Want to learn how to create your own Revit add-ins? The Revit Add-in Academy teaches you the skills you need to code your own Revit toolbar. Using hands-on projects, you will create a new tool each week that you can put to use right away. Each lesson builds on the previous one so you won’t […]
Create Your Own Revit Add-in Workshop
I am hosting a free workshop next Thursday, June 9th at 4 pm EDT. The workshop is titled Create Your Own Revit Add-in in 90 Minutes. During the workshop, I’m going to share my best tips for creating Revit add-ins and walk you through the process of creating your own add-in in 90 minutes (or less). […]
Enrollment is open for Dynamo Dojo: Fundamentals
I’m excited to announce that enrollment is open for the next session of Dynamo Dojo: Fundamentals. The course starts on Tuesday, February 8th. The goal of the course is to transform you from a complete beginner to Dynamo ninja in five weeks. Make Revit Work for You If you’ve ever been stuck late at […]
Will Robots Replace Us? Robotic Process Automation and AEC
Construction is facing a massive need for labor, thanks to years of suppressed supply and other constraints. Simultaneously, architects and engineers are facing less certain growth and uncertainty about job security due to automation—robotic process automation, or RPA, to be precise. I’m guessing that most of you have heard the term. We’ve all had to […]
Workshop Recording – April 30, 2020 – Beyond the Graph
Thanks to everyone who attended yesterday’s “Beyond the Graph” workshop with John Cook and Sarah Garthaus of IMEG. It was a great turnout with lots of good questions. In case you missed the live presentation, here’s the recording from the session: Click the link below to download a PDF of the presentation: Beyond the Graph_Presentation_20200430 […]
How to Build the Best, Most Effective Dynamo Library
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 […]
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