From Dynamo to C# – Get and Set Parameters
I’m the kind of guy that uses Dynamo for practical things, an indispensable swiss army knife that I →
From Dynamo to C# – All Elements of Category
I had a few comments in response to my post on using the API to clear out a →
Is DWF Better than PDF?
If you ask anyone in the building services industry what they use to markup drawings, I can almost guarantee that no one will answer with Design Review. The large majority will say Bluebeam, a few will say Acrobat and then the luddites will say pen and paper. Unlike Bluebeam and Acrobat, Design Review doesn’t implement →
Build Your Own Unassisted PowerShell Uninstallers
A fair chunk of what I do these days in the office is around testing software prior to packaging and deployment. If you have ever had to install and uninstall Autodesk software for testing purposes, or you just wanted to get rid of an old version of the software you’d know that it’s not as →
Creating Annotation Tag Variations
Are you new to Revit and starting to create customised content for your models? You have all the →
Don’t Have Dimensions in Families for COBie? Don’t Worry!
So you’re new to COBie and a deadline is approaching, your favourite project BIM manager comes up to →
Using Dynamo to Insert a DWG Into a Revit Family
Another question that I’d rather not have the answer left to email I have a project on which HVAC is using AutoCAD MEP for their ductwork (they don’t know Revit…yet). They’re designing in 3D based off my Revit-to-dwg exports. But the only way I can import their 3D ductwork from AutoCAD MEP into Revit, AND →
Merging IFC Files with BIMServer
A question came through via email the other day in the office We’ve been trying to issue federated IFC files, but the combined size balloons up to 20x the original size. Is getting these models to a consumable size a wild goose chase? Well, the short answer is no, it’s not a wild goose chase →
Calculating and Tagging Pipe Obverts with Dynamo
There are times when we need to show a little more information than Revit is able to provide →
Titleblock Integers, Take 2 – Video Guide
A quick follow up to my previous post on titleblock integers with a little more in depth explanation for new users to Revit. →
Fixing SP.Writer Run Time Error 70
If you’re like me, you haven’t used SP.Writer in a while but then if you’re also like me, you will at some point need to use it to generate a project customised shared parameters file. The first thing you do is pull out your trusty SP.Writer only to find that when you create a new →