Creating Forms with Revit Conceptual Masses
Stage 1, Part 1
The design is loosely inspired by an hourglass shape which I often play with when I have game nights with friends. To create this, I created a custom node (dyf) that takes into parameter output names that can reveal the gross floor area, gross surface area, and gross volume.
All 10 runs are between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 SF of new floor area, up to 984 feet wide x 1328 feet deep in plan view, and no taller than 755 feet.
Parameters that can be dynamically flexed are:
- Height Range and Number of Runs Increments
- I did 630-740 in increments of 12
Stage 1, Part 2
This new design used Twisted Tower (3 profiles) which represents the outer shape my building form. At each level, I was able to dynamically change the shape, radius, and rotation. Using the same logic as Part 1, I was able to use the mass floor leveling and custom node logic to report the same values.
I tried to be creative and create a building that looks aerodynamic with extruding parts in the top and bottom of the building.
All 10 runs are between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 SF of new floor area, up to 984 feet wide x 1328 feet deep in plan view, and no taller than 755 feet.
Parameters that can be dynamically flexed are:
- Height Range and Number of Runs Increments
- I did 633-741 in increments of 12
Point to Ponder: What’s the advantage of exporting the values to Excel?
The advantage of exporting the values to Excel
- Numbers that are flexed are automatically changed which makes for easy manipulation of values
- More time efficient than manually copying the results
- It allows for people to share the results no matter what program they have installed so that it is easily accessible.