Revit Spiral Barbed Wire Fence

[BDMackey]

The question came up on Twitter on how to model a spiral Barbed Wire fence in Revit. So I thought I would post the solution here.

[Tom_Kunsman · Accepted solution]

Thank you so much!

[syman2000]

Always at the for front of the railing hack. Good job.

[BDMackey]

@syman2000 Thanks, just trying to stay with in the program as much as I can.

[barthbradley]

Cool. Nice Job, @BDMackey.  

Interesting that you are modeling barbed wire fencing. Sign of times we're in, I guess. 

BTW: if you need a barb family, let me know.  😉

[BDMackey]

@barthbradley I had a client ask for the barbs, on a straight barbed fence, and I was going to model those as supports as well. I talked them out of it so I didn't need it. I my be nice to have for future use though.

[barthbradley]

Funny. I’ve been examining this family and I’m literally lost by all the Parameters I wrote for it.  Yes; it a Parametric Barb and Wire!  I've got a file folder full of iterations of it, and other Barbed Wire Fencing components, that I did back in 2015. I must have been descending into madness at the time.  he, he. I think the impetus for the work, was the discovery of HyunWoo Kim’s Helix and Spiral You-Tube Videos. Anyways, if you want to check it out, here's one iteration upgraded to 2020.   

Let me know if you need T-Post and Clips. Got those too. Yep; it must have been madness. 😉

[ToanDN]

I did get to do that for a project in the past.

[barthbradley]

I found this in the folder as well. I think it's self-explanatory. In order to be able to distinguish the barb and the wire in a View, you would need to be ridiculously close to it.  I think that's a 12-guage fly. he, he.  

[mbaileylpa]

This family is fantastic--thank you so much!!!

[BDMackey]

@mbaileylpa glad you found it useful. I have used it on a few projects since posting.

[hndali005]

Hi!

This is a very well drawn illustration. Do you perhaps have a family for the wire itself that you are willing to share with me?

[ToanDN]

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@hndali005 wrote:

Hi!

This is a very well drawn illustration. Do you perhaps have a family for the wire itself that you are willing to share with me?

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@BDMackey did share his Revit file in his post.  My family is attached here.