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Transcript
00:00
MARTHA HOLLOWELL ORCUTT: Reviewing Generative Design
00:02
in Revit.
00:03
In this video, we will investigate
00:05
the concept of generative design and its use in Revit.
00:10
Autodesk defines generative design
00:12
as a goal-driven approach to design that uses automation
00:16
to give designers and engineers better insight,
00:19
so they can make faster, more informed design decisions.
00:23
Your specific design parameters are
00:25
defined to generate many, even thousands,
00:28
of potential solutions.
00:30
You then tell the software the results you want.
00:33
And with your guidance, it arrives
00:35
at the optimal design along with the data
00:38
to prove which design performs best.
00:40
You can think of generative design software
00:43
as an assistant that helps you with creating,
00:46
testing, and evaluation options.
00:49
You decide which problem to solve,
00:51
what goals must be achieved, and which factors are most
00:54
important to solve a problem.
00:57
Computers can help you organize and prioritize these decisions.
01:01
But it can't actually make them.
01:03
Only People can decide what's important.
01:07
The studies are based on Dynamo scripts which you can create
01:11
and modify to suit your needs.
01:14
Generative design for Revit is available with the AEC
01:17
subscription collection with Revit 2021.1.
01:22
So I'm working here in the small Medical Center project,
01:25
and it's open in the working second-floor view.
01:28
And because of the change in office usage,
01:31
this floor has had the interior walls removed to make way
01:35
for a large lab room.
01:37
A sample of a lab cubicle is inserted outside the building.
01:42
Our challenge is to place the most instances
01:45
of the cubicle in the space while still maintaining
01:48
appropriate distancing measures.
01:50
And to do this, we will use generative design.
01:54
Now several sample studies come with Revit.
01:58
In the Manage tab, on the Generative Design panel,
02:04
I'm going to click Create Study.
02:07
This opens a create study palette with existing studies
02:11
available.
02:13
Now there is one that is designed specifically
02:16
for massing.
02:16
We're not going to look at that one here.
02:18
But I do want to just do a quick overview of the other options.
02:22
These all use rooms as your direction.
02:26
So, for example, the Grid Object Placement
02:30
places elements in a rectangular grid pattern inside a room,
02:34
so you specify the room, you specify
02:37
the element you want to place, and then you
02:39
set up your rectangular grid pattern for that.
02:43
There are also options for things like maximizing
02:46
the window views.
02:47
You can do random object emplacement
02:50
if you need that sort of thing, stepped grid object placement
02:53
similar to the first one.
02:55
And the one that we're going to look at a little bit more
02:57
in-depth is a workspace layout.
03:00
And in this one it generates, rows
03:03
of desks in a room considering doors, windows and columns,
03:07
and it calculates the distance to exits, and views to outside,
03:11
and more.
03:13
In the next video, we'll work through this particular
03:16
workspace layout study and create a new lab
03:19
for our small Medical Center.
Video transcript
00:00
MARTHA HOLLOWELL ORCUTT: Reviewing Generative Design
00:02
in Revit.
00:03
In this video, we will investigate
00:05
the concept of generative design and its use in Revit.
00:10
Autodesk defines generative design
00:12
as a goal-driven approach to design that uses automation
00:16
to give designers and engineers better insight,
00:19
so they can make faster, more informed design decisions.
00:23
Your specific design parameters are
00:25
defined to generate many, even thousands,
00:28
of potential solutions.
00:30
You then tell the software the results you want.
00:33
And with your guidance, it arrives
00:35
at the optimal design along with the data
00:38
to prove which design performs best.
00:40
You can think of generative design software
00:43
as an assistant that helps you with creating,
00:46
testing, and evaluation options.
00:49
You decide which problem to solve,
00:51
what goals must be achieved, and which factors are most
00:54
important to solve a problem.
00:57
Computers can help you organize and prioritize these decisions.
01:01
But it can't actually make them.
01:03
Only People can decide what's important.
01:07
The studies are based on Dynamo scripts which you can create
01:11
and modify to suit your needs.
01:14
Generative design for Revit is available with the AEC
01:17
subscription collection with Revit 2021.1.
01:22
So I'm working here in the small Medical Center project,
01:25
and it's open in the working second-floor view.
01:28
And because of the change in office usage,
01:31
this floor has had the interior walls removed to make way
01:35
for a large lab room.
01:37
A sample of a lab cubicle is inserted outside the building.
01:42
Our challenge is to place the most instances
01:45
of the cubicle in the space while still maintaining
01:48
appropriate distancing measures.
01:50
And to do this, we will use generative design.
01:54
Now several sample studies come with Revit.
01:58
In the Manage tab, on the Generative Design panel,
02:04
I'm going to click Create Study.
02:07
This opens a create study palette with existing studies
02:11
available.
02:13
Now there is one that is designed specifically
02:16
for massing.
02:16
We're not going to look at that one here.
02:18
But I do want to just do a quick overview of the other options.
02:22
These all use rooms as your direction.
02:26
So, for example, the Grid Object Placement
02:30
places elements in a rectangular grid pattern inside a room,
02:34
so you specify the room, you specify
02:37
the element you want to place, and then you
02:39
set up your rectangular grid pattern for that.
02:43
There are also options for things like maximizing
02:46
the window views.
02:47
You can do random object emplacement
02:50
if you need that sort of thing, stepped grid object placement
02:53
similar to the first one.
02:55
And the one that we're going to look at a little bit more
02:57
in-depth is a workspace layout.
03:00
And in this one it generates, rows
03:03
of desks in a room considering doors, windows and columns,
03:07
and it calculates the distance to exits, and views to outside,
03:11
and more.
03:13
In the next video, we'll work through this particular
03:16
workspace layout study and create a new lab
03:19
for our small Medical Center.
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