Please enter the following info in the fields above:
- Your Name as the Card title
- The link to your Module 5 folder in our Autodesk Construction Cloud project
Please also type the first few letters of your first name into the Link to Student 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.
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
- your flexing and testing your new, original building form
- For 3 or More Units: Creating Forms with Dynamo or Grasshopper Geometry
- 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
- A brief description of your design outlining the parameters that can be used to flex and dynamically change your building form
- Your answers to the Points to Ponder questions for each stage of the assignment that you completed.
- Part 1
- first link revit to the Dubai place
then use the Twsting rounded triangular Mass as the example to see how it works and flexes
In the family type, I use the formula to set the mid height related to top height, mid radius and top radius are both related to base radius, and then in de Dynamo, I set a range of Mid Rotation from 0’ to 120’ and get different result.
And the parameters that can be used to flex include top height, mid height, top rotation, mid rotation, base radius and so on.
Part 2
Part 2 is just the same logic with Part 1 and I use three different profiles to form my own building, as you can see, the top profile is flyingchevron and the mid is diamond and the base is the rounded triangle. And again I set the mid height is 1/2 of the top height and this time I use the dynamo to set a range of Mid Depth for the diamond profile to get different result.
And in this case, the parameters than can be used to flex include top rotation, top width top depth, top height, mid rotation, mid depth, base radius and base rotation.
point of ponder:
Exporting the values to excel has lots of advantages:
(1) Data Manipulation and Analysis: Excel provides extensive tools for data manipulation and analysis. This capability is useful for performing complex calculations, generating statistics, and applying formulas that might be more cumbersome or impossible to do directly within Dynamo.
(2)Visualization: Excel allows for quick and easy creation of charts and graphs that can help visualize data trends and patterns. This can be particularly beneficial for presentations or reports where visual data representation is crucial for communicating results. (3) Record Keeping and Accessibility: Using Excel files helps in maintaining records of design variations and test results, which can be easily accessed, shared, and reviewed by team members or clients who may not have access to Dynamo or Revit. (4) Flexibility and Extensibility: Data exported to Excel can be further used with other tools like Power BI for more advanced data visualization and analysis. It can also be integrated into other computational design workflows or used as input for further simulations. (5) Automated Reporting: By exporting data automatically to Excel, you can create templates or macros in Excel to automatically generate reports or dashboards that update with new data each time the Dynamo script runs. This automation saves time and reduces the potential for human error in data transcription.