Do I need to know Revit before joining this workshop?

Yes, basic Revit skills are required. If you’re unfamiliar, we recommend completing our Revit Basics 101 course or reviewing the suggested tutorials on Revit Family Editor before the workshop.

What’s the role of Rhino.Inside in the workflow?

Rhino.Inside enables seamless data and geometry transfer between Rhino/Grasshopper and Revit. You’ll use it to integrate complex parametric elements like tower facades into the BIM environment for documentation and analysis.

Will I learn how to create a complete building model?

Yes. You’ll model the tower’s shell, structure, and floors parametrically, then transfer it into Revit to complete the BIM setup, calculate areas, and generate presentation-ready visuals and documentation.

What kind of visuals will we produce during the workshop?

In the final session, you’ll use ComfyUI and Photoshop for post-processing and rendering, resulting in polished architectural visuals and diagrams suitable for presentations or portfolios.

Will this workshop help me streamline my architectural design-to-documentation workflow?

The workshop focuses on integrating parametric design with BIM to accelerate the transition from concept to documentation.

Courses Architectural Design BIM & Rhino.Inside for Advanced Tower Design

BIM & Rhino.Inside for Advanced Tower Design

Name: BIM & Rhino.Inside for Advanced Tower Design
Price: 165.00 EUR
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

This 4-session workshop focuses on designing residential towers using BIM, Rhino, Rhino.Inside, and AI-driven visualization.

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Oct 4, 5, 11, 12, 2025

22 Lessons

Intermediate

16 Hours

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English

Unlimited Access

€200.00

€165.00

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Introduction of the workshop:

The focus of the workshop is to create a conceptual design for the Residential Tower. We will consider all stages of this process, from idea to 3D and BIM modeling. The workshop simulates a situation when it is necessary to present a complete building design within a short time frame, while the 3D model and the accuracy of the area calculations should be sufficient to apply the results to further detailed design. We will use the most effective tools to achieve this goal.

For ComfyUI, we will need some models and custom nodes. A detailed guide on how to download them To access it, click "Watch Now" → "Files" → "Download Course Files"

What You’ll Learn?

Project organization using BIM technology

Generating complex facades and details in Rhino + Grasshopper

Utilize Rhino.Inside to transfer geometry and parameters from Rhino to Revit and vice versa

Rendering and post-processing in ComfyUI and Photoshop

Developing Revit templates and families for efficient project setup

Creating tower shells, cores, slabs, and columns parametrically in Grasshopper

Integrating detailed geometry into BIM with accurate area calculations

Preparing presentation-ready diagrams and documentation in Revit

BIM & Rhino.Inside for Advanced Tower Design

Methodology:

This workshop will teach you how to build a detailed 3D model in which relatively simple geometry will be created directly in BIM (Autodesk Revit Families), while geometrically complex parts will be generated in Rhino and Grasshopper. We will use Rhino.Inside to provide a direct connection between the different project environments.

Program:

Day 1 – October 4, 2025

Workshop overview
Short introduction about the overall workflow that we will use during the workshop
Lecture: Project organization using BIM technology
This lecture will introduce the BIM workflow for projects that feature complex shells or other sophisticated building components. It will also demonstrate examples of projects where this approach has been used.
Revit: Preparing templates, families, and empty models for further project development
This is the organizational part that precedes any project.

Day 2 – October 5, 2025

Rhino + Grasshopper: Developing the tower’s shell
This section will focus on programming and modeling the tower’s shape and facade details as well as main structural elements (building core, slabs, and columns).

Day 3 – October 11, 2025

Rhino.Inside and Revit: Creating the final model
This section will focus on Revit and Rhino.Inside, we will transfer previously developed facade elements into the BIM environment. Then we will develop typical floors, calculate areas, and prepare graphical schemes for the final presentation.

Day 4 – October 12, 2025

Revit: Final adjustments for presentation
Final tweaks in Revit to ensure all geometry, views, and annotations are presentation-ready.
Rendering and post-processing with AI + Photoshop
This section will focus on ComfyUI + Photoshop workflow for producing final renders of the project.

What You’ll Use?

Highlights:

Knowledge Requirements:

An understanding of 3D modeling in any software is required
Basic skills in Revit are required. Check this course if you are not familiar with Revit yet:
Revit Basics 101: BIM Fundamentals
Revit Family Editor understanding is required; you can check these tutorials to acquire this skill:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6FfW5ULGcaSprDLtaIk6c7GR1kN_zjbF

Content

Introduction + PAACADEMY Updates (06:43)

Rhino.Inside Setup & Strategy (50:00)

Parametric to BIM Workflow Foundations

This session introduces how Rhino.Inside connects Rhino, Grasshopper, and Revit to establish a clear parametric-to-BIM workflow, while outlining essential templates, libraries, and execution strategies for tower design.

Rhino.Inside Design Showcase (56:48)

Parametric Tower Workflow Presentation

This session demonstrates how Rhino.Inside and Grasshopper can be used to drive Revit models from minimal inputs, develop parametric facades, and generate fast AI-enhanced visual outputs.

Points, Curves & Sketch Methods (45:44)

Revit Element Placement Methods

This session explains different methods for placing and controlling Revit elements, including point-based, curve-based, and sketch-based approaches, while highlighting how parameters can drive geometry and enable analytical model generation.

Frame Parameters (55:55)

Parameterize Curtain Panel Family

This session builds a Revit curtain panel by constraining the frame profile, extruding and locking glass, and driving materials and thickness with family parameters

Parametric Level Creation (46:45)

Parametric Levels with Grasshopper

This session defines floor height and count parameters in Grasshopper to generate Revit levels, apply formatted naming, handle existing levels without duplication, and control updates with triggers for efficient parametric level creation.

Parametric Facade Outline Workflow (55:52)

Grasshopper Revit Facade

This session builds a Grasshopper-to-Revit parametric facade center via domains, extracts corners/segments (control polygon, explode, list item), creates offset terrace outlines with adjustable amplitudes.

Grasshopper Trees Made Simple (01:03:21)

Divide Dispatch Weave Move Points

This session introduces Grasshopper data trees and core list tools (flatten, length, replace), shows how to handle even/odd counts with modulus, and alternate elements with Dispatch.

Facade Outline Assembly Workflow (49:14)

Fillet NURBS Offsets Facade Types

This session streamlines corner connections, smooths outlines, offers facade options, and mirrors results to finalize alternating contours.

Stream Filtering & Facade Outlines (33:52)

Stream Filters and Offset Logic

This session demonstrates how to use stream filters to switch design options, mirror and offset contours, and prepare facade outlines with fillets and evenly divided vertical elements.

Point Alignment & Data Structuring (43:59)

Sampling & Centered Spacing Strategies

This session covers point alignment, simple data structuring, selective sampling, and general layout strategies across tools.

Extrusions, Offsets & Entrance Panels (58:09)

Slabs, Offsets & Facade Logic

This session focuses on generating lower floor structures through Grasshopper, comparing offset methods, extruding and capping slabs, copying by height, and scripting facade division.

Sorting Geometry for Panels (47:26)

Conditional Logic & Data Trees

This session explains how to manage conditional formulas, rounding, and data-tree structures in Grasshopper to clean, deduplicate, and sort geometry for accurate panel division along surfaces.

Parametric Panels Workflow (56:04)

Data Trees & Panel Generation

This session focuses on building parametric panel systems in Grasshopper, covering data-tree organization, list manipulation, shifting, and pattern logic to generate surfaces and mesh geometries.

Structural Core and Columns (58:43)

Core, Columns & Facade Setup

This session develops the structural core and column system in Grasshopper, defining core parameters, offsets, and column spacing, creating symmetrical distributions, and preparing outlines, points, and vectors.

Parametric Facade workflow (01:01:07)

Facade, Floors & Revit Preparation

This session focuses on completing the parametric façade and floor system in Grasshopper, using advanced data tree manipulation, Flip Matrix logic, and mesh piping techniques to generate facades, slabs, and railings.

Parametric Facade Setup (47:38)

Glass Facade & Revit Integration

This session refines the Grasshopper script, creating the glass facade system, organizing parametric divisions and panel logic, setting up materials, and preparing the model for Revit integration.

Rhino.Inside Revit Workflow (46:02)

Parametric Revit Floors & Walls

This session demonstrates how to generate, organize, and manage architectural floors and wall types in Revit through Grasshopper using Rhino.Inside workflows for parametric BIM integration.

Revit Elements with Grasshopper (30:00)

Columns, Facades & Direct Shapes

This session focuses on creating Revit columns, facades, and mesh-based elements through Grasshopper using Rhino.Inside workflows, covering family setup, level assignment, column parameters.

Data-Driven Design (52:30)

Room Data Visualization and Rendering

This session covers how to extract room data from Revit, visualize it in Rhino through Grasshopper using Rhino.Inside workflows, and generate analytical diagrams and camera setups for AI-based rendering preparation.

Visualization with ComfyUI (50:26)

AI Rendering Workflows & Upscaling

This session explores advanced AI rendering workflows using ComfyUI, comparing SDXL and Google Gemini models, managing LoRA and ControlNet setups, refining prompts for architectural precision.

Google Flow Video Creation (25:33)

AI Video Generation & Animation

This session explores AI-driven video generation using Google Flow, showing how to create time-lapse animations, frame transitions, and character-based scenes through prompt control, model selection, and multi-video sequencing for architectural storytelling.

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Instructors:

Albert Sumin

Biography

Senior Architect and Computational Designer in Cloud Cooperation (Vienna, Austria). BIM and Parametric Design Consultant in Coop Himmelb(l)au. Dubai Airport BIM manager from Coop Himmelb(l)au side. Autodesk Certified Professional Revit Architecture and MEP, Autodesk Expert Elite Alumni. Former computational designer at Coop Himmelb(l)au