Please enter the following info in the fields above:
- Your Name as the Card title
- The link to your Module 3 folder in our Autodesk Construction Cloud project
Please also type the first few letters of your first name into the Link to Design Journal field, then hover over your name from the list of matching records and click the blue plus sign to link this entry to your Design Journal.
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Please include:
- A screenshot of your model geometry
- A few sentences describing your modeling approach
- A brief description of your design outlining the parameters that can be used to flex and dynamically change your structure
My geometry is as a semi-enclosed, transparent cover, likely installed at a transit center or a commercial area. It’s supported by two great arches on both sides and smaller overarching tubes at the top. It also consists of glass panels with banded patterns.
The design process was as follows:
- Define 3 main curves (arches), with the middle one elevated as the top curve;
- Modify the shape of the top curve as a wave;
- Define the two bottom curves as support arches
- Create “rib curves”, or the arches between the two support arches
- Create a grid of points for the panels
- Fill the curves and grid with adaptive components (tubes and panels)
- Customizing the appearance of the adaptive components
The flexible parameters include:
- Shape of the main curves, including its base height, peak height, and compression (the degree to which the top caves in)
- Shape of the wave, such as amplitude, number of peaks, etc.
- Density of the grid, including the number of ribs and the number of grid points along each rib
- Radius of the arches
- Appearance of the panels, specifically the size and shape of the openings