Use this script to get all shared parameters in a project or a family. This is useful when you need to verify the GUID especially when there are duplicate parameters found in a project or family. The most frustrating thing is when schedules don’t pull data together consistently because the Read more
Are you having an issue exporting to Excel even though your Dynamo is up to date? Solution? Reinstall Microsoft Excel. Thank you to the Dynamo community for this solution. https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/export-to-excel-not-working/64475/2
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 know Revit crashes. Suddenly you’re scrambling to find a back-up 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 better off manually upgrading the models one-by-one the old fashioned 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 [ReadFromFile]. To simplify this post, we will only focus on 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 is to export the data to an Excel sheet which 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 extremely difficult to manage when your project has over 20 Read more
“In computer programming, a string is traditionally a sequence of characters…” Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_(computer_science) In laymen’s terms, a string is basically “text”. It is equivalent to the “Text” type in Revit and the “Text” type in Excel. It can contain letters, numbers, and symbols. Though because strings are not specfically “numbers”, they cannot be used in Read more
When running Dynamo graphs, also called scripts, make sure that there aren’t any active pop-up menus open in Revit. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that you have left open the view template properties after checking visibility settings, or left open the material editor, or left open any similar pop-up menus. Read more
Use this graph to create a 3D view of each Workset in your model. This is useful for self-maintenance and auditing models. By having a 3D view isolating each Workset, it allows you to quickly review that elements are placed on the correct Workset and help solve that pesky problem Read more