WORKSHOP 01: PARAMETRIC LANDFORM DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION (BEGINNER)

by Hamed Tavakoli | May 20, 2024

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This workshop is a quick guide for professionals who are interested in quickly learning INTER-SOFTWARE SKILLS: CAD-RHINO-GRASSHOPPER-REVIT to create accurate construction documentation. The workshop does not require any prior knowledge of Rhino Grasshopper and enables both seasoned professionals and new graduate designers to generate professional drawings by following the step-by-step instructions as proposed in this workshop. By participating in this workshop, you will be able to design a landform and extract the actual contour lines associated with the new landscape. This will then help you to generate accurate construction documentation that is readily buildable by landscape contractors.

Welcome to the workshop 01.

MODULE 1 – INTRODUCTION

Lessons

LESSON 01 – About the workshop LESSON 02 – Project context LESSON 03 – Design brief

MODULE 2 – UNDERSTANDING ESSENTIAL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPTS

Lessons

LESSON 1 – What will be the final outcome of this workshop LESSON 2 – Collaborations between different disciplines LESSON 3 – Civil Design: Understanding pivot points in the new topo surface LESSON 4 – Civil Design Concept LESSON 5 – Technical Data ( to be used in Grasshopper)

MODULE 3 – PARAMETRIC LANFORM DESIGN AND DOCUMENTATION OVERVIEW: METHODS AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

Lessons

LESSON 1 – Design/Documentation Overview LESSON 2 – Inter Software Skills LESSON 3 – Parametric Design Learning Flowchart

MODULE 4 – PREPARING FILES IN AUTOCAD

Lessons

LESSON 1 – Step 1 (CAD Works) LESSON 2 – Navigating through the CAD files LESSON 3 – Combining Multiple Layers in a Single CAD File LESSON 4 – Substituting the Xref layers

MODULE 5 – GETTING STARTED WITH RHINO/GRASSHOPPER

Lessons

LESSON 1 – Steps 2 and 3 (Working with Rhino-Grasshopper) LESSON 2 – Working inside Rhino-Grasshopper LESSON 3 – Generating a Point Cloud based on the existing topo surface LESSON 4 – Working with the Point Cloud LESSON 5 – Organized points forming the swale LESSON 6 – Shaping the swale bottom line (Part 1) LESSON 7 – Shaping the swale bottom line (Part 2) LESSON 8 – Forming a Delaunay mesh to shape the overall topo-surface

MODULE 6 – EXPORTING DATA FORM RHINO TO AUTOCAD & REVIT

Lessons

LESSON 1 – Generating final contour lines LESSON 2 – Exporting new contour lines in DWG format

MODULE 7 – ADJUSTING DIFFERENT DESIGN LAYERS FOR CONDUCTING CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION

Lessons

LESSON 1 – Checking the exported DWG file in AUTOCAD LESSON 2 – Checking the location of the centre point in the DWG LESSON 3 – Adding other layers to the new topography LESSON 4 – Creating separate layers (all sharing the same 0,0,0 point) for use in Revit LESSON 5 – Importing DWG files into Revit LESSON 6 – Adjusting scale before improving DWG layers in Revit

MODULE 8 – CONCLUSIONS

Lessons

LESSON 1 – Next steps for finalising our construction documentation