Dynamo is a great platform for developing custom tools in Revit. Dynamo’s visual interface makes it easy for non-programmers to access the power of the Revit API and develop tools to suit their needs. Coupled with its open-source nature, Dynamo has quickly become the tool of choice for automation and computational design in Revit. Yet […]
Building Code Review Software: Feasible or Far-Fetched?
Can a software check your model for code-compliance? Is this the end of code consultants? These are two questions I sought to answer in this article I recently wrote for ARCHITECT Magazine. Software companies, such at UpCodes, are using AI to develop code checking tools. How do they stack up? Click the link below to […]
Cooking with Dynamo – Workshop Recording
A big thank you to all of you who attended last Thursday’s “Cooking with Dynamo” workshop. It was a good group with lots of great questions. In case you missed it, you can watch the recording below: During the workshop, I demonstrated the 7 essential Dynamo “recipes”. To help you quickly get started […]
How to Write Your First Revit Macro in 7 Easy Steps
(This article was originally published on September 21, 2016. It was updated on May 24, 2018) Macros are one of the easiest ways to Automate Revit. They let you get under the hood of your software and put it to work for you. Macros do not require any additional software other than Revit and are […]
12 Smart Ways to Save Time in Revit With Dynamo
My 8-year-old son sat on the floor and just stared at the box of Legos. He’d been that way for the past ten minutes. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “I really want to build something but I don’t know what to build”, he replied. I could sympathize. When I was a kid, I would often get […]
What Is Dynamo and 5 Reasons You Should be Using It
Using Revit is a lot like driving a car. You hop in the front seat, turn the key and off you go. Sure, you need to know what you’re doing and where you’re going. And you need to know the rules of the road, like how to stop, how to indicate when you’re turning (unless […]
How to Automate Any Task with the LOA Framework
Last month I had my mind totally blown. I’m talking a full on Michael Bay summer blockbuster explosion. You see, as much as I write about automation here at ArchSmarter, I’ve never had a systematic approach to automation. Sure, I can create a Revit macro or Dynamo graph with the best of them. But I […]
Getting Started with Revit Macros Using C#
One of the best career decisions I’ve made was to learn how to program. By creating my own tools, I’ve saved countless hours automating tedious tasks in Revit. The problem was that learning to program wasn’t easy. I spent nearly two years of trial and error figuring it out on my own. Not fun! The […]
Easily Renumber Revit Sheets
I recently got an email from an ArchSmarter reader who was looking for help renumbering sheets in his project. He’s using a numerical sequence for his sheet numbers, like A101, A102, A103 on up. This approach works great until. . . . . .you realize you missed a sheet and need to add one to […]
Advanced Sorting and Grouping using Dynamo
I recently got an email from an ArchSmarter reader who needed help automating a tedious task. He’s a plumbing engineer and he needs to number his pipes sequentially in his projects. This isn’t a big deal if you only have to number a couple dozen pipes. But he regularly has to number hundreds of pipes. And he […]
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