CAD functions

[calebabudu]

i read an article describing USER-DEFINITIONS of CAD functions and the particular case study was on a festival hall in St. Polten, Austria (by Klaus Kada).

 

the main formal element is a huge concrete shell that is curved in two directions. the shell appears light by being clad in a backlit skin of transluscent glass. due to the complex geometry and min. tolerances required, laser technology directly controlled by the CAD software was used in cutting the glass panels which are flat throughout.

this was achieved by associating every identifiable pt. in the CAD model with precise co-ordinate values referenced from a point on the main stage.

 

with relation to the titanium panels in Gherys buisness sch design, a cordinate system was used to plot each panel which was used to cut and/or model them accurately.

 

Norman foster for a ski resort building done entirely in wood(with some serious curves) i undestand transfered th data for each unit into MS excell so that it could be built.

 

 

now my question is this... is revit capable of such? OR 3ds max? does it require programming? how can i do it? i want to be able to perform these operations. Any ideas?

[Richard McCarthy]

I havn't done it, but from my understanding, I think you need to be to output to STL file format for CNC stuff. Revit currently does not have the export function to directly export to STL, but you can do that easily through Rhinoceros or 3DMAX (I think) or any other 3rd party apps.

[Antisthenes]

ya Gehry uses Rhinoceros for this. to export is STL to CATIA for mfg.