Scope Boxes in Revit are very handy when dividing building into separate blocks. You can set these scope boxes in view properties, or even in view templates, and get cropped views in a matter of seconds. Yet there’s another handy thing that could be used to boost your productivity: the “Name” parameter, which by the way…
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Renumber rooms by level – Revit and Dynamo workflows explained
Our architect asked me recently, if it’s possible to add the level prefix to room numbers in Revit. Assuming that the building is relatively large, this is certainly the task that requires automation. However, this could also be done in a semi-automatic way via the Revit room schedule… So let’s take a look at both…
Read MoreVisualize Revit element orientation in Dynamo
Yet another small Dynamo node that may be handy if you need to watch for an element orientation. There are different use cases for this – like placing wall openings by doors & windows, or placing elements with preset rotation (e.g. stadium seating). What it does – is simply illustrates element’s facing orientation by drawing a…
Read MoreZhukoven.com dynamo package update
An updated version of my Dynamo nodes package (rev.2017.5.19) is available at Dynamopackages.com. It’s now equipped with Railing.CountBalusters custom node, which is based on the “Railing.BalusterCount” node from Rhythm package. I had to rebuild the original node to get rid of the ‘false positives’ in resulting number of balusters. Below you can see the difference between…
Read MoreCreate Revit workset by linked file with Dynamo (updated)
This little Dynamo graph may become handy If you use individual Revit worksets for each of the linked Revit files. While operating with linked files via worksets becomes super comfortable (you can even unload links before opening your Revit model), it becomes a pain to manually create separate worksets for each model. This is where…
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Zhukoven.com dynamo package is live
To start with, I’d like to say that I’m not willing to build an all-in-one dynamo package, collecting everyone’s custom nodes. My intention is totally different: I’d like to share my ideas that cover some white spots in Revit and Dynamo. I mean that if I managed to find solution to one particular problem, that…
Read MoreA few words about Dynamo and Visual Programming
What is Visual Programming , and why does it generate a lot of hype among AEC professionals? In simple words, Visual Programming lets you build your program by manipulating with graphical elements rather than by specifying them textually. VP basically acts as a mind map, connecting one’s design ideas with the software API (“application programming…
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print “Hello, world!”
It’s been a while since I wrote my last post on the previous blog called “liveBIM“, and now I’m starting all over again here. There were several things to be changed (from my perspective), like blog platform, blog name, and domain name, so finally I have the right moment to do that. As far as I’m…
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