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Happy New Year 2018

December 30, 2017by captainswat 1 Comment

Happy New Year 2018.  Had this thought of modeling fireworks for years.  Haven’t attempted to do it until this year.  I hope it looks like fireworks. The Construction The Components […]

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Adaptive Components, Divide Surface, Have Fun, Techniques

Merry Christmas 2017

December 24, 2017by captainswat 1 Comment

Greeting from the Revit Swat Team Here are some parametric Christmas trees which I created years before but I tried to modify the family this year.  It consisted of only lines […]

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Adaptive Components, Divide Path, Divide Surface, Have Fun, Techniques

Autodesk University Extension Dubai 2015 My Class – The Middle East Vernacular in Revit

December 17, 2015by captainswat 5 Comments

My first time in Autodesk University Extension  Dubai, I was presenting a class about Islamic patterns. The Islamic patterns are the major design elements in the Middle East architecture. Whether […]

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Adaptive Components, Curtain Pattern, Geometry, Techniques

Happy Halloween 2015

October 31, 2015by captainswat 3 Comments

Zach Kron (Buildz) has Parametric Pumpkin Contest every year at Halloween.  This year he doesn’t have one.  However I have prepared my pumpkins.  The theme for this year is: Everything […]

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Curtain Pattern, Have Fun

RTC Asia 2015 My Class II – Patternworks: Beyond Regularity

September 29, 2015by captainswat Leave a comment

Here is another class at RTC Asia 2015.  I have been thinking about how to create complex patterns using curtain pattern method.  There are 2 major challenges: How to draw […]

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Curtain Pattern, Have Fun, Inspiration, RTC, Techniques

Islamic Ellipses

July 17, 2015by captainswat 4 Comments

With the 3 points Adaptive Component creating a quarter of ellipse sweep as described in . . . Ellipse . . . Points, a pattern of overlapping ellipses or circles […]

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Adaptive Components, Curtain Pattern, Divide Surface, Techniques

Curtain Wall vs. Curtain Pattern vs. Adaptive Component

June 5, 2015by captainswat 6 Comments

Having a task of modeling a building façade with variation of openness of each unit, I found out there are 3 ways of doing the same task but with different […]

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Adaptive Components, Curtain Pattern, Divide Surface, Findings, Strategies

Class 26: Dashing with the Stars Part 3

February 19, 2013by captainswat Leave a comment

Method 3: Divide Surface + 5 Points Adaptive Component The Strategy If I can create a ring surface with pattern of triangles arrayed radially, using the 5 points adaptive component as in […]

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Class 25: Dashing with the Stars Part 2C

February 11, 2013by captainswat 7 Comments

Method 2C: Divide 2 Paths + 5 Points Adaptive Component Building the Leg Start with a Generic Model Adaptive template. Place a point at the center of the template. Place 3 other […]

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Class 25: Dashing with the Stars Part 2B

December 26, 2012by captainswat Leave a comment

Method 2B: Divide Path + 3 Points Adaptive Component Building the Leg Start with a Generic Model Adaptive template. Place a point at the center of the template. Place another […]

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