Parametric Control of BIM Elements for Sustainable Design in Revit

Jun 10, 2011

This article discusses customization of Revit and development of a custom plug-in for this software application that allows data exchange between BIM and analytical applications and parametric control of BIM elements based on the numeric values coming from analytic software. The custom plug-in allows for import of any type of data through Excel, but the article discusses specific application for sustainable design. The environmental analytic data, such as incident solar radiation coming from Ecotect, is used to parametrically control dimensions and geometry of shading devices and façade elements.

keywords: BIM, parametric design, sustainability, analysis, software customization

Author:

Ajla Aksamija, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, CDT (Perkins+Will)

Mario Guttman, AIA, LEED AP (Perkins+Will)

Hari Priya Rangarajan, LEED AP BD+C (Perkins+Will)

Tim Meador, LEED AP (Perkins+Will)

Periodical:

Perkins+Will Research Journal

Published & professionally reviewed by:

Perkins+Will

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