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Monday, March 25, 2013

Revit Adaptive Component: Practical Archetypes - Curved Glass CurtainWalls

[caption id="attachment_455" align="aligncenter" width="480"]Panelization of the Curved Surface using Adaptive Component Families Panelization of the Curved Surface using Adaptive Component Families[/caption]

Curved panels are particularly gnarly! Curved and Non-rectilinear are more so. This is one of those situations where you don't have a choice but to use Adaptive Components.

In this post I'm going to attempt to show how simple the building of a curved and trapezoidal panel can be. So, bring out the rusty trigonometry toolbox (or googling skills) and let's get started!