How can I create intelligent panels similar to Revit familes?

I am curious if there was a way to create intelligent panels in gh similar to Revit families, with different configurations and 'materials' applied to them. I don't really have much to show as I've just begun exploring this topic, but if anyone has any ideas that would be a great help!

Thanks guys

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Permalink Reply by Damon on October 21, 2014 at 10:52am

I'd have to see your Rhino file and definition.

May I ask a bigger question? What's your motivation for doing this in Rhino/GH rather than Revit? Is this just a test case? Because with this type of orthogonal geometry, I'd do it all in Revit.

Permalink Reply by Vicente Soler on October 21, 2014 at 12:08pm

Should the panels be able to pass the mirror test?

Permalink Reply by Justin on October 21, 2014 at 12:15pm

I actually managed to solve the shifted list issue, it was simply a matter of sorting my surfaces before i put it into the list item.

Damon,

The purpose of this is for me to hopefully remove Revit from my workflow, only because Revit seems to be a bit much for what I actually need to produce and rhino/gh has a lot more freedom, also i do a lot of analysis in gh so I'd like to have all of my work done with one model in one program. also there are frequent changes to my model so i need the parametric flexibility gh offers.

Vicente,

I'm not sure what you mean by this, but in this case there was no reason those panels should have been out of order, so it needed to be solved.

Hopefully I'll have a decent script to post back along with some images, thanks again guys!

Permalink Reply by Vicente Soler on October 21, 2014 at 2:19pm

If the panel should recognize itself in a mirror. Self-awareness is a way of measuring intelligence.

Permalink Reply by Justin on October 21, 2014 at 2:26pm

That's interesting...would you mind sharing an example of this?

Permalink Reply by Vicente Soler on October 21, 2014 at 2:31pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHBfp6QC-MY

Permalink Reply by Damon on October 21, 2014 at 3:11pm

Glad you got it working!

I won't dwell on it, but I think you might be reinventing the wheel here, unless the form of your building or the panelization scheme gets much more complicated. We've worked between Revit and Rhino+GH quite effectively, using the strengths of both programs to our advantage.

If you are ever in the Boston/Somerville area, let me know, I'd be happy to show you some of my work that does this.

Permalink Reply by Justin on October 29, 2014 at 8:16am

Sorry for the late reply, I am occasionally in the Boston area and I would definitely be interested in seeing some of your work so next time maybe we can set something up. And maybe I'll be so inspired to give Revit another chance! Thanks again.