Hide #Revit Subcategories with #DynamoBIM

User Question: “I never want to see MEP centerlines in my Architectural model! How do I hide them everywhere?”" This includes view templates and views without view templates.”

I’m happy to say the answer is, “Yes, it is possible!” Thanks to Archi-LAB, Clockwork, and Rhythm.

See the video below of this workflow in action. There is audio on this video, so be aware. :)

#Revit MEP Space Type Control with #DynamoBIM

A question recently came up over at Revit forum regarding getting and setting space parameters for space type in Revit with Dynamo.

http://www.revitforum.org/dynamo-bim/30699-space-type.html

And for those who may not be familiar with the space type parameter, here are the options.

 

Initially I thought this was an impossible task, but thankfully we have python and access to the Revit API! There are now several nodes in Rhythm to gather this data.

There are now four nodes to assist in modifying these parameters.

Gathers all space types in project

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Gets space type based on name search

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Sets the space type for a space

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Gets the space type for a space

 

Have fun!

-johnP

Unconstrain #Revit Walls with #DynamoBIM

A coworker of mine recently had a need to unconstrain a lot of walls in his Revit model. Naturally, we turn to Dynamo to get this done. Initially we thought it would be as easy as assigning "Top Constraint" as nothing or unconstrained. Wrong! It turns out, if you want to unconstrain a wall's top, you simply set the value to the wall element. Check it out in the video below!

First I demonstrate what I tried at first, then I show the solution.     Have fun and be in awe of the mysteries of Dynamo!

Get #Revit Beam System Members with #DynamoBIM

A question came up at my firm recently regarding how to quantify the amount of beams a beam system contains in Revit. Currently, this is not easily accessible through the UI, but luckily there is an API method for obtaining the members of the system.

This is where Dynamo and python come into play.

This node is now in Rhythm, enjoy!

-johnP

#Revit Space and Room Tag Host with #DynamoBIM

Recently I was talking with Marcello on the Simply Complex Podcast about the lack of annotation nodes in Dynamo. After a question also came up on the Dynamo forums, I decided to add these two useful nodes to Rhythm.

This enables us to do some fun stuff based on the tag elements now! And yes, these are made with Python!

-john