by Brooke Sanders
18. February 2010 14:33
“Revit Renovatio”
By: Justin Davis
The relationship between Revit and 3-D printing has proven its potential for generating a worthwhile Architectural model. Autodesk began supporting, with the release of Revit Architecture 2010, a plug-in that outputs the .STL (Stereo Lithography) file format that is commonly used in 3-D printing and rapid prototyping.
Even though the potential for 3-D printing from Revit exists, that isn’t to say that the “art-form” of 3-D printing has lost any of its “artsy-ness”. Although, the industry would like to be able to simply output an .STL file from Revit, hit the print button, and get results – that is often times not the case. However, with the right tools and file preparation process, 3-D printing a Revit architecture file can yield some favorable results.
Architectural form, typically, is easily translated from three dimensional space into a three dimensional model. The difficulty in printing an architectural model lies in the details; “the devil is in the details”. Interpolating and translating architectural details from a BIM modeler such as Revit requires a simplification process that must be approached with the utmost care so as not to destroy any of the Architect’s vision. It is at this point that 3-D printing becomes an art.
The following model was created in Revit entirely from “scratch” in roughly ten hours using a set of not-to-scale plans and hand sketched exterior elevations. Some input was provided by the architect via telephone the following was achieved.
Even though the timeframe wasn’t ideal this model project was started on a Friday morning and the model was delivered the following Monday. The model printed over the weekend. Allowed more time, imagine the possibilities of this technology.
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