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Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:55:01 PM | Netting Structure - complex / draped surface - any ideas appreciated

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G'day everyone.  I'm struggling finding an appropriate way to model a netting surface in Revit Architecture 2009.  The one shown in the images was created as a topography with minimal thickness in archicad - and imported at a mass via autoCAD then each face converted to a wall in the massing tools in Revit - but this seems like an overly complicated work-flow.  

 If I have four or five known points which do not lie in the same plane, is there some tool in revit which can create a surface that links them? Could anyone suggest an alternative way of (re)modelling sch a surface?

 I'm finding revit pretty limted and it's hard to sell it as the platform of the future to my employers when I have to use archicad, sketchup or even autoCAD to do what should be pretty simple operations.

 Any ideas would be most appreciated. Cheers, Pete



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Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 8:53:16 PM | Netting Structure - complex / draped surface - any ideas appreciated

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Hi Pete.  Sorry to say, I don't think Revit can form such surfaces.  I'm not too familiar with Revit 2010 but maybe they've added the tools you need.  I do know that 3ds max can easily make the surface you're looking for though.  Revit and 3ds max have a better relationship than the one you've described.  Hope you figure something out, good luck.

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Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:15:13 AM | Netting Structure - complex / draped surface - any ideas appreciated

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You have two options that you could try. The first one would be to create a mass and use voids to create that different edges and slopes on it, then you could add a face to the mass the represents the screen.( setting the correct transparency and surface pattern.)

 The second option is that you could just create a site and make that transparent. This way might be a little harder and wont be 100% correct but it would be easier to add topo points to make the odd shape. 

 Hopefully this makes sense.


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Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 5:53:41 PM | Netting Structure - complex / draped surface - any ideas appreciated

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Thanks very much for your ideas guys.  I'll try and get into modelling it in 3DStudio Max or give it a go making it as pieces of topography.  The massing tool will be too complicated I reckon.

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