HBIM: Historic Building Re-creation

Learn how to use Revit to model and render classical architectural forms and contribute to historical rendering projects such as Project Soane.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. What Is Project Soane?

• What is Project Soane?
• Take a look at a model
• How to join the project wiki

2. Corinthian Low-Detail Versions

• Building the Tivoli corner columns
• Strategy for building the columns
• Working with seed families
• Understanding the course detail version
• Overview of the medium detail version
• Using a massing rig to build the abacus
• Understanding the medium volutes
• Understanding classical column entasis
• Building elliptical entasis
• Medium detail fluting

3. Starting the Fine Detail Version

• Fine detail column base
• Fine detail shaft
• Proportional scaling workaround
• Fine detail abacus
• Fine detail flower bud
• Fine detail flower petals
• Creating spline paths
• Fine detail small volute
• Fine detail large volute

4. Continuing the Fine Details

• Building the leaf structure
• Building the leaf form
• Establishing context
• Fine detail foliage

5. Assembling the Corinthian Column

• Assembling the fine detail capital
• Assembling the fine detail column
• Placing the columns in Tivoli corner
• Rendering

Conclusion

• Goodbye