Soon after you start playing with Dynamo you’ll discover other people are generously donating their efforts in creating packages of new nodes. It comes with a large supply of commands, known as nodes, that can get you going pretty well. It now comes free from Autodesk and is installed with Revit. Dynamoĭynamo (Figure 1) is one way to get the power of programming without having to code at all. There are also macros, with pros and cons, and then there are full blown add-ins that take a bit more to get going, but with many advantages the others lack.

Dynamo is all the rage these days, but it is not without its own drawbacks. For many tasks you don’t need a full blown programmed add-in. Rather, I want to give you the tools that will help you along the way.įirst let’s discuss the various flavors of programming with Revit®. I’m not going to pretend to teach you everything in one article. I know this may be coming to you in a printed format, I like it printed myself, but for what we are trying to do here, I’d recommend looking up this article on AUGI’s website so the hyperlinks will work. You’ll find lots of links throughout to help you along your way. This article is intended to be a starter kit for programming. Automation provides a win-win for the team. You also don’t want them to feel unvalued, being asked to spend their time on menial tasks. As an employer, you don’t want your employees unengaged in what they are doing when they could be performing valuable work. Either way, you don’t want to spend your precious time on tasks you can do while mentally checked out.

Or it’s a company standard that just isn’t user friendly.

Perhaps it is the dream button you have had on the wish list for years.

We all have some tedious, mundane tasks we would like to automate. Back December 30th, 2019 Revit API Starter Kit

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