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Professional Project: Stantec<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Role: Lead Computational Designer<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Converting Space Planning masses to refit walls without redrawing each element<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Challenge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In our office and systems for working, traditionally designers use masses to sketch program with simple to test adjacencies, sizes and planning strategies. The slowdown happens when that sketch has to become real walls in Revit, the elaborate tracing, checking thicknesses, aligning, and re\u2011doing work when plans shift. This tedious exercise during the schematic stage of the project takes a lot of time and manual labour work. My aim was to create a program which would automate these recurring development steps so designers can spend their valuable time on better things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MorphoPlan closes that gap by converting space\u2011planning geometry directly into walls at the right level, height, and thickness, so users can keep iterating without paying a \u201cdocumentation tax.\u201d It\u2019s built for designers\/model managers stepping from planning to modeling phase on a live project.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Design rule<\/strong>: Masses which are next to each other (spaces that will share a wall) should have a GAP\/SPACE in between them. This GAP represents the thickness of wall which will occur between the boxes. Keep in mind the wall thickness(type) required and adjust the GAP size accordingly. (for e.g. the final wall thickness should be 8″ so the GAP\/spacing between the masses should be adjusted to 8″ prior to running the script).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Matrix<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Batch automation:<\/strong> Build walls for an entire massing plan in one click.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Flexible selection:<\/strong> Convert all masses, or just the ones you pick.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Parametric control:<\/strong> Choose level, type, and height before application.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Smart thickness logic:<\/strong> Uses gaps between boxes to infer wall thickness (i.e 8″ Gap between all masses), keeping everything consistent.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Features<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Flexible scope<\/strong>: Generate walls for all space planning masses in the view or just the ones selected.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Smart placement<\/strong>: Walls will host on centerline of gaps(offset)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Consistent thickness logic<\/strong>: Gap are read as wall type thickness. So, it sits exactly in the middle and doesn\u2019t take away from room area<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Parametric control<\/strong>: Users can control selection, height, type, level of wall generation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      I built the scripts in small steps, testing and adjusting along the way. Each round of testing surfaced new constraints (like preventing overlap into the mass geometry) or complexities like overlapping walls being duplicated. The complexities had to be resolved in sprints. The system follows incremental logic through step-by-step iterations, so the final workflow feels simple for the user even though it evolved through multiple cycles of refinement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      Design<\/em>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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