What are Shared Coordinates and why are they important? A Shared Coordinate System in Revit is the common coordinate system that aligns multiple software in the same XYZ world coordinate system. This commonality allows models & drawings to overlay on Read more
Renaming Multiple Files Often times in BIM Management renaming documents, families, sheets and files is a difficult task especially when there are a large number of files. Renaming files can be important for maintaining project or company standards and this Read more
Are you tired of aligning your views on sheets using a detail line and manually aligning every view in place? Use this Dynamo script to align all of your views. There is one caveat and that is this simple script Read more
The Watch node is a common node you will use on a regular basis with your Dynamo scripts. The function of this node is to simply display the results of any node connected to its input, which is the port Read more
ElevateBIM recommends installing the BVN package first before installing other packages to maximize the benefits of the scripts available at DynamoNow. This is because the BVN package already contains several other packages within. Installing BVN first will make reinstalling more Read more
Downloading and installing packages in Dynamo is a regular routine task when using Dynamo. Packages are bundles of custom scripted nodes created by various users and groups around the world. Custom scripts help increase Dynamo’s functionality and from time to Read more
Find elements in a Revit model by ID or a list of IDs. This script is useful if you have a list of element IDs available in a list form, such as in an Excel file format. Sometimes this list Read more
When working in Revit, it’s important to work with flat CAD files. Copy and paste the following commands one after the other in your AutoCAD file. Command 1: (command “_change””_all””””p””e””0″””) This command will change the Z-coordinate for all the objects Read more
When opening a “work-shared” model (a model with worksets) sometimes the “Create New Local” is greyed out. There are a few possibilities why the button is greyed out. The workshared model was saved in a different version than the Revit Read more
Searching for views, schedules, sheets, or families in project browser can sometimes be very difficult. Elements may not be organized well, depending on the model setup, or they may have moved to an unexpected location in the project browser causing Read more