Lesson 4: Next Steps – Refining with Pattern Based Families
Lesson Overview
Developing the Building Skin Using A Pattern Based Family
After setting up and analyzing a series of Conceptual Energy models students have learned about the ways in which the environment and conceptual material applications affect the energy performance of the design. The next step is to create a parametric façade element in response to the Energy Results. Create a new adaptive component family and assign its parameters differently based on solar exposure. This step can be adapted and changed if earlier steps evolve later or are changed post-facto.
Objectives
After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
- Subdivide façade surfaces for curtain walls
- Load and manipulate pattern-based families
- Use analysis from Vasari to inform curtain wall choices
- Why and when to bring the Autodesk® Project Vasari model into Autodesk® Revit® Architecture software
Key Terms
| Key Term | Definition |
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Shared Parameters |
Shared parameters can be shared with other projects or families. Use shared parameters when the same piece of information must exist in more than one project or family. |
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Adaptive Components |
In Vasari, components are loadable masses created in the Family Editor. Components are instances of loadable families and are hosted by other elements, which are instances of system families. Adaptive components have parameters that can drive specific qualities of the geometry based on external relationships. |
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X-Ray mode |
X-Ray mode displays the underlying geometric skeleton of a selected form. In this mode, surfaces become transparent, allowing you to more directly interact with the individual elements that comprise the form. |
