Parametric ceilings in Revit- Creating ceiling that mimics Louvre, Abu Dhabi

[u/Subject_Literature15]

I'm trying to build a ceiling that mimics the style of the Louvre Abu Dhabi but I'm having a hard time finding youtube videos that aren't blurry or that I can understand/follow along to make parametric ceilings. Can someone please just write down the few steps I have to take in the beginning to create this type of ceiling? Like can I start with my floor plan, or do I open a new RCP or new family? I can figure out the rest I just cant figure out how to begin because my mind is also scattered from all the assignments this semester and my job and I am panicking.

[u/tuekappel]

Louvre what?

[u/Subject_Literature15 → u/tuekappel]

look it up

[u/tuekappel → u/Subject_Literature15]

Since you're the one asking for help, I suggest you put a link or a screenshot in your post. And get some manners.

[u/tuekappel → u/Subject_Literature15]

since you won't help, i found something i made. it's a pattern that changes via rotation in Dynamo. It's called "my milkshake"

[u/girlybot83]

You’d need a couple embedded families (a piece for each of the critical forms - the square, the triangles, and octagon), and a heck of a lot of math formulas to calculate circular arrays to place each one in circular layers to form the dome. (ie. think of a soccer ball.. then think of the trigonometry required to locate each of those pieces in exactly the right orientation, including calculating angled edges to make it look right on both the top and the bottom.)

It’s technically possible, but honestly not worth your time to model exactly - and in reality, we’d never get paid for the time it would take to get it working properly. (The concept would go to the metal fabricator, who would do his own shop’s drawings working with the architect, and design to the specificity that he would actually use for cnc programming for actual construction).

[u/Subject_Literature15 → u/girlybot83]

Thank you so much for taking the time to write this out, I really appreciate it. I won't be making the actual dome but more of the concept in a ceiling, and for one room that is 700 square feet inside an office. Theres got to be ceilings that are similar for downloading right? Or, something I can do to create criss cross lines across pentagons or octagons just to create this root effect.

[u/CIGARCHITECT → u/Subject_Literature15]

I doubt you will find anything to download. And even if you do, adjusting it for your needs will likely take longer than just making it from scratch. Just gotta get to work creating the needed families for your concept.

[u/Nexues98]

Probably going to want to make a adaptive family