Revit Panelling 2: Organic Curved Adaptive Components

Name: Revit Panelling 2: Organic Curved Adaptive Components
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Learn how to create the curved facade (with curved panels) of Emporia shopping mall in Revit

Created byViktor Kuzev

Last updated 6/2023

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What you'll learn

Using Adaptive components and the Massing Environment for Panelling in Autodesk Revit
Creating Organic Geometry
Creating advanced Adaptive components
Using The Repeater tool

Course content

8 sections • 23 lectures • 4h 7m total length

Introduction0:20
Begin your journey into Revit and Dynamo with this course introduction, and access additional resources on the instructor’s YouTube channel and website for deeper exploration.
What we will do1:27
Learn to model an organic curved facade in Revit using out-of-the-box tools, producing curved glass panels for architectural drawings and visualizations, inspired by the Boria Mall in Malmo.
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Modelling Environments in Revit10:37
Analyze a double-curvature facade and model it in Revit using in-place massing, editing profiles, extruding forms, and dividing surfaces into panels for adaptive components.
Create a Form from Splines12:26
The Create Form command in Revit - intuitive and ambiguous.
Applying a Divided Surface to the Form16:07
Adjustments and Patterns of a Divided Surface8:32
Explore how to reveal and control masses in views, adjust curtain system panels, and divide surfaces with maximum spacing and 45-degree grid rotation to create panels that follow curved geometry.

Limitations of the Curtain Panel Pattern Based3:13
Describe curtain panel limitations: curvature requires at least three surface points, not possible with four-point patterns, and propose adaptive components without a grid line to achieve organic curves.
Simple Panel Prototype - Surface. Using the Repeater tool15:27
Start with the simplest version of the panel to prove if your concept works. Using the repeater tool - think of it as a "smart" array on divided surfaces or divided paths.
Panel Prototype - Solid. Nested Adaptive components as profiles.21:04
Increasing the complexity of our prototype. Adaptive points' orientation. Using nested adaptive components as profiles to save time.
Creating a Detailed Nested "Profile" Family.16:52
Increasing the complexity of the nested family. Adding offsets to create the gaps between the panels.
Using the Detailed Profile to Create the Gaps Between the Panels11:43
Applying the new nested family. Panels orientation on the surface. Flipping panels, Adaptive points orientation. Adjusting parameters according to the specific case.
Creating the Frame of the Panel15:24
Create the panel frame by offsetting the outer frame and forming three to five profiles with a middle void, apply a frame-thickness formula tied to offsets, and test in place.
Creating the glass and testing the panel12:59
The lecture demonstrates designing glass-on-top panels by adjusting the frame height and thickness, creating adaptive profiles and applying glass thickness and negative height parameters for a curved curtain wall.
Flipping the Panels with its Parameter Values1:52
Invert panel parameters to flip orientation, turning total height, frame height, and thickness negative so panels face the correct direction in Revit, then proceed to create beams.

Requirements

Access to a Computer with a full version of Revit installed (Revit LT won't work, but Educational versions are fine)
Some experience in Revit - you need to be familiar with Revit's user interface and have a general understanding of how the program works

Description

This course will teach you how to model a façade resembling the curved façade of the Emporia shopping mall in Malmo.

Learning how to model that you will learn a lot about:

Modelling organic geometry in Revit
Using detailed adaptive components in Revit
Using Repeaters

During the course, we will explore the traditional modelling techniques that Revit offers. This means: no code, no scripting, no Dynamo or plugins - just pure Revit.

The model we get at the end has the perfect amount of detail for an architectural project: enough to show the design intentions, but not too much to cluster the project. The course is not about the manufacturing of façade panels (which is typically done by façade engineering teams in different programs)

The course steps up from Revit Panelling 1 where I teach Curtain Walls, Curtain Systems and Sloped Glazing. The use of Adaptive components allows for panelling more complex curved shapes.

Ideally, you'd have some experience using Revit already, but it's fine if you're not that experienced as long as you want to learn and try doing everything in the videos first and only then resort to the sample files.

The project files you receive are in Revit 2021. You can follow along with older or newer versions. My advice is always to try to replicate the shown yourself. View every lecture as an assignment.

Note! Revit LT doesn't support massing and adaptive components, but The educational versions have it and are totally fine to use for this course.

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Who this course is for:

Revit users who want to learn panelling techniques
Revit users interesting in understanding the techniques to make the most out of Adaptive components
Architectural students who work in Revit
Architects working in Revit
Anybody interested in Architectural modelling techniques in Revit

Revit Panelling 2: Organic Curved Adaptive Components

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Course content

Introduction4 lectures • 2min

Creating the Surface4 lectures • 48min

The Main Panel - Adaptive Components8 lectures • 1hr 39min

Creating the Structure1 lecture • 12min

Revising2 lectures • 32min

Adjusting the Number and Colour of Panels1 lecture • 9min

Triangular Panels for the Edges2 lectures • 33min

Model the Surrounding Geometry - Brief1 lecture • 12min

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