Structure made with Mass, Adaptive Components, Pattern Components, Rendered in Cloud

Videos below.  Sorry if quality is Choppy ... ran into some issues.

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Rendering Done Using Autodesk Rendering Cloud

Rendering for Autodesk Rendering Competition

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.

1. Select Design Options
2. Create the Option Set and rename to something project specific.
3. Create the Options within the set. 
4. Select the option to be primary (Automatic default in all views unless modified in the visibility graphics)
5. Start Drawing within option.

Design Options Starting from existing elements:

1. Follow the steps above up to step 4.
2. Select elements to place within design options.
3. 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.

Mass : Sweep Blend Video

54_reception-desk-7 - Grasshopper

54_reception-desk-7 - Grasshopper

MATERIALIDAD - Grasshopper

MATERIALIDAD - Grasshopper

Revit 2014 Schedules – Conditional Formatting 2 Colors in Same Column - The Revit Clinic

Revit 2014 Schedules – Conditional Formatting 2 Colors in Same Column - The Revit Clinic

Video Using Mass with Adaptive Component

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Mass Using Pattern Shape Adaptive Component and Line Division

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

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http://www.screencast.com/t/NgGGpOADpo


Steps:

1. Convert Mesh to Nurbs
2. Select Surfaces
3. Click on Export
4. Change Format to ACIS (.sat)
5. Open project or project that will be linked into main project file.
6. Create an in place mass
7. 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.
8. Finish Mass
9. 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. 
10. 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.

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