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
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
Once in a while, you may attempt to open a Dynamo script only to have an error pop up stating “Error opening corrupted file”. This error is rather deceiving because in most cases the reason is because the Dynamo version in which the graph was created was in a different 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 time the packages need updating when their creators push out 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 can be extracted from a clash detection report or a Read more
Creating materials in Revit can be a burden, especially when there are a large number of materials to be created. One example scenario would be the application of required materials according to the BIM execution plan of the project. The current out-of-box method (in current Revit versions at the time Read more
Sometimes line styles can be difficult to delete, especially on an existing model with many different line styles. Even if a line style appears to not be in use, purging may not be an option available in Revit. This can be one of the most frustrating limitations especially when cleaning Read more
If a dimension is in use, Revit is unable to purge the dimension using the built-in tool “Purge Unused”. Use this Dynamo script to delete a dimension type by choosing from a list. Load and run the script once. Modify the index number in the blue group to select one Read more
A project can have a number of filters used to view templates, though Revit does not show which view filters are used or unused. The problem with this is the inability to carefully delete the filters that are not used to clean up the filters list. Use this Dynamo script Read more