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Dynam(o)ite Your Design

Dieter Vermeulen MSc. Str. Eng.

Technical Sales Specialist AEC - Computational Design & Engineering

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@BIM4Struc


About me

§ Technical Sales Specialist AEC @ Autodesk

§ Computational Design & Engineering

§ Structural Engineer based in Belgium

§ +15 years experience in structural engineering

@BIM4Struc

www.linkedin.com/in/dietervermeulen

www.youtube.com/user/RevitbeyondBIM

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www.autodesk.typepad.com/bimtoolbox/


What is generative design ?


onehuman

onecomputer

limiteddesign + =

Designer/engineer uses computeras passive machine

THE OLD WAY





Computer and designer/engineerunite as cocreators

THE NEW WAY

onehuman

artifical –intelligencealgorithms

100s to 1000s ofdesign options+ unlimited

cloud-computingpower

+ =



Computational Design


a = 2b = 1

a – b = c

Parametric Design

f(x)


a = 2b = 1

a – b = c

Parametric Design


Scripting


Sketching


Visual Programming


Ways how Computational Design changes your life

§ Explore multiple design options

§ Look under the hood of your model

§ Automate multiple tasks

§ Test what your design REALLY does

§ Think algorithmically


Maintain early design knowledge

Improve the transition from Concept to Design

More automation tools to reduce rework

Easier modelling, visualisation and analysis tools

Business Issues


Issues in Computational Design to BIM

§ Products in market are not building aware

§ No detailed building elements (connection)

§ Fractured ecosystem – needs hacking

§ No analysis tools

Computational Design Industry Status


Computational Design with Dynamo


§ Quickly explore parametric design concepts

§ Solve complex geometric problems

§ Evaluate designs and analyze geometry

§ Automate repetitive tasks

Value Proposition with Dynamo


§ Extending capabilities to automate tasks

§ Greater design insight with less manual effort

§ Supports interoperability in the design process

Increase Your Productivity with Dynamo


Dynamo as a design amplifier

+ =

Design Dynamo Power


Dynamo Platform

§ Open Source

§ Available in Revit

§ Freely available

§ Standalone version

§ Works outside of Revit

§ Yearly Subscription


Visual Programming in Dynamo

§ Individual tasks are embedded in “nodes”

§ Each node on the canvas has its inputs and outputs.

§ Connect the in- and outputs logically with „wires”.

§ The effect displays on the graphical background


Packages

§ + 500000 downloads !


CONCEPTUAL GEOMETRY WITH DYNAMO


Dynamo Player in Revit 2017.1Dynamo for everyone in the company !


Practical Use Cases


Design


Check free height above stairsAutodesk® Revit

Check the clearance height above each stair tread.


§ Complex frame structures with Dynamo in Revit§ Use out-of-the-box tools from Dynamo§ Element binding with Revit

Parametric design of structural elements


Design of complex frame structures


Design of complex frame structures


Road Model Design Corridor Points Report

Read coordinatesCreate profiles

Create parametric family

Detailed Design of Concrete Superstructure


Parametric Superstructure FamilyAutodesk Revit® & Dynamo


Engineering


§ Connect Dynamo Studio with RobotTM Structural Analysis§ Makes use of the “Structural Analysis” package

Structural Analysis for Dynamo


Analysis of complex frame structures


Analysis of complex frame structures


Structural modelling Structural Analysis Manual Optimization Genetic Optimization

From modelling to optimization


Structural Analysis based on complex shapesAutodesk® RobotTM Structural Analysis

modelling and analysis of complex frame structures, based on curved forms


StructuralFabrication


Computational Steel FabricationAutodesk® Advance Steel


Computational Rebar modelling

Diabolo Elevated Railway, BrusselsOriginal design by TucRail


§ Area Reinforcement in selected walls or floors§ Use wall & floor sketch as boundary

Automate Area ReinforcementAutodesk® Revit

BIM4Struc.Rebar package


Concluding


Arc

hite

cts Design Better

BuildingsStudy more design optionsCommunicate better with clientsUnderstand energy design based on rulesDesign more freelyExtend power of Revit

Engi

neer

s Become Better Problem SolversStudy more design optionsRationalize systemsAccess APIs to customize designVisual spreadsheet design is intuitive to engineersManage risk and creativity of clients by exposing tradeoffs

Con

stru

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n Build better BuildingsUnderstand systems & connectionsUnderstand timeframes for constructionVariables and alternative means & methodsSystem rationalization

So what does this mean to you?

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