Dec. 7, 2018
Removing not placed rooms with Dynamo
As it is probably well known for everybody using Revit that rooms removed from model are still kept within the file as “not placed”. In order to delete them completely we have to create a schedule that would filter them for us. It is not a very tedious process, however still can be simplified by using Dynamo :) This is what such a schedule might look like. We can see that for not placed rooms th…
Nov. 13, 2018
Disabling underlays with Dynamo
Today a short post about setting multiple (or all) view underlays to none. It can save us loads of time as usually we have to do it each time we export or print drawings. Unfortunately setting underlays to ‘none’ has to be done manually for each plan view.One thing that can help us with that is a Dynamo addon, which is great for simple and repetitive tasks. By using it we can take all the plan vi…
Jan. 30, 2018
Finding mirrored elements
Sometimes it is essential in Revit to make sure that no instances of specific families are mirrored in our model. For instance when their direction is recognized in a schedule (eg. door handling). Below I want to show an example of a macro locating every door object in the model that has been mirrored – either by using a mirror command or flip arrows.First we need access our active document:Docum…
Oct. 7, 2016