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

Introduction

Welcome
Exercise files

Setting Up

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

Creating Floor and Ceiling Plans

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

Creating Elevations

Add a node and package path
Create elevations from scope box
Set the names of elevation views
Deploying node and package path settings

Creating Sheets

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

Conclusion

Next steps