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Please include:
- A screenshot of your model geometry from each part of the assignment that you completed:
- For 2 or More Units: Modeling a Parametric Structure
- For 3 or More Units: Transforming Your Geometry
- For 4 Units: Appyling Your Form at Different Scales
- 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
I wanted to design a fully parametric bus stop that could be changed to fit and needs or sizes. I have 2 lines and one sin function that are used to create the curve. I used seamless 4pt panels for the backing and 3pt uniform tubes for the size to give what I think is a super clean, “chunky” look. This is a very simple image of how the model can be used but would be realistic for a campus bus stop or something comparable.
Nearly every aspect of the bus stop is parametric including number of supports, curve depth, height, and length, bus stop length, amplitude and number of waves in the sin function, and number of panel points.
I found when transforming the geomentry of the bus stop that by making any of the curve values negative you could easily just flip the bus stop completely, I also noticed that because the number of ribs are evenly spaced across the sin curve that making changes to the number of ribs had a greater effect than even changing how the sin curve looked. Because of the diameter of the tubes that I used for the ribs, with too many ribs the ribs just take over the building and the panels barely even appear.