When placing a face-based lighting fixture onto a Work Plane, the light fixture is forced to hang “upward” rather than “downward”. This is because the work plane is facing upward by default and this cannot be changed. Because it’s facing Read more
Always remember to Sync and Save before running a Dynamo Script. No matter how simple or complicated a Dynamo Script could be, you never know if you’ll running into an error or an infinite loop, and the next thing you Read more
Often times a BIM Manager’s job includes many underlying skills. The following words have been compiled over casual conversation and drinks that describe a BIM Manager’s role beyond their typical responsibilities. People Manager People’s Behavior Prediction Expert Risk Analyzer Risk Read more
Have you ever wanted to change the category which a shared parameter was organized under but no matter what you did the shared parameter would remain “stuck”? This often happens when custom shared parameters have somehow moved to a category Read more
Are you looking for a way to transfer or copy legends from one Revit model to another? Ever wondered why Revit out-of-the-box does not support transferring or copying legends? The work around is to download a free plugin called Transfer Read more
Are you looking for a way to batch upgrade models in a folder? Here is a method to do it in Dynamo, although to be frank, it’s not the best. Read below to find out why. TLDR You may be Read more
Do not use the “monitor” function of the “copy/monitor” button. The button in discussion is the one on the left in the image below. Using the copy/monitor button is fine for copying. However, I highly suggest clicking “Stop monitoring” for Read more
To Import data from Excel you can use the out-of-the-box Import node in Dynamo. For Dynamo version 2.x, search “excel” in the search bar and find the node [ImportExcel]. For Dynamo version 1.x, search for “excel” and find the node Read more
When dealing with data in Dynamo you may find that it’s very difficult to review the results limited by the Dynamo interface. To improve the visualization of large amounts of data, one of the best ways to review the results Read more
One of the hardest elements to manage are Scope Boxes. Revit doesn’t have a native “Scope Box” Manager to show you all the Scope Boxes in the model, how they are named, or which workset they are on. This becomes Read more