How do I build this type of chair in revit?

[abran1]

I am an interior design student and I was wondering how I would build this type of a chair. I had little trouble with the framing, however I don't know how to create the top part as it is more organic.

Here is the chair:

I tried the revit massing environment, but due to the chair size, the lines tend to be thicker when I draw any types of lines to create a form in revit massing environment. I know it can be done somehow because the bernhardt collection offers some revit models that tend to be organic such as this one.

There is also an attachment following.

[abran1]

Sorry for the double post.

[ToanDN]

Type TL to switch to thin line mode when you draw so you don't see the line weights. As for modelling those, it will be quite a challenge. It can be done but not as easy as using Rhino or 3d Max.

I suspect the Revit families they provide have the model imported from one of those programs, and not natively done in Revit.

[Sahay_R]

What was interesting was the fact that the geometry was broken into parts and each part was editable, but I didn't see any void objects for the curves and cuts. 

Actually 3DS Max would be the way to go to model these. As long as you remember that when brought into Revit these families will be 'dumb' then you should be fine. 

[abran1]

I thought this could be done in revit dynamo but I'm not sure.

[Viveka_CD · Accepted solution]

Hi @abran1

Welcome to the Autodesk Community!

That is an interesting chair! Thanks for sharing the model. Are you working on a theme for your project?

Editing the Bernhardt_Design-Chair is not the best option, I tried editing the profile of the arm of the chair (see pic below) and there is a possibility where you can add a shape to the arm and extrude, but creating a new extrusion from scratch is the best thing and original.

Yes, you can use a mass to create the form, how you divide the form surfaces determines the framing shape. Here is some information on creating conceptual masses:

1. Open a new family using a Mass or Generic Model Adaptive template. (use a mass.rft)
2. Sketch the points, lines, and 2D shapes that will comprise the 3D form.
3. Extrude the 2D geometry into a form.
4. (Optional) Divide form surfaces to prepare the form for components
5. (Optional) Apply parametric components.
6. Load the conceptual mass into a project.

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