Is Dynamo the new API?
I don’t think the API programmers should get scared just yet, but is there a day coming when visual programming will completely replace custom code? Julien seems to think so: “I firmly believe Dynamo …
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How to Place a Landing at the Top of a Flight
Tim over at the RevitCat has put together a nice writeup on component stairs, and specifically, landings. Some of you may have struggled to place a landing at the top of a stair flight – particularly …
Convert Topography to Massing using Code in Revit
I recently posted about converting Topography to massing forms using a somewhat “manual”, yet lofted and smooth, method:Convert Revit Topography into Massing Forms Harry provides some code to do a sim…
IFC Exporter updates – January 2014
Its already across the Twitterverse, but in case you missed it: 2013: IFC Exporter for Revit 2013 (v2.16): http://apps.exchange.autodesk.com/RVT/Detail/Index?id=appstore.exchange.autodesk.com%3aifcexp…
Using Vasari with Dynamo to Generate Revit Forms from Faces
This topic is somewhat of a work in progress (I know Julien and a few others have been chasing how to make this happen nicely). Lev Lipkin made a comment on the thread, which reads a bit like a how-to…
Finding an Object you have Selected
While you can use Highlight in Model from a Schedule, there is no similar command relating to a ‘current selection’. If you have somehow selected an object and want to “find” it so you can actually se…
Profiles in Adaptive Components, with Repeaters
I have posted about Profiles and Adaptive components before, but more recently Tim Waldock put together a nice, detailed post on the subject over at this link. In the post, he states: You can host it …
Tag Floor Thickness – workaround
You can’t simply use a Floor Tag to tag the thickness of a Floor in Revit… However, you can:Convert the Floor to a Part, and use a Parts Tag Parts tags can natively report thickness of the Part. EDIT …
Revit Interference Check with Shared Nested families can actually be Useful
By now, most of us are using Navisworks for some sort of aggregation, model checking or clashing. So why would anyone want to use Revit Inteference Check (on the Collaborate tab, Coordinate panel)? Ba…
Generative Design Handout (translated)
Download the version translated into English (by this translator) at:this link Original in German download from Box, post and handout by Oliver Langwich:http://revit-family-planner.blogspot.com.au/201…