Virtual Design & Construction

Computational Design

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

CAD Management & IT

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Automation,  Building Design, Building Information Modeling (BIM), Computational Design,  Generative Design

From those touting that the tool will replace our jobs to those that speak of it's impending demise, generative design has had a rocky start... but what if we looked at generative design from a different angle?  What if we took a co-authoring approach to generative design?  We will look at a few case studies utilizing generative design for Revit with Dynamo, but where it will get very exciting is when we start to demonstrate how you can use generative design as a co-authoring tool directly within the Revit project environment.  This is where we personally believe the most value lies - where the tool becomes an extension of the designer, and where co-authorship gives you powers not known to be so intuitive.   Join us as we enter in to this next chapter of building information modeling - co-authorship through generative design.

Generative Design for Revit: Why the Co-Authorship Approach Is so Powerful

New Orleans

From those touting that the tool will replace our jobs to those that speak of it's impending demise, generative design has had a rocky start... but what if we l

Software Development

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Computational Design,  Generative Design,  Mechanical Design,  MEP & Structural Fabrication,  Software Development

What happens when some enthusiastic Software Developers team up with a few cutting-edge Mechanical Designers?
Henderson Engineers, an MEP design firm, has been working on developing a modular DFMA Air Duct system for a while now, and had developed some clever Revit families and Dynamo scripts to help their designers model them. They joined forces with EvolveLAB, a BIM consulting and software development company, to create a Revit Add-In that focuses on the real-time generative design of these modular duct layouts.
In this session, we’ll review how these companies utilized some unique properties of the Revit API to create a co-authoring system which allows a mechanical design to sketch out a main duct layout in Revit, while the computer simultaneous (and continually) produces the most optimal layout using the DFMA kit of parts for that sketch, which is then finalized and converted into a fully-connected Revit Duct System.

Autogenerating and Optimizing Modular Air Duct Layouts in Revit

What happens when some enthusiastic Software Developers team up with a few cutting-edge Mechanical Designers?
Henderson Engineers, an MEP design firm, has been 

AU Classes

Generative Design for Revit: Why the Co-Authorship Approach Is so Powerful

Autogenerating and Optimizing Modular Air Duct Layouts in Revit