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 […]
Catch ArchSmarter Live at These Upcoming Events
Though I’m a hardcore introvert, I love a stage. Weird, right? There’s something about performing in front of a crowd, even if it’s just demoing a Dynamo script or writing some code. It’s the rush of being the focus of attention mixed in with a little fear and maybe a moment or two of sheer […]
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 […]
ArchSmarter Year in Review – 2017
This is the third installment of my annual “Year in Review”. You can read the previous two versions here and here. I really enjoy the yearly review process. A year is a long time. It’s easy to forget all that you accomplished over the past 365 days. The yearly review is also a good way to keep […]
Top 5 ArchSmarter Articles from 2017
Happy New Year! I hope you had some time off over the holidays. I’m just getting back to work myself after a week off. Safe to say, it’s been slooooowww going this week. I’m going to blame it on the frigid weather here in New England. That and the 10 inches of snow we’re currently getting. […]
Project Scheduling Software for Architects
A friend recently asked me to recommend project scheduling software. He’s currently using Microsoft Project and he’s not exactly a raving fan (to put it nicely). His requirements include the ability to assign tasks, view project calendars and generate Gantt charts. So I put the question out to the ArchSmarter community and asked: “What project […]
Dynamo for Busy People
Want to join me in an experiment? I hear from a lot of people that they’d love to learn Dynamo but simply don’t have the time. Either they’re too busy to learn it on their own. Or their need to be billable overrides their desire to learn. Or they’re already working 50+ hours a […]
5 Steps to Creating a High-Performance Revit Template
If your Revit template were a car, what kind of car would it be? Would it be a four-door economy sedan that gets you where you’re going…eventually? Or a high-performance sports car that takes you from schematic design to construction documents in record time? A high-performance Revit template can save you a lot of […]
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