How Can I Get Started With Dynamo?
One of the biggest challenges for many long-time Revit users is that initial ‘starting point’ of getting into Dynamo. It takes a bit of time and effort to make that transition… Happily, as with Revit,…
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Big Update to Bakery Package for @dynamobim
I’ve had a bit of struggle with Package Manager lately, but I’m happy to report I was able to get a new version of Bakery uploaded today. I’m pretty sure my issue was ‘too many backups in the dyfbacku…
What is Autodesk Building Ops?
It is Autodesk’s mobile-centric implementation of an integrated FM system… It hasn’t been around for long, but it already allows you to export Equipment directly from BIM 360 Field. It also allows you…
Running Multiple Instances of OwnCloud with Windows User accounts and psexec
OwnCloud is a free file sharing and syncing software, and for the most part it works ok. I don’t think it really compares with a full featured, appliance based enterprise solution… but, its free. You …
My Top 3 New Features from Revit 2016 R2
Autodesk has kindly offered some new features to Revit 2016 users on Subscription in the form of another R2 release. Here are my favourite parts: Unload links per user – unloading a link For Me won’t …
Revit 2015 Update Release 10 Direct Links
For Revit 2015 R2:This update requires one of the following:Autodesk Revit 2015 R2 for subscription customers (build: 20140905_0730)Autodesk Revit 2015 Update Release 9 for R2 for subscription custome…
Create Floors from Rooms across Multiple Links in Dynamo
Update… v2 has been published in Bakery package as:Create Floors From Rooms v2.dyf All kinds of weirdness with Package Manager at the moment, so I am sharing my entire ‘packages’ folder including Bake…
Did you know that you can Hide a custom node from the Dynamo Library?
Sometimes we make a node that we don’t really want the world (ie. Library / In Canvas search) to see. Can we hide it? Yes. Just add this statement to the dyf header:IsVisibleInDynamoLibrary=”false” It…
Using a Pseudo Lookup Table Excel File to Drive Visibility for Many Generic Annotation Instances
Let’s say you have a Generic Annotation family with about 60 different view states controlled by visibility Yes/No checkboxes. These visibility states are linked to Sheets, and the Generic Annotation …
Project Alexandria – BIM360 with 2D Document Management and Issue Tracking
A recent Youtube upload gives us a teaser-style look at what some of the features of Project Alexandria may be, including: part of BIM360 platform handling 2D documents like plans, drawings etc abilit…