Grant’s Tomb and Coffer Panels

Professor Jason Van Nest’s Special Studies class in the Architecture Department for New York Institute of Technology in NYC did this awesome model of Grant’s Tomb.

ITurns out they needed a coffer dome panel.

Way back in September of 2009 I did a little coffer dome panel experiemt and was honored to be able to contribute it to the cause.

Along with just doing excellent modeling , the students that worked on the model needed to understand how to work together in a workset environment, not always an easy task. 

Great job everyone:

Samuel Blythe
Vinny Ciaramella
Jonathan Collado
Brian Connor
Labibe Drailby
Sanjay Effs
Miriam Hubbard
Aaron Kirchhoff
Steve Ricca
Alfonso Rodriguez
Lowell Stephans
Ted Solages
Mark Viggiano

Vasari Talk Video and Datasets

Datasets and videos available for last week’s Vasari Talk:  Session 7 - Analyzing Geometry using Curtain Panels and Reporting Parameters

Topics Covered

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.

Go git yer red-hot panels.

Vasari Talk last minute reminder: Analyzing Geometry using Curtain Panels and Reporting Parameters

I’m going to be leading our free webinar later this morning, talking about using panels and reporting parameters to mine information from forms.

Register now! Wed, Jan 25, 2012 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST

Questions on this topic? Post them here.

• Summary: 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 will introduce reporting parameters and how they can be used to analyze geometry.
• Learning Goals: At the end of this session, you will be able to:
  1. Define reporting parameters in a panel
  2. Pull information out of geometry using panels
  3. Drive data back into panels

Trogdor!!!!

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!!

Trogdor the Revinator

As always, in humble awe: http://www.youtube.com/homestarrunnerdotcom#p/search/0/90X5NJleYJQ

Elephants and Donuts: boolean operations in Revit and Vasari

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.

Elephants and Donuts

Your Move, Case: a holiday chess set

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 . . .

Hey BTM, Nice Huevos: shape handles and ellipsoids

BIM Troublemaker did a great post recently on making a parametric ellipsoid.  But I am lazy, and wanted to try an easier way.

Shape Handles and Ellipsoids

Download the file from here.