Datasets and videos available for last week’s Vasari Talk: Session 7 - Analyzing Geometry using Curtain Panels and Reporting Parameters
The ability for pattern-based curtain panels to "report" on their local conditions is an extremely powerful aspect of Project Vasari and Revit's parametric toolkit. In this Vasari Talk we discussed reporting parameters and how they can be used to analyze geometry.
I’m going to be leading our free webinar later this morning, talking about using panels and reporting parameters to mine information from forms.
Questions on this topic? Post them here.
Reader question: “Can you draw a dragon? I want to see your skills of an artist.”
A dragon? That’s easy! Feel free to follow along with my simple step by step instructions. I make drawing FUN!!
As always, in humble awe: http://www.youtube.com/homestarrunnerdotcom#p/search/0/90X5NJleYJQ
One of the great joys in making building forms is coming upon a form that is both lovely and efficient. Imagine the joy when this shape is also a donut. Mmm . . . donuts. Firmness, Commodity and Delight, a true Vitruvian joy.
Many starchitects have found and exploited the characteristics of the donut, also known as the torus, for various projects. Using the natural parameterization of the surface, a torus or toroidal section can be broken up into 4 sided panels that are all entirely flat and identical to each other in bands along the surface.
In this video, I’ll show in mere seconds how to make the basic layout of a parametric toroidal section and panelize it to demonstrate certain structural efficiencies.
Dave Fano over at Case put together a nice workset checkers game for your holiday enjoyment. Myself, I’m more of a chess guy, so here’s a chess set family: 6 types, 1 parametric spline, 2 voids.
Download Case’s gameboard with Buildz chess pieces.
Don’t wait for the end of the holidays. Besides, you need a reason to get away from your relatives for a little while . . .
BIM Troublemaker did a great post recently on making a parametric ellipsoid. But I am lazy, and wanted to try an easier way.
The Autodesk University folks have posted online versions of classes. Here are the three I co-presented.
Twice Baked: This is a lab class and so was not recorded. However, the handout and datasets are very detailed and have perhaps even more information than what Robert and I presented.
Energetic Supermodels: Also an unrecorded lab. However, a good bit of what we covered can be watched at our New York Revit Users Group presentation, and you can download our handout here.
You Want to Model a What?: Our whole presentation was recorded for your viewing pleasure.
You may need to make an AU account for yourself to read/view/download these.
Thanks again to my fabulous co-speakers, William Lopez Campo, Matt Jezyk, and Robert Manna! And thanks to our many lab assistants, helpers, and contributers: Arjun Ayyar, Scott Davis, David Light, Steve Stafford, Phil Lazarus, Dave Baldacchino, Vincent Poon, Nauman Mysorewala, Ian Keough, Mike Massey, Mark Green, Don Rudder, Bjorn Wittenberg, Emmanuel DiGiacomo, and I’m very sorry if I forgot anyone!
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