1. CONOID This form consists of three horizontal edges and one arc.
PRODUCT FOCUS
Revit Architecture 2013
THE WORKFLOW Do you want to make one of these forms? Here’s the workflow. • Start a new Revit family with the generic model adaptive template. • Create reference planes in plan view. • Create dimensions and parameters to control the reference planes. • From a front view, create one or two reference planes to control the height, as needed. • Name the reference plane(s). • From the plan view, create Reference Lines, as indicated with the green lines of the scheme. • From the plan view, create reference Splines, as indicated with the red lines in the scheme. • From a 3D view, select the points indicated in red in the scheme, and from the options bar, change the host to each point to the corresponding named reference plane. • Select sets of Reference Lines and/or Reference Splines, and then Create Form. Repeat as necessary. • It is not necessary to divide surfaces. The division is shown in these images for illustration purposes only. • Load into project. • Create a concrete wall type, very thin. (Candela used 1-1/2” in some projects, and 4” in the Bacardi Rum Factory). • From Massing and Site, use Wall by face, and select the surfaces of the form.
May 2012
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