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Project 3 by Mazahir Plumber for ARCH 689
The web-based interface is the continuation from Project 2. In this Project the information is obtained is nto the next step, where the viewer receives information from the Access database of the original revit file.
The objects in the dwf file are linked with certain functions which access the database and provide information regardig the object clicked. Presently i have not found a way to make the dwf communicate with the database, but I have managed to link the objects in the dwf and the database via html codes.
The tempelate provided by Dr.Wei Yan was taken as the base for the project. I continued to work on the tempelate by linking objects in the dwf to strings that would help me access information from the database.
I started off with creating queries in the MS Access database of the original revit file. The queries made were regarding the total number of doors, plumbing fixtures and plants in the project, where they are located and what type.
After creating the queries I, used their sql strings and included them in the html code, in order to get information regarding the object i click on.
Once all the objects were linked using Adobe Dreamweaver, this is what the result was:
As you can see in the picture above, the red dot with click one shows that when the viewer first clicks on the door, the text box below gets populated with the string that is required to retrive information about the doors. Next when the viewr clicks on the "Run Query" button, the box on the right hand side is populated with information shows types of doors and on which level they are and how many of each tyoe are present on each level.
Similarly in the above picture the objects marked "click 1" are the objects that are linked and then once they are clicked and then followed by clicking the run query button, the viwer gets the information regarding the objects. In this case it is the plumbing fixtures, which are classified by type and which level they are on and whats their count.
In the above picture, when viewer clicks on the tree, the information he eventually gets is regarding the number of trees of each type.
The objects in the dwf file are linked with certain functions which access the database and provide information regardig the object clicked. Presently i have not found a way to make the dwf communicate with the database, but I have managed to link the objects in the dwf and the database via html codes.
The tempelate provided by Dr.Wei Yan was taken as the base for the project. I continued to work on the tempelate by linking objects in the dwf to strings that would help me access information from the database.
With the help of the following screen shots I will describe how the end html page works.
I started off with creating queries in the MS Access database of the original revit file. The queries made were regarding the total number of doors, plumbing fixtures and plants in the project, where they are located and what type.
After creating the queries I, used their sql strings and included them in the html code, in order to get information regarding the object i click on.Once all the objects were linked using Adobe Dreamweaver, this is what the result was:
As you can see in the picture above, the red dot with click one shows that when the viewer first clicks on the door, the text box below gets populated with the string that is required to retrive information about the doors. Next when the viewr clicks on the "Run Query" button, the box on the right hand side is populated with information shows types of doors and on which level they are and how many of each tyoe are present on each level.
Similarly in the above picture the objects marked "click 1" are the objects that are linked and then once they are clicked and then followed by clicking the run query button, the viwer gets the information regarding the objects. In this case it is the plumbing fixtures, which are classified by type and which level they are on and whats their count.
In the above picture, when viewer clicks on the tree, the information he eventually gets is regarding the number of trees of each type. Thursday, November 12, 2009
ARCH 689, Project 2 by Mazahir Plumber
In this project we are supposed to make a web based interface for a BIM model using html coding and embedding the dwf model within a html framework. This html coding was done using Adobe Dreamwearver. The projects helps link objects in the dwf model to pages that provide more information about the object.
In the above picture we see that clicking on the car in the model would take theuser to the web page of the car manufacturer. Similarly objects in the model can be linked to pages that would provide better understanding of the object such as how it is built and its speifications.
In the picture above we see that clicking on the curtain wall would take the user to the webpage of the curtainwall manufacturer, giving us an idea of real world application of the project.
In the pictures above we see a query created to obtain information about different type of furniture in the model and where it is to be located. In the second we see the result of the query that shows different type of furniture and on which level it is located.
In the second query we see a query created to obtain information about different types of plumbing fixtures in the model, their count and on which level they are located. the results of the query are visible in the second picture.
In the above picture we see that clicking on the car in the model would take theuser to the web page of the car manufacturer. Similarly objects in the model can be linked to pages that would provide better understanding of the object such as how it is built and its speifications.
In the picture above we see that clicking on the curtain wall would take the user to the webpage of the curtainwall manufacturer, giving us an idea of real world application of the project.The second part of the project involves creating quaries within the database of the model, that is obtained by exporting the revit model to an ODBC database, that can be accessed and edited usingMicrosoft Access.
In the pictures above we see a query created to obtain information about different type of furniture in the model and where it is to be located. In the second we see the result of the query that shows different type of furniture and on which level it is located.
In the second query we see a query created to obtain information about different types of plumbing fixtures in the model, their count and on which level they are located. the results of the query are visible in the second picture. This can be extremely helpful for estimators in order to do an accurate quantity take off as customized queries can be created to obtain quantities of specific items.
Friday, October 9, 2009
ARCH 689 Project1 by Mazahir Plumber
Modeling in Revit for Project1 in ARCH 689 class:
The modelling process has been a mix of emotions, from exciting to frustrating(towards the end). Having gone through the tutorials once made life relatively simple, but still as every project is unique, there were quite a few challanges and also quite a few moments where I wanted to pull out my hair. Towards the final day of submission it was like a fight between man and machine, where i wanted to make somehting and revit would give me something totally different....well not totally different but not what i asked for.
Parametric modelling:
This was the new thing i was going to do, I started off with an ambetious plan of having louveres that in which the intervals would be a parameter and based on the intervals the gaps would be filled by glass panes. I wasted almost one whole night, but in the end i had to give up on the glass and stay with just the louveres.
Revit:
Revit by itself is a real boon, but for people like me who find it difficult to get Autocad out of their heads, the good old "line" command is dearly missed at times.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
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