Revit: Generative Design

1h 27mBeginner2020-09-30

Authors

Jeremy Graham

Registered Architect

Course details

Generative design enables designers to iteratively generate and evaluate a multitude of design options, discovering solutions that they might not find through traditional methods. This course provides an introduction to generative design while using the new built-in tools in Revit 2021. Learn how to load and run sample studies provided by Autodesk directly within Revit, review the outcomes, and refine the variables to explore more solutions. Then learn how to create new generative design templates using Dynamo, the built-in visual programming tool for Revit. Discover how to specify the inputs and outputs for your generative design scripts and use the Data.Remember and Data.Gate nodes to store and control the data that flows between Revit and the generative design workflow. In the final section, instructor Jeremy Graham walks step by step through a sample study, demonstrating how to set up and run a generative design graph within Dynamo and then export the study for use within Revit.

Topics include:
What is generative design?
Loading and running a generative design study in Revit
Reviewing outcomes
Refining variables
Generating studies in Dynamo
Specifying inputs and outputs
Exporting studies
Importing Dynamo-generated studies into Revit

Skills covered

Computational DesignRevitArchitectural VisualizationCivil EngineeringAutodesk3D ModelingVisualization and Real-TimeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and IllustrationDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Applied generative design for architecture and engineering
02 - What you should know

1. Intro to Generative Design

03 - What is generative design
04 - Generative design process
05 - Generative design tools
06 - Generative design and Revit

2. Generative Design Studies

07 - What are generative design studies
08 - Generation methods
09 - Design criteria
10 - Running a study
11 - Understanding outcomes
12 - Refining the variables

3. Generating Studies in Dynamo

13 - Generative design in Dynamo
14 - Inputs and outputs
15 - Data.Remember node
16 - Data.Gate node

4. Dynamo Workflow

17 - A sample study
18 - Inputs
19 - The generators
20 - The evaluator
21 - The outputs
22 - Exporting studies
23 - Testing in Revit

Conclusion

24 - Next steps