How to use Revit adaptive components
and repeaters to create a model of Santiago Calatrava’s roof
structure of the Gare do Oriente in Lisbon:
Part 1 – The rig for one structural column
Part 2 – Placing roof panels onto the rig
Part 3 – Creating the structural elements
and repeaters to create a model of Santiago Calatrava’s roof
structure of the Gare do Oriente in Lisbon:
Part 1 – The rig for one structural column
Part 2 – Placing roof panels onto the rig
Part 3 – Creating the structural elements
Part 4 – Struts
Now it is time to really challenge the nesting capabilities of ‘Repeaters’ in Revit by placing struts on the structure.
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| Gare do Oriente structural element with struts added |
Here is a YouTube link to see it as a tutorial
YouTube:
Step by Step Checklist
In case you prefer reading it step by step:
- Open the ‘one-eighth’ adaptive component created in the previous blog post
- Select the structural elements and temporarily hide them, to leave the rig visible
- Place two hosted points each on the arc and two of the reference lines
- Link the points with reference lines – in the case of the arc, snap to the intersection point along the middle of the arc (NB. make sure 3D snapping is on)
- The purpose of…