BIM MODELER

FREE-FORM LATTICE SPACIAL STRUCTURE SHOP DRAWING GENERATOR

Tehran, Iran | 2017

In cooperation with EMRE ISTIKAM Co. Role: Writing the generative code which converts the wire mesh model to full detailed BIM model. Credits: Diagrams by Danial Keramat. Link to the paper.

In this project, we tried to find a way to make shop drawings for freeform spacial frames automatically. In this type of structure, which is shown in the picture, every element, joint, and glass are unique. Therefore, it is hard to make a shop drawing one by one by an operator, because it takes a lot of time and may cause some human errors. Thus, in this project, we create a code in grasshopper software which converts a simple wire mesh to a full detail model (BIM).

Terminology

Node Axis

Fabrication Method

By this program, there is no need for an operator to make a model, generate shop drawings, check the errors, etc. and it is easy to design this kind of structures and buildings. So, the designer can make a simple wire mesh and see a real-time full detail model. The designer also can edit the model and see the result immediately.

Up to 2020, two different free-form surfaces were designed and built in Tehran by this code.

After generating the shop drawing of the nodes and beams, the code has to generate shop drawings of the glasses. In this part, based on the data was generated in the previous part, the code generates drawings for the inner layer, outer layer, and how they attached to each other. >>>