Project 2 Movie

Description

I chose to automate changing the material properties of glass window panels for my second project. In Project 1, I had to manually change the material properties in all of the windows, which was very labor intensive. Therefore, I wanted to automate this process. I tried to use the three different methods discussed in class, but the first one using image read was unsuccessful. After much time and help from Dr. Wei Yan, I managed to create working Dynamo programs for the other two methods. My results are below in this blog.

Override Colors with Image Read

This is the view of the building after I used color override. It is supposed to be the gradient seen below, but it was unsuccessful.

Changing Materials in Dynamo Final View

Here is the final view of my building after the materials of the glass panels were changed.

Changing Materials in Dynamo

Here are screenshots of my dynamo files that change the materials of the glass panels in my mass model.

Changing Family Types in Dynamo Final Product

Here is a final view of my building after the family types of the glass panels were changed.

Changing Family Types in Dynamo

Here are screenshots of the dynamo files that change the family types of the glass panels in my mass model. 

Project 1 Below this Line

Movie

This project was modeled after the ATM Tower in NYC, NY. It is a 22 story office tower with an attached parking garage. The radius of the curved wall is parametrically related to the height of the floor level. Additionally, the height of the office tower and parking garage are parametrically related to the number of floors in each structure. Finally, the last parametric relationship is the relectivity of the glass panels. As the height of the floors increase, the glass becomes less and less reflective.

I wanted to explore the ability to relate the size of the glass panels to the floor height, but this proved to be too complex for this project. This concept will be explored in the next assignment. 

The radius of the curved wall can be increased or decreased.

The heights of the garage and tower are related to the number of floors.

The reflectivity of the glass panels are related to the floor height.

Interior Kitchen

Interior Hallway

Exterior Rendering