RevitCat: Creating Swept Blends in Revit Mass

Part 5 of my series on  comparing the five traditional form
creation tools with equivalent techniques in the Revit Conceptual
Massing Environment
.
Previously we analysed the creation of extrusion forms, Blends, Revolves, and Sweeps in the CME.  Next up is Swept Blends:

Part 5:  Swept Blends

Creating a Swept Blend in the Conceptual Massing Environment. . . .

  • A swept blend requires two or more profiles, each perpendicular to the path ;
  • In the traditional Revit environment, a swept blend can only have two profiles;
  • Unlike a sweep, the path can only consist of one element (line, arc or curve), even if the profiles are closed;
  • Unlike
    a sweep, the profile cannot contain a loop within a loop (to make a
    hollow form);
  • The easiest way to do this is to host the profiles on points
    – in the example here, an arc has 3 points that define it, so they can
    also be used to host the profiles

  • The profiles can be model lines, reference lines or loaded 2D profile
    components – each method…

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