Blog 4 - Project Outline

Senior Design - Dynamo

Abstract

-       Our team will be creating Revit Families needed for senior design, primarily electrical devices and fixtures. We will also be using dynamo to create sheets, schedules and manage data that is input into the model and families. The design process used to accomplish these tasks will be discussed in the paper.

Division of Labor

-       Samantha’s Tasks:

-       Place electrical devices

-       Circuit devices?

-       Schedules (creating and exporting)

-       Report - document the steps used to create code

-       Presentation

-       Jennifer’s Tasks:

-       Renumber Rooms by Level

-       Project Setup (ex. Sheets and templates)

-       Schedules

-       Report - document the steps used to create code

-       Presentation

Challenges and Limitations

-       Dynamo uses visual nodes to help connect inputs and outputs to make accessing and repeating tasks easier.

-       Challenges stem from never having used the program. We will have to learn how to build scripts within dynamo to eliminate typically repetitive and time consuming tasks in Revit.

Conclusions

-       Summary

-       Use Dynamo to complete tasks within Revit more efficiently. In the first few weeks we intent to become familiar with dynamo by watching tutorials and following along. After we will attempt to write our own code to complete the outlined tasks in our senior design revit model.

Resources

-       Lynda

-       Coworkers who use Dynamo

Schedule

-       W4 - Define tasks and watch tutorials

-       W5 - Watch tutorials, follow along and work with practice models provided

-       W6 - Begin to develop own script/ Rough Draft of Report

-       W7 - Draft due/ Work on script

-       W8 - Finish script/ Final Report

-       W9 - Final Report due/ Work on presentation

-       W10 - Presentation

For this project Jenny and I will work together using Dynamo to eliminate repetitive tasks in Revit. We will be using our Revit model for senior design to complete this project. Using visual programming we will create code to accomplish tasks such as creating sheets, schedules and placing devices throughout the building. We will also attempt to use Dynamo to circuit devices once they have been placed. We will first have to familiarize ourselves with Dynamo before attempting to write our own code. This will be accomplished using the knowledge of coworkers and workflow tutorials on Lynda. Dynamo uses input and output functions to control devices and parameters within the project. Our report will be a summary of the steps we took and tasks we performed/attempted. 

Responses:

Qiaodan, I enjoyed reading about your topic. I think the benefits of using BIM for residential design are often overlooked. As BIM becomes more popular and the programs become more affordable we will see it used more for residential.

Kyle, great topic but an outline would have helped understand your project a little better. I think choosing one material to focus on was a great choice. This will allow you to be more specific about  how 3-D printing will effect engineering and the construction industry.