Revit and Dynamo For Landscape Architecture

AR20475
William Carney
BIM Director, BSA LifeStructures
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wcarney

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 Class summary
This class will demonstrate how you can use Revit software for
landscape architecture with some assistance from Dynamo
extension. Attendees will get an overview of how to use Revit
software features such as families to provide typical symbols in
plan while providing opportunities for visualization, scheduling to
provide quantities, and tagging to annotate consistent
information. Going beyond the basics, well use Dynamo
extension to show advanced techniques to streamline the
design process. This session features Revit and Dynamo
Studio. AIA Approved

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 Key learning objectives

At the end of this class, you will be able to:

Learn how to use Revit for landscape architecture
Learn how to utilize Dynamo to improve your typical Revit workflow
Understand how a BIM database can streamline landscape-architecture
design documentation
Become comfortable using Revit

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 About the Presenter

William Carney
BIM Director at BSA LifeStructures

Firm leader in adoption and implementation of design technology

Not a Landscape Architect
Early adopter of Revit 2004
10 years of Professional Architectural experience on a wide range of
project types
Committee member for the St. Louis Revit User Group
Site moderator for the LinkedIn Group Revit Users
Live St. Louis area with his wife Liz, son Hank, and Greyhound Helen

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 Why am I presenting on this?
Sketchup Visuals

CAD Documents

Photoshop Site

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 How Can Revit Benefit A
Landscape Architect?
The Database
Families
Visibility Graphics

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 The Database

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 The Database
Provides one source of truth for information.

Quantity
Cost
Data

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 Families
A group of elements with a common set of properties called parameters...

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 Visibility Graphics

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 How can Dynamo Help a
Landscape Architect?
Connect to external information
Perform tedious tasks
Perform actions based on calculations

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 Connect to external information

For more info go to: http://www.hksinc.com/hksline/2015/10/26/elk-mapping-plugin/

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 Perform tedious tasks

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 Perform tedious tasks

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 Perform Actions Based On Calculations
INTERIOR PARKING LOT: 15 SQ FEET GREEN
SPACE PER PARKING STALL X 81 SPACES

REQ. SQ FT. 1,215

ACTUAL SQ FT 3,598

1 TREE PER EVERY 20 SPOTS

REQ. TREES 5
ACTUAL TREES 12

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 Topography

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 Determine the best method for your project

Identify What is required as a deliverable

Review the site conditions
Determine the flow of information
Pick the easiest method that fits your criteria

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 Help guide your decision

What Are Required Deliverables What is the Site Like

1) Realistic Site / Exact Topography i. Relatively Flat
2) Construction Documents & Imagery ii. Sloped
3) No Requirement iii. Varied

What Do We Have
Who is updating site information
A. 2D CAD
a) Me
B. 3D CAD/Civil 3D
b) Civil
C. Pictures
c) No Site Changes
D. Nothing

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 Possible Solutions

Flat Site Sloped Site

Floor slabs with offsets for Topography with sub regions
thickness Floor slabs over topography
Flat topography with sub regions

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 Hardscape

Strategies
Materials
Curbs

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 Hardscape Strategies
Topography Topography &Floors Floors

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 Modeling Curbs
Slab Edges
Curb Cuts
Shape Editing Tools

Shape Editing Tools Surface Hosted Family

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 Surface Patterns

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 Hardscape Enhanced with Dynamo
Sloping Railing Sloping Floor
Following Floor Following Site

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 Placing Families By Lines

Single Line
Offset
Placing Patterns On A Line

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 Placing Families in a line

Find Points
Select Line

Find Length Place Families

Divide By Spacing

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 Offset Lines

Divide By Spacing

Select Line
Find Points

Offset Line

Find Length
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Place Families
 Placing Patterns On A Line
Find Points
Select Line

Place Families
In Order
Find Length
Divide By Spacing

List of Families
0 Family 1 0 Family 1 0 Family 1
1 Family 2 1 Family 2 1 Family 2
2 Family 3 2 Family 3 2 Family 3 List of 6
0 Family 1 3 Family 1 Families
1 Family 2 4 Family 2
Repeat List 2 Family 3 5 Family 3
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 Collecting Lines From Geometry

Select Edges
Collect Sketches
Select Faces

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 Collecting Lines From Geometry

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 Placing Families in Regions
Get Overall Length & Width Divide By Spacing
Filled Region

Divide By Spacing
Find Intersection Between
Points and Region

Place Families at Points

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 Planter Beds
Get Curves
Rows of
Plants

Offset Curves

Annotation
Line

Annotate From Family Points Non-Linear

Path

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 Advanced Patterning

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 Parabolic Line Diagrams...
0 Line 1
01 Line 1
12
23 1 2 3 4 5 6
34 E a
45
56
1 Line 2
0a D b
1b
2c
3d
4e
Line 4 C c Line 2
2 Line 3
0i
1 ii
2 iii B d
3 iv
4v
5 vi
3 Line 4 A e
0A
1B vi v iv iii ii i
2C
3D
Line 3
4E
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 Parabolic Line Diagrams...
Line 1
0 Line 1 2 Line 3 1 2 3 4 5 6
01 0 vi E a
12 1v
23 2 iv
34 3 iii
45 4 ii D b
56 5i

Line D
Line C

Line E
Line B
Line A

Line F
Line 4 C c Line 2

0 List of Lines B d
0 Line A
1 Line B
2 Line C
3 Line D A e
4 Line E
5 Line F vi v iv iii ii i
Line 3
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 Parabolic Line Diagrams...
0 Lines 1 & 2 0 Lines 4 & 3 Line 1
Drop First Reverse 1 2 3 4 5 6
02 Drop First E a
13 0D
24 1C
35 2B
46
5b
3A D b
4v
6c 5 iv

Line F
7d 6 iii
7 ii
Line 4 C c Line 2

B d
0 List of Lines
0 Line A
1 Line B
2 Line C
3 Line D
A e
4 Line E vi v iv iii ii i
5 Line F
Line 3
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 Final Thoughts

Start Small
Convert Plant List to Families
Link CAD Details
Create Schedules
Start Flat

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