Problem: The evacuation map of O&M building is not scientific, even though it is visually clear. Figure 1: Current evacuation plan for O&M Building Objective: I would like to make an evacuation plan by using Dynamo and Revit, and it will be more scientific and reliable than manually digitized map. Dynamo Overview: To make the evacuation plan, 1) Make a seamless surface for the corridor; 2) Create a mesh template for the corridor (it will be used as an route); 3) Initialize an escape route for each room; 4) Calculate the shortest path of evacuation route for each room; 5) Generalize the jaggy route; 6) Visualize the route with eye-catching color and style. Video: Result: Figure 2 : Evacuation Plan for the 1st floor Figure 3: Evacuation Plan for the 7th floor Source: https://revitbeyondbim.wordpress.com/2017/01/03/fire-exit-risk-assessment-with-revit-and-dynamo/
A. Overview O&M Building is located in Texas A&M University. The Department of Geography, the Department of Oceanography, and the Department of Atmospheric Science belongs to this building. The building has 14 floors in total and is about 210 feet tall. Figure 1 Birds Eye View of O&M Building (Source: Google Maps) B.How to make a mass of the building To come up with the size of the building, I utilized floor plans in .jpg format and .dwg format, as you can see below. The building has the same exterior from the first floor until 12 floors and has different shape from the 13 floors to the top, which is an observatory. Figure 2 Floor Plans for O&M Building To make the building form, I have done several steps described below. 1.Divide the building mass into 10 sections according to its geometry shape. 2.Set the initial size of the building as 80’ (Depth) by 152’ (Width). 3.Assign parametric values to the wall to maintain its original shap