Ancient Chinese architecture in the future –An investigation with parametric modeling tools

With the flexibility and modularity of the construction system, the ancient Chinese architecture was a configurative system until the modern time when it became figurative with nationalistic symbolism, and lost its flexibility to adapt in different functions. Through this study, the researchers try to exploit and release the powerful adaptation of this configurative system by using the method of parametric design. First of all, according to the modern parametric theory, the logic of the traditional structural system is found out by abandoning the feudal social hierarchical factors. And then, a 3D model of parametric structure with wide adaptability is established in Rhino by using its parametric design plug-in Grasshopper. Finally, on the basis of the modern parametric skin theory, two skin systems are attached to this new structure separately, in order to prove the feasibility of the new skin idea to this structure. Through the introduction of parametric modeling steps, this paper focuses on mining the modern adaptability of Chinese traditional architecture.

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Interaction and Intersection Between Digital Modelling and Design in Architecture

Advances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts - Handbook of Research on Form and Morphogenesis in Modern Architectural Contexts ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-3993-3.ch008 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 152-174 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Andrea Vanossi

Keyword(s):

Design Process ◽

Architectural Design ◽

Parametric Design ◽

Parametric Modeling ◽

Design Tools ◽

Modeling Tools ◽

Construction Techniques ◽

Digital Modelling ◽

Traditional Construction ◽

Traditional Construction Techniques

Parametric modeling, usually considered modeling tools, has been analyzed in this chapter in a different way: as design tools for architect. First the use of parametric design has been considered from different approaches. Starting from the approach of Kas Oosterhuis Architect, in the Saltwater pavilion (1997), or Peter Cook Architect in the Kunsthaus (2003), in which the parametric tools have been used as shapes generation tools. Until the approach of the Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, in the Sunny Hills building (2013), where the parametric tools have been used to rethink traditional construction techniques in a parametric way, known as chidori. After the analysis of the different parametric approaches, a new perception on the architectural design will be provided. In particular, the analytic way and the creative way, are usually separated in the architectural design, and it will enhance their interaction, in some cases, they become the same thing. This approach makes explicit and evaluable parts of the design process, reducing the gap between concept and goal in the design.

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Parametric Modeling of Typical Chinese Traditional Buildings on the Basis of 3DSMax Script

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.133-134.1191 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 133-134 ◽

pp. 1191-1194

Author(s):

Wan Wang ◽

Bu Ying Xie

Keyword(s):

3D Model ◽

3D Modelling ◽

Parametric Modeling ◽

Modular System ◽

Script Language ◽

Historical Building ◽

Chinese Architecture ◽

Virtual Reconstruction ◽

Parametric Description ◽

Modelling Methods

3D modelling is an important way in simulating of historical building. Modelling methods based on laser-scanned data and automated image-based techniques are commonly used recently. In this paper, modelling method based on parametric description is proposed. One prominent feature of traditional Chinese architecture is its modular system. By studying typical structures and components of Chinese traditional buildings, parameters of different structures are summarized and simplified to establish the reasonable model. Then, the process of programming a 3D modelling system using 3DSMax script language is discussed. Through this method, after choosing the type of traditional buildings and entering necessary parameters, 3D model with different type and size can be created automatically and efficiently. The research of this paper could provide a new way of establishing 3D model for building’s virtual reconstruction and walkthrough.

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The Parametric Modeling and Contact Strength Analysis for the Wind Power Increasing Gear

Key Engineering Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.522.447 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 522 ◽

pp. 447-452

Author(s):

Jing Luo ◽

Mutellip Ahmat ◽

Qiang Gao ◽

Li Chao Ren

Keyword(s):

Wind Power ◽

Theoretical Basis ◽

Optimization Design ◽

3D Model ◽

Parametric Modeling ◽

Strength Analysis ◽

Contact Strength ◽

Set Up ◽

Gear Contact ◽

Designing Method

In this paper, the precise 3D model of the wind power increasing gear was set up by based on the parametric designing method of Pro/Program, then the contact strength of the gear was analyzed by the FEM and the Hertz theoretical value was calculated, the FEM and the Hertz results were contrasted in order to confirm the applicability of the numerical analysis in wind power gear contact analysis. Finally, the corresponding analysis conclusion was received.The researching results offered a effective theoretical basis for the optimization design and analysis of the wind increasing gear.

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The Study of CAD/CAE Integrated Technology in Network Environment

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.145.567 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 145 ◽

pp. 567-572

Author(s):

Hua Ding ◽

Zhao Jian Yang ◽

Xue Wen Wang ◽

Zhi Yong Ding

Keyword(s):

Parametric Design ◽

Parametric Modeling ◽

Component Technology ◽

Secondary Development ◽

Element Analysis ◽

Development Tool ◽

Database Technology ◽

Remote Design ◽

Parametric Finite Element Analysis ◽

Analysis Platform

Based on the concept of parametric design, this paper realizes the parametric modeling and parametric finite element analysis by utilizing UG/OPEN secondary development tool and APDL module of ANSYS software respectively. This paper also achieves data sharing of CAD/CAE through compiling interface program between UG6.0 and ANSYS10.0. In addition, the remote design and analysis platform has been built by using ASP.NET technology, component technology, and database technology. We take piston-piston rod part of coal mining machine’s cutting unit as an example to verify the system. Meanwhile, it proves system can effectively shorten design and analysis cycle time, and reduce workload of designer. Therefore, this software has potential application value in engineering.

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Parametric Design of Spiral Bevel Gear Based on Pro/E

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.490-495.2454 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 490-495 ◽

pp. 2454-2458

Author(s):

Wei Wang ◽

Wei Liu ◽

Yan Chi ◽

Xiao Mei Cui

Keyword(s):

3D Model ◽

Parametric Design ◽

Bevel Gear ◽

Spiral Bevel Gear ◽

Design And Manufacturing ◽

Basic Parameters ◽

Base Circle ◽

Spiral Bevel ◽

Cutter Head ◽

The Relationship

Considering the influence of the cutter head plane on manufacturing of spiral bevel gear, the method of 3D model for spiral bevel gear is built based on Program Pro/E. The relationship between the geometric parameters (such as addendum circle, dedendum circle and base circle) and the basic parameters (such as modulus and the number of teeth) of spiral bevel gear is established by using the inner program. The parametric solid model of spiral bevel gear can be obtained automatically by rotation, sweep, blend, and pattern after inputting the basic parameters. This method is significant to improve the accuracy of design and manufacturing of spiral bevel gear.

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Knowledge-Based Parametric Modeling for Nozzles

13th Computers in Engineering Conference ◽

10.1115/cie1993-0045 ◽

1993 ◽

Author(s):

Mukui Saxena ◽

Rohinton K. Irani

Keyword(s):

Parametric Design ◽

Object Oriented ◽

Parametric Modeling ◽

Knowledge Based ◽

Unique System ◽

Utility System ◽

Design Cycle ◽

Design And Manufacturing ◽

Mesh Generators ◽

Product Definition

Abstract This paper describes a new, and unique, system for design and analysis of a family of parts with a specific focus on gas turbine nozzles. The system, built on the tenets of knowledge-based engineering (KBE) within an object-oriented framework, supports the notion of scalable products that can be resized through reparametrization. The KBE system for the parametric design of nozzles has been integrated with a Topology and Geometry Utility System (TAGUS) and geometry-based mesh generators (QUADTREE and EXTREME) to develop a turnkey system. The resulting system is shown to help reduce the design cycle time and to increase engineering productivity by representing design and manufacturing information as part of the complete product definition.

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Parametric Modeling as a Tool of Analysis and Interpretation of Built Heritage

Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies - Analysis, Conservation, and Restoration of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-6936-7.ch015 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 366-402

Author(s):

Marco Vitali ◽

Roberta Spallone ◽

Francesco Carota

Keyword(s):

Parametric Modeling ◽

Design Criteria ◽

Architectural Heritage ◽

Modeling Tools ◽

The Past ◽

Built Heritage ◽

Digital Modeling ◽

Modeling Software

In this chapter are developed some considerations about the heuristic potentialities of parametric digital modeling as a tool for analyzing and interpreting architectural heritage. Observed that the parametric thinking in architecture could be recognized almost from the origin, new parametric modeling software allows to verify the design criteria of the past. On the basis of previous studies on Baroque vaulted atria, this chapter develops, using parametric modeling tools, a real vocabulary of shapes and their possible combinations, suggested by the architectural literature of the time and the survey of about seventy atria in Turin. This method has been tested on the case study of the lunettes dome in the atrium of Palazzo Carignano.

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Elliptical Gears Parametric Design and Motion Simulation

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.139-141.1206 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 139-141 ◽

pp. 1206-1210 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Chi Bing Hu ◽

Fang Yong Tian ◽

Yan Cang Jiang

Keyword(s):

Design Theory ◽

Parametric Design ◽

Parametric Modeling ◽

Motion Simulation ◽

Improve Design ◽

Operation Process ◽

Development Cycle ◽

Complex Design ◽

Quality Of Products

Based on the design theory of non-circular gears, using Visual Basic 6.0 Programming language secondary developed SolidWorks software, a system of elliptical gears parametric design and motion simulation was developed. 3D parametric modeling and motion simulation of elliptical gears can be achieved by this system. The development process of system is introduced in detail, and an example which designed a transmission with two identical three rank elliptical gears was given to illustrate the system operation process in detail. Using elliptical gears pair ratio cyclical curves acquired, compared with theoretical transmission ratio can verify design whether meet the requirements. Complex design and calculation and difficult 3D modeling problems of elliptical gears are solved, and this system can also improve design precision, shorten the development cycle, and guarantee the quality of products.

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Parametric Modeling for Spiral Bevel Gear Based on PRO/E

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.215-216.1062 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 215-216 ◽

pp. 1062-1066

Author(s):

Xiu Hai Wu

Keyword(s):

Parametric Design ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Parametric Modeling ◽

Bevel Gear ◽

Secondary Development ◽

Spiral Bevel Gear ◽

Spiral Bevel Gears ◽

Bevel Gears ◽

Three Dimensional Modeling ◽

Spiral Bevel

The author describes tooth profile formatting mechanism of spherical involute spiral bevel gear based on Principles of Gear conjugate, establishes the mathematical model of spiral bevel gears. The precise spherical involute of spiral bevel gears is generated with parametric modeling idea and th secondary development method based on PROGRAM of PRO/E software. Finally, a complete spherical three-dimensional modeling of the involute spiral bevel gear is established, which provides a method of parametric design and manufacturing of spiral bevel gears.

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