additional layers in it. I find that I am applying the same principles when using Revit. Keeping the drawing very clean and only putting the information required and not over doing it. In the Autocad days because it allowed you to zoom in without end, people became obsesed with adding information, sometimes overbearing like screws and nails at 1:100.
You can add 2D information to enhance a drawing. Not everything should be modeled but it should be identified 2D, 3D or scheduled.
We live in an age where data is extremely valuable and when you are making design and cost decisions you need the right information to make the smart choices. The drawing set should flow from general to specific and from Coarse to Fine.
Revit Level of Development (LOD)
Level of Development or LOD varies depending on the phase and complexity of the project.
The LOD establishes the framework of how you are going to model and what you will model in the different phases of a project.
The following link from Kalblue provides a basic description of LOD.
http://www.kalblue.com/Software/level-of-development-lod
LOD in most cases should not surpass LOD300
The LOD establishes the framework of how you are going to model and what you will model in the different phases of a project.
The following link from Kalblue provides a basic description of LOD.
http://www.kalblue.com/Software/level-of-development-lod
LOD in most cases should not surpass LOD300
The Revit Clinic Blog is always a very useful resource for any revit questions you may have.
http://revitclinic.typepad.com/
http://revitclinic.typepad.com/
Triaxial Weave Structures in GrassHopper: legildesign.com/archives/553 by Luis Gil #hexagon #weaving #3D twitter.com/bitcraftlab/st…
— bitcraft lab (@bitcraftlab) March 27, 2013
Monday, April 15, 2013
REVIT - Attach or not Attach to floors
It is quite common for REVIT users to attach walls ot floor slabs. This is not a bad thing if you are not sure if the slab thickness is in flux. My preference is to not attach the walls to the slab unless it is a complex form.
My preference is to set the walls from Level to Level and then give the walls a negative offset (slab/ structure thickness) from the top level. This gives you the freedom to move walls around without dragging the slab by accident as it may occur in some cases.
Quick video below
My preference is to set the walls from Level to Level and then give the walls a negative offset (slab/ structure thickness) from the top level. This gives you the freedom to move walls around without dragging the slab by accident as it may occur in some cases.
Quick video below
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