Revit Artistry

"In the big picture, architecture is the art and science of making sure that our cities and buildings fit with the way we want to live our lives" - Bjarke Ingels

For quite some time I have wanted to create an art piece, a sculpture, natively in Revit. Some of you might be thinking, "just because you can do something, does not mean you should"; I whole heartedly agree with this statement. However: Being able to 'fully' utilise any piece of software, you have to hone your skills regularly, you have to broaden your mind to what else is out there. In other words, what can I create that will challenge me? The last physical sculpture I have ever made was in kindergarten where we were given play dough and straws. I think I need to remedy this.    

In the meantime, a digital sculpture will have to do. I sourced an image from the internet and traced over it using the spline command (TIP: Save yourself hours and download an Auto-Clicker program). These shapes were extruded and a random void cut layout was added.

I searched for a paint splatter image on the internet and thought that the image below would look interesting when being used as a decal image.

I'm quite satisfied with the end result:

Release: Revit 2019.1

Earlier today, Revit 2019.1 has been released and it does have some nice new features for us to explore (Revit Blog) . In short, here are some of the key new features and improvements:

* Revit Home - Revit Home is a new user experience that modernizes the way you access, store, and share project information.

* Site Collaboration with Civil 3D - Site Collaboration is a Revit 2019.1 new feature that introduces unprecedented interoperability between Revit and Civil 3D New workflows will help both save time and improve accuracy when you are transferring site information and project location data between project teams.

* Support IFC Links from BIM 360 with Desktop Connector - With Revit 2019.1 IFC files can be linked in Revit using Desktop Connector and they will maintain their links. This feature will open doors for new IFC collaborative workflows.

* Free Form Rebar Aligned Distribution - In Revit 2019.1 the Free Form Rebar tool can now be used to create rebar sets with planar bars distributed along the faces of a structural element and aligned to a distribution path.

* Move Pattern on Top of Wall - With Revit 2019.1 you have greater control over the look of a wall at every visible surface and enhanced wall control. You can now drag, rotate and align a model pattern on a painted top surface of a wall such that you may adjust the pattern tile location on all faces of a wall for highly controlled alignment.

* Import Double Fill Patterns - With Revit 2019 you got double-fill patterns. Now with Revit 2019.1, importing patterns from AutoCAD to Revit is easier and requires less management. When importing a double fill pattern (a hatch with a background color) from AutoCAD to Revit, you will now see the background color on import. 

* Improved Work with Perspective Views - Revit 2019.1 includes a set of enhancements to perspective views that dramatically improve the modeling process in 3D views.

* Section View Align and Snapping - In Revit 2019.1 you can use the Align command to select the line for a section view and use it as the reference for alignment or as the object to align. 

* Resizable Dialogs - In response to customer requests submitted via the Revit Ideas page, Revit 2019.1 new features include the ability to resize the Go To View dialog and the Add View to Sheet dialog. 

Have a great week, folks!