Dynamo for Revit Project Setup

Course details

By automating the setup of Autodesk Revit project files using Dynamo—instead of manually performing each setup task yourself—you can save time and enhance your overall productivity. In this course, learn how to apply basic visual programming concepts to build scripts to automate the repetitive tasks involved in setting up new projects in Revit. Join Ian Siegel as he takes you from start to finish through automating different project setup routines, including generating floor and ceiling plans, creating overall building elevations, and laying out the entire set of sheets for a project. When you wrap up this course, you'll be familiar with how to complete a Dynamo workflow that can help you tackle your BIM management work more effectively.

Learning objectives
Using Dynamo for Revit project setup
Setting up your Revit file template
Creating floor and ceiling plans
Importing data for levels into Dynamo
Automatically generating Revit levels
Importing floor plan data into Dynamo
Creating elevations
Adding a node and package path
Creating sheets
Importing Excel data to create sheets

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - Exercise files

1. Setting Up

03 - Using Dynamo for Revit project setup
04 - Setting up your Revit file template
05 - Setting up the Excel file - Levels
06 - Excel - Floor and ceiling plans
07 - Setting up the Excel file - Sheets

2. Creating Floor and Ceiling Plans

08 - Import data for levels into Dynamo
09 - Automatically generate Revit levels
10 - Import floor plan data into Dynamo
11 - Look up Revit levels by their names
12 - Name all of the project's floor plans
13 - Generate and name all ceiling plans

3. Creating Elevations

14 - Add a node and package path
15 - Create elevations from scope box
16 - Set the names of elevation views
17 - Deploying node and package path settings

4. Creating Sheets

18 - Import Excel data to create sheets
19 - Specify a title block family type
20 - Look up Revit views by their names
21 - Creating the sheets without views
22 - Move viewports on sheets

Conclusion

23 - Next steps