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Revit Workshop Level 1

RSarrach — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:07:58 +0000

Digital Futures Workshop Series

Pratt Institute

School of Undergraduate Architecture

Revit Workshop Level I

Location- Higging Hall Auditorium

Date + Time- 2010.02.20, 12-6pm (w/ a 30min break @ 2:45pm)

Requirements- Participants are required to bring a laptop with Revit installed and an extension cord.

Description- This workshop will serve as a basic introduction to Autodesk Revit. It will cover the software history and will begin to open up how it is being used today in contemporary practices. This is geared for people that have little or no experience in BIM software and will serve as an introduction to some of the other Building Information Modeling courses that are available in the UG curriculum.

Conductor- Joseph Nocella

About- Autodesk Revit is Building Information Modeling software for Microsoft Windows, currently developed by Autodesk, which allows the user to design with parametric modeling and drafting elements. Building Information Modeling is a Computer Aided Design (CAD) paradigm that allows for intelligent, 3D and parametric object-based design. In this way, Revit provides full bi-directional associativity. A change anywhere is a change everywhere, instantly, with no user interaction to manually update any view. A BIM model may contain the building’s full life cycle, from concept to construction to decommissioning. This is made possible by Revit’s underlying relational database architecture which its creators call the parametric change engine. (text via wikipedia)

Brochure (pdf – 3950Kb)

Workshop Outline:

I. Introduction

II. BIM- Definition

III. Advantages of Working in a BIM Environment

IV. Current State of the Profession

V. Technology at SOM

VI. A Tour of the Tool

VII. Workshop

Workshop Files:

intro_levels

CAD background

Maya SubD Workshop I: Follow-up

RSarrach — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:51:05 +0000

Digital Futures Workshop Series
Pratt Institute
School of Undergraduate Architecture
2009.09.28
Maya SubD Workshop I

Overview -
-Differences between Meshes and Nurbs
-What subD’s are and why we use them
-SubD surface Workflow(s)

Modeling in Maya –
-Maya Basics
Configuring Interface and settings
Navigating in Maya
Icons, Drop down menu, hotbox, shortcut keys
Tool Locations

-Polygon mesh modeling
Mesh primitive creation
Mesh editing & modifiers

-SubD modeling
SubD primitive creation
Converting meshes to subD
SubD editing & modifiers

Mesh modeling in Rhino3D & Grasshopper-

-Rhino Mesh Basics
Configuring settings
Mesh primitives
Meshes from surfaces
Mesh editing and modifiers
Mesh mapping and deformers

-Meshes in grasshopper
Translate a component into grasshopper
Mapping a parametric mesh component to a surface.
Applying Data from an Image

-Preparing for Export
Unifying mesh normals
Joining meshes and Welding
Export selected as .OBJ

Importing Files into Maya-
Importing .OBJ files
Troubleshooting Geometry
Exporting for rendering/3D printing

Downloads:

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DEBATE: Post Parametric 1: Data

RSarrach — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:41:36 +0000

Debate: POST PARAMETRIC 1: DATA
Monday, September 28, 2009 at 6:30PM
Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall
GSAPP, Columbia University

Chuck Eastman, Architecture and Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology; Casey Reas, UCLA Design Media Arts + Co-founder, Processing and Chris Anderson, Editor in Chief, Wired Magazine

Moderated by David Benjamin, GSAPP and The Living + Michael K. Reed, Computer Science, Columbia University + Blue Sky Studios

In the post-parametric era, one key challenge for architectural design is the acquisition, processing, and integration of data. Designers already have an enormous amount of computable data from building simulations, physical sensing, geometric form, construction techniques, cost and location of materials—and the mountain of numbers shows every sign of rapid expansion. This debate will explore what might be done with all of this data, and more broadly, how we might be designing architecture ten years from now. Post Parametric 1 is the first in a series of discussions that aim to question, broaden, and re-frame the way we think about computation and design.

Maya SubD Workshop I

RSarrach — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:19:03 +0000

Title- Subdivision Surface Modeling in Maya: techniques and workflow

Description- The workshop will serve as an introduction to working with SubD surfaces in Maya. Participants will be introduced to the subdivision surface modeling paradigm within Maya and how it relates to polygon mesh modeling. Topics covered will include interface and navigation within Maya, fundamentals of Mesh modeling, fundamentals of SubD modeling, as well as incorporating content from Rhino3D and Grasshopper into a productive workflow. Emphasis will be placed on understanding how to harness these tools and effectively implement them through a series of architecturally relevant modeling exercises.

Location- HHN 308

Date + Time- 2009.09.28(7-10pm)

Requirements- Participants are required to bring a laptop with the following software installed:

Autodesk Maya 2009

Rhino3D (SR6)

Grasshopper (v0.6.0019)

Grasshopper Level II workshop

RSarrach — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:07:31 +0000

Description: Grasshopper Level II

Topics will include:

Surface Space
Surface Population
Component Behaviors
Introductory VB.Net Scripting Nodes

Location:
Room HHN 308
Date + Time:
2009.09.21 (7-10PM)
Requirements:
Participants are required to bring a laptop with Rhino3D (SR6
9-July-2009) and Grasshopper (v0.6.0019) preinstalled.

Rhino3d download:

http://download.rhino3d.com/eval/?p=25

Grasshopper links:

image via fk3d

Grasshopper Level I workshop

RSarrach — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:42:44 +0000

Description: Grasshopper Level I will serve as an introduction to the parametric plugin Grasshopper for Rhino3D. Participants will be exposed to beginner/intermediate level workflows and design strategies for parametric modeling. Emphasis will be placed on data flow, visualization, and analysis techniques that will provide a robust foundation for future research and development.
Location:
Room HHN 308
Date + Time:
2009.09.14 (7-10PM)
Requirements:
Participants are required to bring a laptop with Rhino3D (SR6
9-July-2009) and Grasshopper (v0.6.0019) preinstalled.

Rhino3d download:

http://download.rhino3d.com/eval/?p=25

Grasshopper links: