Creation of a particular form

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Creation of a particular form

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Hi all, I'm having some trouble creating a desired massing for a building in revit. 

The sort of shape I want to create takes inspiration from the MAAT building in Lisbon (attached) with a sloping sort of building with a cantilevered front that provides protection to the access points, I have tried to model the building so far and have got close-ish but haven't been able to replicate a sloping building without getting some sort of error whilst massing.

 

What is my best way to model this, and can I have some form of mini-tutorial to help me get this done?

I have attached three items, the building with inspiration, the closest attempt massing I have achieved and the form of the building in the third attachment. 

 

Thanks for the help!

 

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bin
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Imagine cutting that building at 3 different level - Ground Level, approx. 2100mm high and Roof/Ceiling level.

 

Now create a Mass, draw 3 closed reference lines at those levels, select them and Cerate Form, then create walls by face...

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I've attempted this before, but have got countless errors when trying to do so, frustratingly. 

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Anonymous
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Just with even trying with two floors, it won't create the shape I want. 

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constantin.stroescu
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My preferred method in making such forms, is to use Masses as follows :

  • create an extruded form based on splines , then use interactive modelling adding Profiles, change their scales and shapes, moving  them and Edit in Sketch Mode and  at the subobject level ( moving Reference Points that belong to a selected Profile)
  • after I am pleased with the result , I load the Mass into the Project and use Wall by Face and Roof by Face( for horizontal surfaces.

In my screencast I've shown only the Mass Modeling:

 

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/community/screencast/59f69fc2-0e26-406a-8747-14fb6b455186

Constantin Stroescu

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