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Modelling Membranes in Revit: The Facade of King Fahd Library in Riyadh

Photo Source ArchDaily This tutorial was inspired by one of the most important buildings in Saudi Arabia. The cladding system is made up of rhomboid textile awnings, marked by its play with revealing and concealing. Inserted white membranes, supported by a three-dimensional, tensile-stressed steel cable structure, act as sunshades and interpret the Arabian tent structure tradition in a modern, technological way. (See below image) Photo Source ArchDaily 01. In the Applications menu, go to New > Family, select "Curtain Panel Pattern Based" and click Ok. Select the blue grid in the background, and click on the Type Selector and change the grid type to "Rhomboid". Save As the family and proceed. Select the blue grid again, in the properties menu, change the Horizontal Spacing to 3000 and the Vertical Spacing to 4000. (See below image) 02. Place a single reference point on the xy-plane of the adaptive points no. 1, 2 and 3. Sele...

Parametric Folding Panels in Revit and Dynamo

Parametric Folding Panels in Revit and Dynamo Download the Sample Data-sets here In the Applications menu, go to New > Family, select "Curtain Panel Pattern Based" and click Ok. Select the blue grid in the background, and change the grid dimensions to 2500 for Horizontal Spacing and 7000 for Vertical Spacing. (See below image) Start by hosting two points on the default reference lines as denoted in the below image. Multiple-select the two new points; in the Properties menu, click the drop down menu to the right of the "Measurement Type" parameter and change it from "Normalized Curve Parameter" to "Segment Length". Set the segment length to 5800mm. In the Properties Menu, click the small button to the right of the "Segment Length" parameter (See below red arrow). The "Associate Family Parameter" will open. Click on "Add Parameter", make a new instance Parameter, call it ...

Revit family - Multi-Purpose Sofa and Coffee Table with Endless Combinations

As promised, below is one of my favorite families that I modeled in 2010. Yet before loading this into your project, please make sure that you go through the below user-guided orientation. Remember ! Pushing the parameters to their limits may cause any family to malfunction. So please handle with care. 01. Open the family in Revit 2018. It should appear as below in a 3D view. 02. Load the family into your project. Place it anywhere and view it in 3D. It should appear as below. 03. Select the family so that all Instance Parameters appear as below. 04. In the Element Properties, tick-mark the following parameters one after the other: "ADD_RIGHT ARM", "ADD_LEFT ARM" and "ADD_BACKREST". This will provide you with a single-seater sofa. 05. Now try turning on and off the other parameters to see the changes. 06. One last parameter you should be taking care of is the "CIRCULAR_COUCH". Once tick-marked, This ...

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