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Stage 1 Part 1 is pictured on the left. Stage 1 Part 2 is pictured on the right.
For part 1, I utilized the class example’s twisting rectangular mass. I set the height to 708 feet as a constraint. The top width and depth are functions of the base width and depth, which can be adjusted. However, the parameter that I flexed and tested was the twist angle of the mass. I tested 6 twist angles between 0 and 240 degrees in even increments. However, I also created a portion of code that allows for manually inputted twist angles to test. So, if desired, change the manual input to be true and add in the manual inputs. I did this because the incremented angles sometimes went above or below the 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 square foot gross floor area boundaries, so this way angles could be manually tested.
For part 2, I created a profile with a half circle and half ellipse, with variable circle radius and ellipse width instance parameters. I brought it into the provided 2 profile mass template and lofted the profiles to create the solid forms. The parameter that I flexed and tested, similarly to part 1, was the twist angle of the mass. I set up a similar dynamo code as to part 1, where there can be manually input angles or the incremented angles.
For each part, I exported the results for gross floor area, gross surface area, and gross volume into the same excel spreadsheet, just on different sheets.
Points to Ponder: An advantage of exporting the results to excel is that it is extremely easy to compare outputs between varying input parameter values. It would also be easy to create a graph or plot from the excel data if a client wanted to visually see how floor area changes between angles for example.