STEP 1:
01. Open Revit and create a new family template called “Generic Model Pattern Based” (R >> New >> Family) located in your Autodesk folder (ex : Autodesk / RVT2017 / Family Templates / English_I / Generic Model Pattern Based.rft).
02. Select the grid and set the horizontal and vertical spacing to 2000mm.
03. We are going to create 4 reference points the 4 adaptive points of our project. For this, you first need to set a work plane by selecting the horizontal plane.
04. Now you can create your “Reference Point” (don’t confuse with “Model” points). Repeat same process for the 3 other points.
05. Select your entire model with your mouse and use the filter tool. Uncheck “Reference Lines” and “Adaptive Points”, and then click OK. Have a look to the properties and change the offset of these 4 points to 150mm (depends on Project Units) then Apply.
06. Draw a line between your 4 reference points (activate “3D Snapping” option).
07. See what happen: the reference lines are automatically adjusted to the adaptive point position.
08. Select the horizontal plane of your adaptive point and draw a circle (diameter = 150mm).
09. Set a reference point at each intersection.
10. Draw a vertical reference line according to each vertical plane reference (70mm).
11. Repeat the process for your 4 adaptive point (north-south = 70mm, east-west = 90mm).
12. Link together all extremity with a reference line. When you are moving an adaptive point, whole lines have to move together (if this isn’t the case, check that your respected all the process above and try again).
13. We are going to draw profiles. Set a model point on a face of your cube and select its vertical plane.
14. Draw the same profile as below (50mm X 150mm).
15. Select the square chain of line and the profile you just created, then click on Create Form >> Solid Form.
16. Let’s create the wire rope (same process as above): set a model point, select its vertical plane and draw a profile (diameter = 20mm).
17. Select both model point and the profile lines and make 3 copies checking the option “Multiply”.
18. Select the profile point and click on “Pick New Host”.
19. Move all profile to their right position, and then create a solid form.
20. Select the edges of the square and create a flat solid form.
21. Select the flat solid form element and set its material properties to “Glass”.
22. Don’t forget to adjust the thickness of your glass.
23. Have a look to one edge. Modify the old circle model line (new diameter = 250mm). Select the circle and create a solid form.
24. Select the base and the top and adjust the form. You final family should looks like this. Save.
STEP 2:
25. Open a new Architectural Project. Go to Architecture >> Component >> Model in-Place. Choose “Mass” as family category and name it.
26. Use “line” tool to draw the same diagram as below.
27. Use “Spine Through Points” and then delete the useless lines.
28. Select all the lines and create a solid form.
29. Use the X-Ray function to display the geometric skeleton, switch to the elevation view and adjust lines one by one (5 lines => 0m – 20m – 30m – 20m – 0m).
30. Select the surface and click on “Divide Surface”.
31. Set the distance to 2000 (2m) for the U and V grids.
32. Go to Insert >> Load Family and select the Generic Model Pattern we just created.
33. Select the grid and choose the pattern, then “Finish Mass”.
34. Now you can see the result. The compilation may takes long time if you don’t have a high performance computer.
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