This blog post describes a good way to document a complex facade using Rhino GH and Revit.
Friday, April 26, 2013
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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