ARCH 653 Project 2

ARCH 653 Project 2 - Using Dynamo in BIM

As part of BIM project 1 is considered, “Torre Agbar” tower is designed but when trying to change the color of windows, I faced lot of difficulties in changing them. So I tried to apply dynamo principles to Revit model to change the colors of the panels. Usage of dynamo in Revit model is of great help. As part of project 2, I changed the color of the panels and also overriding the color using solar orientation.

An example to use dynamo in Revit model to control the parameters of mass is illustrated as follows:

Dynamo code to change the mass parameters

Changes noted in the mass wrt dynamo

Changing Panel Colors:

First, the color of the panels is changed and the dynamo script is as follows: 

Dynamo script to assign different materials to the model

Dynamo script to assign different materials to the model

Dynamo script to assign different materials to the model

Excel sheet used to assign different materials to the model in a random pattern

Python script to assign the material to a particular panel based on 'if else' command

Output after running the above code - Building with different colors to the panels

Overriding color in the model using Solar Orientation principles in Dynamo:

For overriding the color in the model, I faced lot of difficulties with dynamo especially to determine the surface. I tried experimenting with lot of commands and at last obtained the desired output. The dynamo script for overriding color is as follows:

Dynamo script to override color using solar orientation

Dynamo script to override color using solar orientation

Dynamo script to override color using solar orientation

Output Obtained by running the above dynamo script

          Project 2 Movie: