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Revit lets you model things that you can’t necessarily build, which shouldn’t surprise us given that “Revit was intended to allow architects and other building professionals to design and document a b…
As per notes below, Dynamo Revit 2.3 will be deployed with this update.. Release Notes: at this link, Enhancements here, Issues Resolved here. Download: at Revit 2020.2 Update Direct Download Link Fil…
Changing and updating Shared Coordinates in Revit can be quite a challenge. At Virtual Built Technology we often create a Revit Control File to manage and transfer project datums, shared coordinates a…
I have developed a working BIM360 to on-premises backup mechanism. There were a few different ways to go… I initially considered: Hacking Windows Explorer to touch the files in the BIM 360 node and tr…
Big messy Dynamo graph? Can’t see through the jungle? Then try: View – Connectors – Show Connectors OFF View – Background 3D Preview – Show Grid OFF…
I came across this link to a Dynamo seminar by Sol Amour delivered in Wellington about a month ago. I have had a bit of contact with Sol over the years and he is a Dynamo pro. Cool to see that Dynamo …
The official build of Dynamo 2.0 is here. There are some big changes, so here are my key takeaways: File format has changed Automatic backups will be saved of 1.x files after upgrade Dynamo 2.0 will r…
The Revit API is actually something pretty special. People will go on and on about how Revit needs this feature or that feature, but the fact is that you can build almost any feature you like with the…
So, you are modelling this awesome conceptual design with Dynamo and Revit, and you realise “hey, what we need is access to the Star Wars API in here…” Yes? Well, thanks to Jostein Berger Olsen, you c…
Heaps of presentation and sample file goodness at each link from here, thanks to Håvard Vasshaug: Workshops | Havard Vasshaug…