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    Parametric architecture uses parameters or variables that can be edited to manipulate the design outcome. Parametric modeling systems can be either propagation-based or constraint-based. Parametric design involves creating parts with dimensions and constraints that define the size and shape, allowing the parts to resize when parameters change. Software like Revit, Dynamo, and Grasshopper use parametric modeling approaches and have enabled more complex, nature-inspired building designs.

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    Parametric Architecture

    PARAMETRIC DESIGN:
    The term parametric originates from mathematics (parametric equation)
    and refers to the use of certain parameters or variables that can be
    edited to manipulate or alter the end result of an equation or system.

    While today the term is used in reference to computational design


    systems, there are precedents for these modern systems in the works
    of architects such as Antoni Gaudí, who used analog models to explore
    design space.

    Parametric modeling systems can be divided into two main types:


    Propagation-based systems where one computes from known to
    unknowns with a dataflow model.
    Constraint systems which solve sets of continuous and discrete
    constraints
    PARAMETRIC DESIGN:
    Parametric parts are created with a basic shape. Dimensions and
    constraints are added later to totally define the size and shape of the
    part.

    Parametric Sketch

    Dimensions will resize geometry when you change the dimension value.
    PARAMETRIC FEATURES:

    Dimensions will resize a feature In feature based parametric


    when changed. design, as you build your model,
    each feature can be edited
    independently. Features based
    on other features will be effected
    only when their base feature is
    changed.
    ADAPTIVE DESIGN:
    The ability of a part to change its size and shape to fit the design.
    Adaptive parts are created with a basic shape. Dimensions and
    constraints needed to totally define the size and shape of the part are
    obtained from the other parts around it.

    A connecting rod is being designed in the adaptive mode. No


    dimensions are applied in the design. When the two posts are moved
    farther apart, the rod stretches to match.
    PARAMETRIC DESIGN:
    When the values of parameters are real numbers, we call this
    parametric variation.
    We will use the term parametric models in a more general sense, and
    admit parameters with different types of entities.
    DEVELOPING PARAMETRIC MODELS:

    Start with a rectangle


    Identify a family of shapes by defining one parameter
    PARAMETRIC MODEL CASE I:

    Parameter = Width
    Height = 2 (we say it is constrained)

    Width

    We have defined a family with 1 parameter


    PARAMETRIC MODEL CASE I:

    Parameter = Width
    Height = 2 (we say it is constrained)

    Width

    We have defined a family with 1 parameter


    We have defined an infinite number of design instances
    PARAMETRIC MODEL CASE II:

    Parameter = Height
    Width = 3 (constrained)
    Height

    We have defined a family with 1 parameter.


    We have defined an infinite number of design instances.
    PARAMETRIC MODEL CASE III:

    x- and y-coordinates of 3 nodes are parameters


    PARAMETRIC MODEL CASE III:

    Instances are not constrained to rectangles


    PARAMETRIC MODEL CASE I, II & III:

     3 different parametric models were defined.


     Cases I and II had a single parameter, Case III had more
    parameters.
     All parametric models allow the design instance of a 2x3 rectangle.
     Case III allows all the design instances allowed by Cases I and II,
    and more.
     The parametric models for Cases I and II were constrained to have
    4 right angles – it might not have been apparent this was a
    constraint when they were first defined.
    EXAMPLE:
    SOFTWARE:
    Catia (Computer Aided three-dimensional Interactive Application) was
    used by architect Frank Gehry to design some of his award-winning
    curvilinear buildings such as the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.

    Autodesk 3DS Max is a parametric 3D modeling software which


    provides modeling, animation, simulation, and rendering functions for
    games, film, and motion graphics.

    Autodesk Maya is a 3D computer graphics software originally


    developed by Alias Systems Corporation (formerly Alias|Wavefront) and
    currently owned and developed by Autodesk, Inc. It is used to create
    interactive 3D applications, including video games, animated film, TV
    series, or visual effects.
    SOFTWARE:
    Grasshopper 3D (originally Explicit History) is a plug-in for Rhinoceros
    3D that presents the users with a visual programming language
    interface to create and edit geometry.

    Autodesk Revit is building information modeling (BIM) software used


    by architects and other building professionals. Revit was developed in
    response to the need for software that could create three-dimensional
    parametric models that include both geometry and non-geometric
    design and construction information. Every change made to an element
    in Revit is automatically propagated through the model to keep all
    components, views and annotations consistent. This eases
    collaboration between teams and ensures that all information (floor
    areas, schedules, etc.) are updated dynamically when changes in the
    model are made.
    SOFTWARE:
    Autodesk Dynamo
    Dynamo is an open source graphical programming environment for
    design. Dynamo extends building information modeling with the data
    and logic environment of a graphical algorithm editor.

    GenerativeComponents, parametric CAD software developed by


    Bentley Systems, was first introduced in 2003, became increasingly
    used in practice (especially by the London architectural community) by
    early 2005, and was commercially released in November 2007.

    Marionette
    Marionette is an open source graphical scripting tool (or visual
    programming environment) for the architecture, engineering,
    construction, landscape, and entertainment design industries.
    SOFTWARE:
    Modelur is a parametric urban design software plug-in for
    Trimble Sketchup, developed by Agilicity d.o.o. (LLC).. Its primary goal
    is to help the users create conceptual urban massing.

    Archimatix is a node-based parametric modeler extension for Unity


    3D. It enables visual modeling of 3D models within the Unity 3D editor.
    PARAMETRICS IN ARCHITECTURE:
    Nature has always served as inspiration for architects and designers.
    Computer technology has given designers and architects the tools to
    analyze and simulate the complexity observed in nature and apply it to
    structural building shapes and urban organizational patterns. In the
    1980s architects and designers started using computers running
    software developed for the aerospace and moving picture industries to
    "animate form".
    One of the first architects and theorists that used computers to
    generate architecture was Greg Lynn. His blob and fold architecture is
    some of the early examples of computer generated architecture.

    Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport's new Terminal 3, finished in


    2013, designed by Italian architect Massimiliano Fuksas, with
    parametric design support by the engineering firm Knippers Helbig, is
    an example for the use of parametric design and production
    technologies in a large scale building.

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