Screenshots of structure with Embossed Effect:
Screenshot with Standard Panel Thickness:
Step 1: Create UV Grid
The first step to mapping color to the structure was to subdivide the surface into a UV grid, which I had already done for Module 3. However, the way I created the UV grid has it affecting the number of ribs on the structure’s cover. Because of this, I was somewhat limited with how I could later map the colors because there can only be a few y points in the grid or else the ribs would overcrowd the structure. In the future, it might be better to not have the number of ribs be determined by the UV grid.
Step 2: Map Colors from Image File to Panels
Next was mapping the colors from the image file to the cover panels. The orange region in Dynamo was mapping the image file to the cover. It features the ability to keep the image original, flip, reverse, or flip and reverse the image to get different colorways.
For my image, I used a picture with a large variety of color so I could get the structure’s cover to be a random mix of colors.
The blue region in Dynamo was for adding an image to the side columns. It is the same process as above but I simply added an all gray image for this part.
Step 3: Adjust Thickness of Panels Based on Brightness
The last step was to add the ability to adjust the thickness of the cover panels to create an embossed or debossed effect. This step alters the height of the element parameters in Revit based on the brightness of the color mapping and has the ability to change whether the effect should change the height upwards, downwards, or keep the thickness unchanged.
