Assignment 05 — Dynamo Intro

To test my revit modeling skills, I revisited the Living Pavillion model and tried to tweak it. This week I decided to look at the angles of the UV surface divisions and to try to set the structure of the pavilion on a 45 degree angle such that it goes beyond the surface.

I thought the best way to do this was to make another surface inside the other which would be closed, like an ovular dome, and to make a mullion-like structural system by applying a curtain wall panel family type to it.

I ran into a lot of problems trying to build that surface. First I tried building the long section profile but it wouldn’t sweep. Then I tried building a flat line as the end to the structure, but it came out thickened. Then the curtain wall panel I built wouldn’t import. At this point I decided to move on to Dynamo.

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I followed the example from the Dynamo data link emailed to the class and recreated the cylinders. This set a basic understanding of data and the types of commands to be used.

I began to play around with the data sequences and arranged the cylinders on an exponential curve.

Then, using the same math that i had used to arrange the cylinders on an exponential curve, I made a new form. The shape is made by sweeping a circular profile between two exponential curves.

After completing the Adaptive Components tutorial for dynamo, I attempted to extend the lines i made on the surface to the ground. I got stuck, however, trying to project the points to the CPlane.