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FARNSWORTH HOUSE:

EXERCISE 7

Farnswoth House, 1945-51, Mies van der Rohe

EXERCISE 7: FARNSWORTH HOUSE


ASSIGNMENT: In this exercise you will create an architectural model of the Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe, located in Plano Illinois. The Farnsworth house is one of Mies significant designs. The house illustrates a Mies mastery of the open plan and fulfills his dictum less is more. This exercise will introduce several methods of integrating AutoCAD and Autodesk VIZ. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Modeling a building using VIZ and CAD software Integrating AutoCAD and VIZ PROCEDURE: 1. Open Autodesk VIZ 2006 2. From the main menu bar select Customize, Units Setup 3. Set the units to US Standard, feet w/ decimal inches. 1

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METHOD 1: BRINGING A CADD PLAN INTO VIZ, MODELING IN VIZ 4. From the file pulldown menu select import. 5. In the files of type pulldown change the file type to AutoCAD DWG (*.DWG, *.DXF) 6. Search for and select the file farnsworth-plan.dwg located in your student directory. This is a full-scale 2d autoCAD floorplan of the Farnsworth house that we will use as a base to create our 3d model in VIZ. 7.In the import options dialog box, verify that the settings appear as shown in figure 7.01, and click ok. 8. The floorplan will be inserted into the file as shown in figure 7.02. It is already scaled correctly because both AutoCAD and VIZ are set to use architectural units.

Figure 7.02

Figure 7.01

9. Select the floor plan named layer=0 using the Select by Name tool. Note: the floor plan is recognized by VIZ as one object because it was created in AutoCAD on one layer. The default method of importing objects from CAD to VIZ is by layer. 10. From the tools pulldown menu, select display floater. 11. In the display floater, click on freeze selected as shown in figure 7.03. Freezing will lock an object so that we do not accidentally move or modify it. The object will remain visible so that we can use it as a guide. 12. While the object remains visible, the default color is a grey color that is difficult to view. We will change this in the next steps by customizing the User Interface settings.
Figure 7.03

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13. From the Customize pulldown, select Customize User Interface. 14. Change to the Colors tab. 15. Under Elements, select Geometry, and then select Freeze. 16. Click on the color swatch, and change the RGB values to R=205, G=156, B=141 as shown in figure 7.04

Figure 7.04

17. Click apply colors now. Then close the Customize User Interface dialog box by clicking on the X in the upper right corner. The floor plan is still frozen, but now is displayed with a color that will be easier to view and work with. 18. You can also close the display floater. 19. Select the maximize viewport toggle to restore the 4 default viewports. Click the zoom extents all tool. 20. Activate the top viewport. You may want to maximize this viewport for the next several steps. 21. Activate the 2d snaps tool. The 2d snaps constrains the snap tool to only the Z=0 ground plane. Right click on the snaps tool and set the setting to vertex. 22. In the command panel, select create, shapes, splines, and select the line tool. 23. Zoom in on the lower terrace and trace the outside line of the terrace as shown in figure 7.05. Be sure to close the shape when creating the last point. 24. Change the name of the line shape to be terrace-structure 25. Using the line tool again, trace the inside rectangle shape of the terrace as shown in figure 7.06. 26. Change the name of the line shape to be terrace-travertine

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Figure 7.05: Create the shape terrace-structure

Figure 7.06: Create the shape terrace-travertine

27. Use the maximize viewport toggle to restore the 4 active viewports. 28. Select the object named terrace-structure 29. In the modify tab, add an extrude modifier from the modifier list pulldown. Set the amount = 1 2 30. Right click the select and move tool to activate the move transform type in. 31. Change the Z amount in the absolute:world to be Z = 1 10.

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32. Select the object named terrace-travertine. 33. Using the same procedure as before, apply an extrude modifier and set the amount = 1. 34. Using the move transform type in move the object to a Z elevation of Z= 3 0 35. You model should look like figure 7.07.

Figure 7.07

36. We will repeat this same process to model the floor planes of the house. 37. Maximize the top viewport and zoom to get a view similar to figure 7.08. 38. Activate the 2d snaps tool, and set the snaps to vertex in the grid and snap settings dialog box. 39. Using the line tool (create, shapes, splines, line), trace the outline of the house floor plate as shown in figure 7.08. Name it house-structure 40. Repeat this process to create a second line shape tracing the inner shape of the house floor plate as shown in figure 7.08. Name it house-travertine

House-structure Figure 7.08: Create the line shapes house-structure and house-travertine House-travertine

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41. Use the maximize viewport toggle to restore the 4 active viewports. 42.Select the house-structure object. 43. Use the modify tab to add an extrude modifier. 44. Set the amount = 1 2 45. Use the move transform type in to set the elevation z = 4 2. 46. Select the house-travertine object. 47. Use the modify tab to add an extrude modifier. 48. Set the amount = 1 49. Use the move transform type in to set the elevation z = 5 4. 50. Your model should look like figure 7.09

Figure 7.09

51. Activate the front viewport. 52. Select the house-structure object. 53. Use the select and move tool to shift-click and drag a copy of the housestructure object. 54. Select copy in the clone options dialog box. And name the copy house-roof. 55. Use the move transform type in to set the elevation z = 15 0. 56. In the modify tab, change the extrude modifier amount = 1 6. 57. In the perspective viewport, zoom and pan your view until you can see the entire top of the roof shape you just created as shown in figure 7.10.

Figure 7.10

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58. Activate the snap tool and select the 3d snap tool. 59. Verify that vertex is still selected in the grid and snap settings dialog box. 60. In the create tab, select shapes, splines, and choose the rectangle tool. 61. Using the snaps, add a rectangle to the top of the roof element as shown in figure 7.11.

Figure 7.11

62. Name the object roof-profile1 63. In the modify tab, change the length = 28 10 and the width = 78 0. 64. Add an extrude modifier and set the amount = 4. 65. Activate the front viewport. 66. Turn the snaps off. 67. Use the select and move tool to shift-click and drag a copy of the roof-profile1 shape. 68. In the clone options dialog box select copy, and name the object roof-profile2. 69. Use the move transform type in tool to set the elevation z = 16 10 71. In the modify tab, select the original rectangle shape to edit the rectangle parameters. 72. Change the length = 78 2 and the width = 29 0. 73. In the modify tab, select the extrude modifier and change the amount = 2. 74. The 3 roof objects should create a profile in the front viewport as shown in figure 7.12.

Figure 7.12

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75. Select all three roof objects and group them. Name the group roof. 76. You model should look like figure 7.13.

Figure 7.13

Note: be sure to save your file often as yourname-farnsworth.max METHOD 2: DRAWING OBJECTS IN CAD, EXTRUDING THEM IN VIZ. The second method of integrating autoCAD and VIZ is to draw closed polyline shapes in autoCAD, import these shapes into VIZ, and apply extrude modifiers to give the objects a height. Because VIZ translates each CAD layer into a separate object, we will create different layers in autocad for each group of items that we want to modify independently in VIZ. 77. Open Autocad 2006. 78. Open the file farnsworth-plan.dwg from your student directory. 79. This plan of the farsnworth house is currently drawn only on the layer 0 in autocad. 80. Create a new layer called column-terrace and set its color to red. 81. Set the column-terrace layer to the current layer 82. Create a closed polyline shape using the PLINE command on one of the terrace columns as shown in figure 7.14. 83. Copy the column shape to the 4 column locations shown in figure 7.15. Note: the columns shared with the house structure will be taller columns, which means will need to put them on a different layer. 8

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Figure 7.14

Create the 4 terrace columns here

Figure 7.15

84. Create a new layer named column-house and set its color to cyan. Make this layer the current layer. 85. Trace a closed polyline around one of the column supports for the house and copy it to all the 8 column locations that ring the main house structure. 86. You will need to create 3 more layers and do some more drawing work in autoCAD to complete this portion of the exercise. Create the following layers and use figure 7.16 as a guide. Create a layer called mullion-vertical and set its color to magenta. Trace closed polylines at all of the vertical mullion locations surrounding the house. Create a layer called mullion-sill and set its color to yellow. . Trace closed polylines at all of the sill locations surrounding the house. Create a layer called glass and set its color to green. Draw single polyline objects at all glass locations surrounding the house.
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Create closed polylines at all vertical window mullion locations throughout

Create closed polylines at all window sill locations throughout Create single polylines at all glass locations throughout

Figure 7.16

Note: You will need to create the shapes shown in figure 7.16 at all of the locations they exist in the Farnsworth house plan. 87. When you have finished drawing all of the polylines in cad, save your cad file. 88. Start Autodesk VIZ 2006 and open your Farnsworth model file. 89. From the file pulldown menu, select import. 90. In the files of type pulldown change the file type to AutoCAD DWG (*.DWG, *.DXF) 91. Search for and select the file farnsworth-plan.dwg that you just modified in CAD. 92. In the import options dialog box, select the layers tab. Note: We only want to import the new layers we just created. We do not want to bring in layer 0 again, otherwise we would end up with a duplicate copy of the floorplan that we imported at the beginning of this exercise. 93. Select the select from list radio button and select only the new layers we just created in AutoCAD, as shown in figure 7.17. 94. Click ok to import the file.

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95. Select the column-terrace object and apply an extrude modifier with an amount = 2 10. 96. Select the column-house object and apply an extrude modifier with an amount = 16 2 100. You model should look like figure 7.18.

Figure 7.17

Figure 7.18

101. Select the objects glass, mullion-sill, and mullion-vertical objects. (the select by name tool is an easy way to select all three at once) 102. Using the move transform type in, move all three objects to en elevation z = 5-4. 103. Select the mullion-vertical object and apply an extrude modifier with an amount = 9 8 104. Select the glass object and apply an extrude modifier with an amount = 9 8 105. Select the mullion-sill object and apply an extrude modifier with an amount = 2. 106.We now need to make a copy of the mullion-sill object to create the top horizontal mullion of the window. 107. Select the mullion-sill object. 108. Activate the front viewport. 109. In the front viewport shift-click and drag a copy upward. 110. In the clone options dialog box select copy. 111. Using the move transform type in, set the elevation z = 14 10. 112. Save your file. 113.Your model should now look like figure 7.19.

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Figure 7.19

METHOD 3: IMPORTING A 3D CAD OBJECT INTO VIZ. Another option for integrating AutoCAD and VIZ is to do the 3d modeling work in Autocad and import the file into VIZ. This course does not cover 3d Autocad, however, if you already know how to create 3d objects in CAD, you may find this method helpful. For this portion of the exercise, you will import a 3d cad file that has already been created for you. 114. From the file pulldown menu, select import. 115. Locate and select the file farnsworth-core-3d.dwg. 116. In the layer tab of the import options dialog box, select the three layers named core-stainless, core-travertine, and core-wood as shown in figure 7.20. 117. Click ok. A 3d model of the building core has been inserted into your model. You will see this object the most clearly in the wireframe viewports. 118. You model should now look like figure 7.21.

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Figure 7.21 Figure 7.20

MODELING THE STAIRS The last portion of this 3d model that needs to be completed is the stairs. Use the following images and diagrams to help you accurately model the stairs. You may use any of the techniques we have covered thus far to complete the model; modeling in VIZ, importing objects from CAD, or doing the entire 3d model for the stairs in CAD. For my example, I chose to create the stairs in 3d AutoCAD first. You may choose whatever method you feel is the most efficient for you. Your finished model should look like figure 7.22. Save your completed file as yourname-farnsworth.max

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Figure 7.22 A glass material has been added to the glass object to improve visibility of the core

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