ribbet-ribbet: 2013

Friday, March 8, 2013

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Steps on how I created the chair:
1. go to main menu
2. open a new family template
3. choose metric generic model and open it
4. go to create and select set
5. go to insert and then click on image
6. choose your image that you want to use from the folder that you saved it in
7. go to create and then click on model lines
8. redraw the image op the chair that you used; it must be in 3D
9. go to your project browser and click on the 3D views
10. double click on view 1 and in the top right corner there is a block that you can rotate to set your drawing in the way you want to.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Mosa's Tutorial Video

Mosa's video

Monday, March 4, 2013

Chair by Mosa

This is Mosa's chair, the video will be uploaded shortly.

Final Revit Chair

I posted the video tutorial earlier on, and then I still edited my chair, here it is.
I've posted the video tutorial again, as the previous quality isn't so good.

Revit chair

How to design a Chair in Revit

Step1: Start

New Families

Open Revit, select New Families, then select Metric.Open new family, select family templates

Step 2: Open new family, select family templates

Step 3: Open the English folder

Step 4: Select Metric furniture

Step 5: Start on your reference level under floor plans in the project browser

Step 6: Select the reference icon in the ribbon

Step 7: Reference Plane on Floor plan

Step 8: Then go onto the elevations in the Project browser and change

Step 9: set the distances on the references lines

Step 10: The go to the Ribbon and select create then select Extrusion

Step 11: Draw a line along the reference planes

Step 12: After you close the shape select the rectangle icon in the draw icon.

Step 13: Select the object and mirror it around.

Step 14: Mirrored objects should look like this

Step 15: This how the 3D view looks like

Step 16: Add a profile for the back rest, set your height.

Step 17: Add the arm rest the same way you have added the backrest

Step 18: Add a void

Step 19: The final chair in 3D

Chair design in Revit

Steps

1.       Select main menu

2.       Open new family- template

3.       Choose metric generic model- open

4.       Select set (Choose the reference plane [if you are going to draw from the top select a side reference plane and vice versa]

5.       Select the extrusion tool

6.       Draw a simple generic shape in the plan view (such as a circle) and accept

7.       In the side view set the height

8.       To add the back rest I added another circle in the plan view and moved it up to the second level

9.       Thus my chair

PATTERN BASED SYSTEMS IN REVIT

“A pattern can be thought of as a set of constraints on architecture – on the element types and their patterns of interactions – and these constraints define a set or family of architectures that satisfy them.”

Pattern based system in rivet is the creation of a curtain wall using a mapping tool that captures the functionality and information of the area or space selected to create the chosen result. The desired outcome should link with the design aspect and how the chosen pattern impacts the structure.

The system has parameters that can be altered if needed but are set to standards that have the correct specifications

The mapping tool creates a frame like structure were finer details can be added such as the creation of a window or door frame and textures can be added to show the outcome.

Simple steps to create a triangular curtain wall: example

Create the new pattern component family for the curtain wall using the Curtain Panel Pattern Based.rft as shown below using these values of 8m x 8m x 8m grid subdivided by a 1m x 1m x 1m panel three or more times to achieve 1m panels.
Create simple conceptual mass with rectangular extrusion with top profile twisted.
Load the new pattern component family for the curtain wall mullion into the Revit Project containing the conceptual mass.

4. Apply a curtain wall pattern component family to the four faces of the conceptual mass and select divide surface and in the type selector, select the curtain wall component family.

5. After applying the pattern, this process results in normal memory and display performance especially when rotating the conceptual mass.

http://revitclinic.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/03/tips-tricks-to-improve-performance-when-designing-pattern-component-family-for-curtain-wall-applied-.html (accessed 25 February 2013 at 15:54)

VIDEO LINKS

http://designreform.net/2009/04/revit-2010-pattern-based-curtain-panels

http://designreform.net/2009/04/revit-2010-curtain-panel-pattern-based-hexagons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8IMEIvBNjk

"The concept of design patterns was first introduced by Christopher Alexanderfor use in architecture and town planning. He realized that architects encounterd the same sorts of problems when engaged in the design of buildings and once an elegant architectural solution to these common problems was discovered, it could be repeated over and over again. In 1977, he wrote a book, published by the Oxford University Press, called “A Pattern Language”, in which he stated:

“Each pattern describes a problem which occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core of the solution to that problem, in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over, without ever doing it the same way twice”

Conclusion:

Therefore a pattern-based system can be defined as a grid drawn over a specific structure where one specific block/section is selected and a pattern is created in that block which will then create a family and can then be applied to the rest of the grid without having to apply the pattern to each block individually.

Bibliography

Posted by Hubtechinsider in Agile Software Development.What is pattern-based software development? What is pattern-based design for software projects? July 17, 2011

VIDEOwww.youtube.com/watch?v=GF4JUcJCRH0

How to create a chair in Revit:

By Mia Koster

Step 1: click on new and select family option

Step 2: select the Generic Model and Open

Step3: click on the Set option

Step 4: select then the Pick a plane and select the horizontal plane on your screen

Step 5: click on the Elevation Front

Step 6: click on the Insert Tab and then click on Image, followed by selecting the chosen image in documents or where the image of the chair is saved

Step 7: place the image above the plane

Step 8: continue by selecting the Create tab and then click on the Extrusion option

Step 9: then start by drawing the outline of the chair and when a double line occurs type in TL and it will change to a single thin line, after you finished the outline click on the green correction mark .