BIM and others

This simple script is really useful when you need to create some clearance box in front of the doors, to be sure that you're not clashing with other elements. You can easily export this box to Navisworks and create a clash test or, you can simply coordinate within Revit. DYN RFA

This is and old story for Revit: when you try to change a level for a pipe, duct or cable tray, the offset of the element changes automatically to adapt to the new selection and the element doesn't move from his location but, when you try to do this with a fitting, this is another story. All the system connected to that fitting will move to a new location. Actually what happens is that the level is changing but the offset is still the same. Here a small script to prevent this. Is only for pipe fittings but you can easily adapt to other types of categories with the same issue ;) Download the  DYN  file for Dynamo 1.2.1 and enjoy!

Generally I'm not used to give reviews and presentation about particular software but, this time, I would like to share some personal feedback about this great platform. Model management When it comes to manage big models, big teams and coordination reviews, you need definitely a platform to track all the changes.  Navisworks is able to manage reports and changes between different stages of the project but, is not able to provide information to each single user directly inside Revit and, of course, is not able to provide a professional cloud platform for Managers to track the progress of models coordination. When first time I faced this problem, I realize that we need a professional environment to manage this workflow and I started to try different ways. First I tried with couple of Dynamo scripts to visualize clash spheres in Revit (based on XML clash reports) combined with Excel Worksheets but this is not very user friendly (at that time we didn't have Dynamo Player...

Introduction Last week I had a nice conversation with one of my Italian friends. The focus of the conversation was how to model a tunnel in Revit starting from an Excel list of points coming out from Civil 3D. So the answer was: Dynamo of course! First input, the section of the tunnel with his diameter; I can't share the details but lets say that we have: Theoretical excavation profile: 200 mm  Precast segment thickness: 500 mm Whit this two elements and the excel of the theoretical cent alignment, we can do everything! Revit profile family The first family we're going to create is a simple circle profile with a diameter parameter. This family will be as a mass category to be able to nest it later in an adaptive component family for the tunnel.  Just save this family...easy! Tunnel model Now we can create a new family as generic adaptive component and load the profile just created. It's important that the family is able to host rebars for future st...