Jose Perez

Journal Entry For
Module 5 - Flex Your Form
ACC Folder Link
https://acc.autodesk.com/docs/files/projects/8c5c6f0e-77ad-475c-b808-18ff440afe0a?folderUrn=urn%3Aadsk.wipprod%3Afs.folder%3Aco.USH_Im_BSsmq8a0yKr3pWw&viewModel=detail&moduleId=folders
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Jose Perez

Then, share your Design Journal entry here including:

  • Screenshots of your building form geometry from each stage of the assignment that you completed:
    • For 2 or More Units: Creating Forms with Revit Conceptual Masses
      • Images/screenshots showing two variations of the input parameters for:
    • your flexing and testing one of the provided example building forms
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      Height (ft)
      Gross Surface Area (ft^2)
      200
      912294.5
      300
      1310476.5
      400
      174298.2
      500
      2179948.9
      600
      2577689.5
      700
      3012189.0
    • your flexing and testing your new, original building form
      • image
      Height (ft)
      Gross Surface Area (ft^2)
      200
      2587874.4
      300
      3007788.5
      400
      3437938.0
      500
      3782244.6
      600
      3989546.3
      700
      4134084.7
    • For 3 or More Units: Creating Forms with Dynamo or Grasshopper Geometry
        • image
        image
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      1. Images/screenshots showing two variations of the input parameters for your new building form created with Dynamo or grasshopper
    • For 4 Units: Summarizing the Testing Results
      • An image of your summary table showing the test results highlighting the maximum and minimum values found
        • image

        Minimum & Maximum Respectively

  • A brief description of your design outlining the parameters that can be used to flex and dynamically change your building form

My parameters included changing the rotations and base widths of my structure. By iterating the design, I choose ranges that caused the most dramatic changes.

  • Your answers to the Points to Ponder questions for each stage of the assignment that you completed.

Excel export of data is faster when creating new runs. The excel nodes help condense the information that is not so visible in dynamo to a spreadsheet that can be later organized. The greatest changes were the heights and radius base. Rotations of my building created minimal changes. From my iterations, I would recommend to start with base widths of 300 feet wide. Anything less does not meet requierements.