Autodesk Revit 2011 - Intro to Reporting Parameters

In this Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 training video, we’ll cover the how to use reporting parameters.

Autodesk Revit 2011 - Intro to Adaptive Components

In this Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 training video, we’ll cover the basics of how to build an adaptive component.

lumenHAUS on Exhibit in Times Square

lumenHAUS – Virginia Tech Project 2009 – DOE Solar Decathlon (1.0 AIA CES) will be on exhibit in Times Square from January 27-31.

SmartGeometry 2010 Barcelona: Application Deadline Extended!

The application deadline for the 2010 SmartGeometry Workshop in Barcelona has been extended to January 24th! Read up on the conference here and apply today!

Rhino Grasshopper - Walkway Part 01 - Creating a Soild Surface

In this version of the exercise we’ll create the floor as solid rather than just a surface (i cheated last time ). Since we don’t have shelling (that I know of) in grasshopper I figured I would write a simple definition to do that f0r me.

Autodesk Revit 2010 - Parametric Louver System Series Part 4

In this Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010 video tutorial, we will create a shared parameter to generate a curtain panel schedule that drives the spacing of the louvers through a spreadsheet-like format (Revit schedule).

Autodesk Revit 2010 - Parametric Louver System Series Part 3

In this Revit Architecture 2010 video tutorial, we will nest our parametric louver system within a curtain panel family, so that it becomes a parametric panel system that can receive different louver counts.

Autodesk Revit 2010 - Parametric Louver System Part 2

In this Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010 video tutorial, we will create a line based family to host the louver family.

Autodesk Revit - Parametric Louver System Part 1

In this Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010 video tutorial, we begin the construction of a parametric louver system. This louver system will be embedded in a curtain wall family by arraying generic model component family that is within a lined based family.

Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010 Conceptual Design- White Paper

CASE was commissioned by Autodesk to develop an exercise and author a white paper, demonstrating the new conceptual modeling tools for Revit Architecture 2010.

CATIA / Digital Project – Powercopy Frame - Part 03

In this CATIA / Digital Project video we will create a PowerCopy definition from the frame element created in the previous exercise.

CATIA / Digital Project – Powercopy Frame - Part 02

In this CATIA / Digital Project video we will use Wireframe and Sketch tools to create a frame element that will later be used as the basis of a PowerCopy.

CATIA / Digital Project – Powercopy Frame - Part 01

In this CATIA / Digital Project video we will introduce advanced replication and PowerCopies and describe why they are useful for architectural design.

CATIA / Digital Project - A Brief Overview

In this CATIA / Digital Project video we will briefly describe the similarities and differences between CATIA V5 and Digital Project V1, R4.

3ds Max - Parametric Walkway

Tutorial explaining how to make copies, references and then using modifiers to store modeling procedures.

3ds Max Tutorial - Modeling a Hexagon Screen

This 3ds Max video tutorial covers how to model a parametric screen constructed from hexagons. This technique is pretty straight forward. We start with a 6 sided nGon then uses a series of modifiers to create the lattice work.

Inventor - Wavy Wall

Santiago posted this on the forum yesterday and said
If anyone’s interested in knowing how this was modeled, please let me know. Otherwise, next time I randomly find another 20 minutes, I’ll randomly take this model further ahead in some random direction.
So…..  Please let him know. Cause I am Thanks for posting Santiago!
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Inventor - Intro to Feature Based Parametric Modeling

In this video we cover the very basics of Autodesk Inventor as well as the basic concepts of feature based parametric modeling.

Orchestration Fall 2008 GSAPP Workshop - updated

Below is the brief of a new class a few colleagues and I are working on at Columbia’s GSAPP this Fall.

The recent obsession with digital fabrication in architecture schools has focused on the return of the ‘master builder’ through direct production offered by computer numerical control. While this form of production has resulted in a resurgence [...]

Rhino Grasshopper - Making a Parametric Spiral on New Blog Designalyze

A Grasshopper video on how to make a parametric spriral posted by Zack Downey on his new blog Designalyze
Nice work Zack! Congratulations on launching the site.  (Zach has taught me a bunch Grasshopper tricks)

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Inventor for Architecture- 2010 Richmond Olympic Oval - StructureCraft Builders / Cannon Design

So… there has been a great conversation on the DesignReform forum about the use of Revit and Inventor to further the direct to fabrication work flow. The conversation started with Santiago from StructureCraft posting a few images of the 2010 Richmond Olympic Oval project. Here is the text posted on the forum and some more images from the StructureCraft website.

Grasshopper - Patterning with 2 Attractor Points

In this Rhino / Grasshopper video tutorial we expand on a previous video from the site, Rhino - Patterning Based on Point Distance with Grasshopper. The idea is to use 2 points rather than one. The logic is borrowed from Andy Payne on a 3ds Max model with wire parameters. Basically the idea is to drive the radius of the circles with the distance between the point(s).

Grasshopper - David Ruttens ’s Shift Tutorial

In this Rhino / Grasshopper video tutorial we rebuild the shift tutorial provided by David Rutten on the Grasshopper blog. I hope to do one of these per file David has posted up. As simple as the interface is to understand when one comes at the software for the first time this can be a bit overwhelming. I just want to help make the dissection process as simple as possible.

3ds Max - Delete Mesh Modifier

The Delete Mesh modifier works well for removing geometry without having to delete. I often use the delete mesh modifier in conjunction with the Edit Poly Modifier or Mesh Select Modifier.

Rhino - Patterning Based on Point Distance with Grasshopper

In this Rhino video tutorial we cover how to make scaling circular patterns based on the location of a point. This is similar to a tutorial I built in 3ds Max with wire parameters.

Revit - Parametric Truss System - Part 1

This Revit video tutorial shows how to array a series of voids to create a changing truss system. Rather than thinking of the modeling in components what we are doing here is modeling a solid and using Revit’s cut geometry tool to slice a solid into stick members.

Rhino - Explicit History Plugin (Now Grasshopper)

Software : Rhino 3d
Level : Intermediate
Description : This is a new plug-in that David Rutten is working on for Rhino. It has similar functionality to GC but at this point if not so component based. It is more like GC in that it uses features and stores them as nodes you can rearrange [...]

3ds Max Tutorial - Wire Parameters

Using wire parameters and expression controllers we will make a panel that opens and closes based on the distance of a point.

3ds Max - Hexagons with Classic Mesh Smooth

This Tutorial covers how to turn your mesh into Hexagon poly’s. This is a technique I learned from Toru Hasegawa while we were in school together at the GSAPP. You essentially triangulate a quad poly surface then collapse the triangles to have hexagons.

3ds Max - Circle Pattern with Wire Parameters

Using the wire parameters to create a scaling circular pattern based on the distance of the circle to a point object.

3ds Max - Morpher

Using the Morpher modifier to create a bi-directional blend between two conditions. In this case we build a modular panel system in which one can quickly test different patterns.

3ds Max - Spline Tower

Using modifiers such as Cross Section, Skin, Shell and Spline IK we build a spline based systen that uses reference geometry to build parametric relationships.