As always everything is coming from my childhood…ops no, that's another story. As always everything starts on a white recycled paper just in front of my keyboard; a simple idea becomes immediately a sketch with Revit parameters. I tried many times different kind of plugins for automatic supports placement, but no one of these is able to create a multi-pipes supports (if I'm wrong, please let me know the name of the plugin). The idea for this script in Dynamo, is to create a support for a bounce of pipes going parallel for a while, and create a group that is possible to copy along the path. I'll not focus on the creation of the families that you need for the support but just to explain the main idea, I have 3 different pieces (steel bar, u-bolt and threaded rod) that I'll compose together to create the final support. The first challenge is to align the pipes to the same BOP (bottom of pipe) because they have to stand on the steel bar and locked with the ...
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It's always impressive to see how Dynamo can extend Revit beyond traditional modeling workflows. The combination of structural framing with analytical models and adaptive components demonstrates how parametric design can simplify complex geometry while maintaining flexibility for future changes. Adaptive components are particularly powerful for creating roofs and other forms that would be difficult to model manually. These types of tools complement modern custom structural framing design, where precision, efficiency, and adaptability are essential for achieving high-quality construction outcomes.
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