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Revit Conceptual Mass Family for Program Analysis

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lee.imbimbo
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Revit Conceptual Mass Family for Program Analysis

So I had this great idea, and now I'm at an impasse, and I'm hoping that maybe someone here has a solution.

That idea was that I've known, for a while now, that I could setup a Room Keyed Schedule to setup the initial Building Program.  Then as I created the rooms, I could link them, and compare the actual size with the programmed size.

 

What always bugged me about this is that it wasn't flexible enough to aid in more free form design (or at least not how I know how to do it).  So I created this conceptual Mass (nothing special just a rectangle for now).  And I made a Mass Tag, that references the data in it.  Everything works fine from a Massing, and Tagging strategy.

 

Now the problem:
I can't seem to find a Schedule that would allow me to Pre-Schedule the Masses, such that as I insert the Conceptual Mass Family, I could select the Mass it is associated with, and then watch as it Auto Populates items like: Programmed Area, Mass Name (i.e. Room Name), etc.

 

I had hoped to setup a tool that would allow me to work more fluidly in Revit in the initial design stages, and while I can always schedule and query the design after the fact.  It just seems a shame that I can't use these conceptual Masses to do my initial Blocking and Laying out of various rooms.

 

Maybe the kid in me had hoped too much for the equivalent of a Digital Lego set to arrange my programmed rooms on a floor plate.

 

Any Ideas?

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Corsten.Au
als Antwort auf: lee.imbimbo

you could have used a simple Revit family template like

1. Generic Model ( everyone would recommend this to start with

2. Generic Model Adaptive ( this would give a lot of flexibility )

 

Level based family is also a good idea to use inbuilt parameters like

1. Level

2. Offset

 

 

Corsten
Building Designer
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lee.imbimbo
als Antwort auf: Corsten.Au

So I’m not confused about which family to start with, unless you’re suggesting that I start with a ifferent family template to Get the conceptual mass to do what I want, with regards to scheduling.

 

my goal was to start by inputing a program for a client (which I know how to build schedules), then create a basic massing tool that allows me to play with room locations within a structure, meanwhile cross referencing the schedule to see if I’m keeping within the accepted limits of the original program.

 

typically most people build their program in a room key schedule.  But this forces you to layout walls in order to assign a room tag and as such connect it with PreScheduled Room.

 

this to me seems like I’m doing work that I’m not ready to do yet.  I’m not ready to build walls yet.  I’m still trying to figure out how the rooms layout.

 

my idea was that I’d use the Conceptual Mass Family to act as an easily moved LEGO block so to speak.  Whereas rooms are too rigid and not quickly relocated and adjusted.

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Corsten.Au
als Antwort auf: lee.imbimbo

Yeah , I was suggesting to use different template ( with levels) so that final mass: block you can associate to levels.
So in the Revit project, if you create 5 levels, it’s easy to copy paste by levels..
That’s just one point of advantage..
I understand this is not solving entire problem you mentioned..
Corsten
Building Designer

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