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I couldn't wait to post the second part of the article. This time I recorded a small screencast to show the process of using this small script. http://autode.sk/1VDHN9J Enjoy...

I'm back with some new workflow for MEP addicted. I tried couple of plugin for placing supports but all of them are either expensive or useless, so I decided to create a small definition to place families based on point, parameters and levels matching my requirements. First of all what we have: piping, duct, cable tray or trunking (duct in my case). In this first example II'm using a family of U-Bolt created to change dimensions according to the diameter of the pipe and the insultaion thickness. This articles is not dedicated to the creation of families but basically the family as a parameter for the DN and with this parameter I read the outside diameter of the pipe from a lookup table, then apply the insulation thickness and everiything is matching with pipe axis. Then a simple project just to test the definition, different diameter, different elevation, different angles, some of them with insulation. Now is time for Dynamo The definition starts selecting all the...

Following my previous article I have some updates or maybe a newest version of the definition. Now you can use an XML report exported from Navisworks to visualize clash results into Revit. You need to install LunchBox package for Dynamo before. DYN download

After a couple of months my life is completely changed. Now I work in Qatar for an MEP company and I'm involved in the Red Line South Metro Project. I'm coming back with a very simple but interesting definition for Dynamo. Basically is composed by two different definitions: the first definition search for intersections between pipes, duct, ceilings and wall (could be improved with other categories) the second definition put a rectangular void, around the clash You need to load two families inside the project (you can find all the families and the sample project at the end of the article): clashSphere and   voidCutter . Then open Dynamo and start first clashSphere.dyn then voidCutter.dyn . Fix the cutting issues and check again loading clashSphere.dyn or with the standard Interference check tool. Files download

Hi, in this post I want to share a simple workflow to collect data about Revit rooms with dynamo. Then you can use data formatted to import this informations into locations in BIM 360 Field. I've used Lunchbox nodes to collect this kind of informations and then I've written the formatted string to an excel file. Take a look to the simple node workflow Funny!

Ok, now I've formatted the excel file with some colors and I've added a simple information about the management status of air terminals and mechanical equipments With this shared paramenter I've created a view filter that highligth in red and green the status of the manteinance Export this parameter to excel with the same process and dynamo and with some pivot table and pivot charts...

After some test I can share a little update about my R&D on using Revit with Dynanmo and Excel. There're a lot of interesting way to use Dynamo to manage data. Thanks to some custom nodes I can export selected data to selected excel in order to analyse them and publish reports dinamically updated. In this first step I'll focus on Air Terminals coming from linked a linked model. The power of this solution is helped by the possibility to share worksheets via OneDrive In next steps I'll format data and prepare some reports and some updates that will refresh Revit model. Attached the first release of dynamo chart. [ Download ] Stay tuned...