Just a quick post to alert any of my readers to another great Revit tutorial video from Zach Kron who runs the buildz blog - This time he is taking on Repeat and intersect commands as well as some advanced adaptive components. If you want to see more great videos from Zach you can find his YouTube channel here. Many thanks for sharing this information!

This tutorial, made by Julien Benoit, is one of the BEST Revit tutorials I have seen online. This 80 minute video really helped me to understand the basics of adaptive components and divided surfaces in Revit. Julien first posted this video earlier this year in February on the RevitForum for other readers to gain a good understanding. 

If you have been playing around in Revit 2013 and trying to learn the new features, you may have heard of, or come accross adaptive components. Adaptive points and Adaptive components can be used to make elements which are adaptive, or elements which can move. An example could be a panel system on a wall which can be modified and reshaped according to the points you set. The use of repeating and dividing is another feature which is useful when modeling complex geometry in Revit. Reporting parameters can be used to report and react to certain situations, e.g. a panel which opens and closes depending on the proximity of the sun.

Adaptive points are a tool which has been available in Revit since the 2011 release. They are an adaption of the pattern based curtain panel. Adaptive families, unlike a standard parametric family, which can be resized by flexing and changing values are able to adapt to different situations and scenarios in a building, controlled by the points you setup. They are often used for panels and curtain panels which are similar in appearance and function but different sizes. Adaptive families are able to 'adapt' to their surrondings by settings points as markers or connectors. e.g. A square panel will have 4 adaptive points which you will add on each of the 4 corners of the structural framing.