Dynamo Study 2 - Facade Rationalization

This facade consists of the combination of a rectangle and a 8 sided star. This computational logic allows to study it in algorithmic environment.

Grasshoper Script

Facade Rationalization process have been done at Rhinoceros- Grasshopper. Optimization process forge ahead between facade consultant and designer.

I wanted to follow up all process in BIM environment step by step. I am looking for the differences between CAD & BIM environment in Rationalization process. Is BIM has an advantage during rationalization process for computational cases?

Initial Geometry

Main Horizontal Alignments

Surface normal disjointedness

Curve selection rule

Facade Trigon and Tetragon Paneling

It is certain that this topic has extended research area. I keep reading and continue to experiment about it.  I will create new titles based on them...

Thank you for reading.

Cheers,

Aethereal Space - MSTAS 2016 Workshop

Light Painting with Robotic Arm

I participated in a 2 days workshop, in Bilgi University Department of  Architecture. The aim was to create "Aethereal Space" with using Robotic Arm. It was really exciting experience for me.

We created definisions in grasshopper for create it with light. There was only one rule; the created line should be continues, because the light could not be closed while creating the geometry.

After creating the continous line in grasshopper, we could preview the simulation of robotic arm movements with KUKaprc add-in. 

http://www.robotsinarchitecture.org/kuka-prc

KUKAprc has pretty a very friendly user interface. You can preview errors of the model, while in operation and see what is causing the problem. After  finalising the definition, the data can be exported as ".src" format to transfer to the robotic arm.

Thank you to all team for such a successful work.

Participants;
Efe Gözen
Burcu Biçer Saner
Ayşegül Özarmut
Cansu Yeni

Processing - Aggregation of Istanbul

Dynamo - Visual Programing Tool of BIM

Dynamo is an open source visual programming platform for designers. Visual programing tools growing gradually to bring extensive ability to designers. Visual programing means designers make contribution to their work platform. 

ModeLab have just present the First Edition of the Dynamo Primer, a comprehensive guide to visual programming in Autodesk Dynamo Studio.This primer is an on-going project to share the fundamentals of programming. Topics include working with computational geometry, best practices for rules-based design, cross-disciplinary programming applications, and more with the Dynamo Platform.

http://dynamoprimer.com/

• Context - What exactly is "Visual Progamming" and what are the concepts I need to understand to dive in to Dynamo?
• Getting Started - How do I get Dynamo and create my first program?
• What's in a Program - What are the functional parts of Dynamo and how do I use them?
• Building Blocks - What is "Data" and what are some fundamental types I can start using in my programs?
• Geometry for Design - How do I work with geometric elements in Dynamo?
• Lists, Lists, Lists - How to do I manage and coordinate my data structures?
• Code in Nodes - How can I start extending Dynamo with my own code?
• Computational BIM - How can I use Dynamo with a Revit model?

Software and Resources

Dynamo The current stable release of Dynamo is Version 0.8.

http://dynamobim.com/download/

DynamoBIM The best source for additional information, learning content, and forums is the DynamoBIM website.

http://dynamobim.org

Dynamo GitHub Dynamo is an open-source development project on Github. To contribute, check out DynamoDS hosted by Ian Keough.

https://github.com/ikeough/Dynamo

Also i want to add some other useful links about Dynamo;

Dynamo Code Blocks
There is a great post about Code Blocks on the Dynamo website.
http://dynamobim.com/cbns-for-dummies/