If you hang out on the Dynamo forum, you have probably seen a few comments from me regarding Rhythm availability. The original forum post is here: https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/rhythm-for-dynamo-availability-question-for-the-community/92707/1 TLDR: Rhythm was becoming difficult to maintain across Revit versions, so I needed to figure it out or… Read More »Rhythm for Dynamo Updates
With in-person conferences in full swing, it is time to already start talking about Autodesk University. If you missed it, I just got back from BILT 2023 in Dallas. Check out that post here. Also, check out the recording of my class over on the… Read More »hey john, watcha up to for #AU2023?
The week is finally here, Digital Built Week 2023 that is. This year marks the second year that BILT is in person after a few years of virtual stuff. Last year was a bit challenging, but I do commend the BILT committee for being the… Read More »See you at BILT!
I’m sorry if you use Dynamo and don’t know about or use Monocle. You should, it definitely makes Dynamo better. But maybe I am a bit biased as I make the thing. Here is an overview video if you aren’t familiar: I tend to add… Read More »Monocle for Dynamo Update!
You may already know this, but, Revit 2024 is out and it has quite a few nifty features. Check out the video below for the ones I am most excited about. Also, check out the other video for a Dynamo 2.17 review, which is now… Read More »What’s new in Revit 2024, the API and Dynamo?
Overview If you are on Twitter or social media in general, you have probably heard of/seen a tool called ChatGPT. It is an AI system that allows for conversational dialogue between you (human) and the AI (🤖). People have used it to generate all sorts… Read More »Using AI to Delete All Walls in a Revit Model
Autodesk University 2022 has come and gone. If you missed it and wanted to see the vlogs I did, check out that playlist here. With that, all the votes have been tallied, and they have announced the top speakers and classes for this year. I… Read More »thank you
Recently, Revit 2023.1 was released, and shortly after, 2023.1.1 was released! In addition to all the new Revit features discussed here, there are quite a few improvements, enhancements, and new features for Dynamo! In this post, we will look at a few of my favorite… Read More »What’s new in Dynamo for Revit 2023.1.1
“All children are born artists, the problem is to remain an artist as we grow up.” — Pablo Picasso. If you have followed my blog for any amount of time, you have probably seen a few of the different UIs I have built. Often, these… Read More »why i make ridiculous tools
As you may know, Autodesk University was last week and it was really l great seeing everyone in person again. I wrote a post about it here, AU Aftermath. At this year’s event I was lucky enough to teach a Dynamo class. I was also… Read More »I Shipped My Scripts
Well, as quickly as it arrived it is now gone. Autodesk University 2022 is a wrap. Right up front, I want to say that, this event was amazing because it was in-person and I had the chance of seeing people I had not seen in… Read More »Autodesk University Aftermath
If you have followed this blog for any amount of time, you are probably familiar with my passion around sharing “my Dynamo journey”. The summary is, I opened Dynamo in 2013, it threw all sorts of errors at me and I closed it, (thinking, “I… Read More »My Python Journey
While preparing for a Dynamo presentation, I typically spend a lot of time diving into Dynamo’s source code, release notes, and blog posts. For this year, there have been quite a few changes. This includes visual changes, bug fixes, and regressions. One of the most… Read More »Can’t Open a Dynamo Graph? Here’s one reason why.
Recently, I had the honor of being a guest on the TRXL podcast. In the episode, I talked about my journey working in the AEC industry, school, life, and more. It was a great chat with Evan, and I definitely recommend checking out Episode 095… Read More »A little more of my story
It’s been a little while since I could do a post like this. As we all know, the last two years have been filled with virtual conferences, meetups, and live streams. These have been great, and connecting to everyone on this level has been incredible.… Read More »hey john, whatcha up to for AU2022?
Have you upgraded your Dynamo graphs to Revit 2023 and they look like this? Thankfully we have a few options to fix this. Option #1 comes to us from the Dynamo forums. Jacob was friendly enough to create a batch resizer graph that will fix… Read More »How to Fix Overlapping Nodes in Dynamo for Revit 2023
Revit 2023 has been out for a few months now, and I gotta say, I have grown to like the new UI of Dynamo quite a bit. Yes, there are a few things you have to adapt to (node size changes) but once you get… Read More »Parameter Issues in Dynamo for Revit 2023
Dynamo player has gotten better and better over the years. This year (with the Revit 2023 release), is probably the most improvement it has seen in a while! However, one thing that has been in Dynamo player for quite a while is the ability to… Read More »Better Dynamo Player Outputs with String Formatting
Dynamo 2.15 Core came out last Thursday, and there are quite a few new features! Considering that I normally put out a video each Thursday, I figured it would be fun to go live and check it out instead. If you missed it, the good… Read More »Dynamo 2.15 First Impression
Back when I used AutoCAD, one of my favorite commands was, “Snap Mid-Between Two Points”. What I used it for all the time, I can’t tell you. But, I know when I started learning Revit (2012), I quickly found that it was not available! Well,… Read More »Snap Mid-Between Two Points in Revit!
During BILT I presented a course on signage in Revit and it was really fun. After the event, someone approached me and asked about how I would go about adding visibility to images in Revit. Luckily, this was something I had to do in the… Read More »How to add visibility parameters to images in Revit
Well, as fast as it arrived it is now in the rearview. Digital Built Week 2022 is a wrap! This year was awesome because it was in Anaheim, CA and I mean, come on, how often are you giving a presentation right behind Cars Land?… Read More »BILT Aftermath
In short, being back at BILT in person is amazing. On day 1 of the conference I had both of my classes to do and it was a busy day! (In all the good ways). I managed to record a few thoughts, comments and more,… Read More »BILT Day 1
As you may or may not know, Digital Built Week Americas is happening this week. Considering this is the first one back in person, I thought some vlog-style content would be cool. Below is my travel day and day 1 will be posted soon!
Recently, I have been working on quite a few Generative Design workflows. The most recent is a camera placement graph that optimizes for orientation. That is viewable in this post on the Dynamo blog here, Informing A/V Layout with Generative Design. While building that graph,… Read More »The Most Underrated Feature in Dynamo – Run Preview
This question comes up fairly often, especially if you are new to Dynamo. True story, this was actually one of my own first questions on the Dynamo forum as I was setting the arrowhead type for text notes in Revit. While working with instance and… Read More »Working with Revit Type and Instance Parameters in Dynamo
History I started sixty second revit back in 2013. It started after I wrote a blog post for my company’s (at the time) blog about photogrammetry. I wanted to share more, but they only had so much room for “technical” posts about Revit. The first… Read More »Welcome to Design Tech Unraveled
neat. but in all seriousness, I am pretty excited about the new look/feel of Dynamo. Check out how it is in the video below!
Have you ever wondered which method of creating a Dynamo graph is faster? Is it out of the box (OOTB), Python, or ZeroTouch? Well, this came up recently on a RevitKid Livestream with Marcello, so I thought it would be cool to test. Check out the… Read More »Dynamo Node Race – OOTB vs Python vs ZeroTouch
I realized that Monocle’s features are scattered between a few videos, tweets, and posts. So I figured it was time for a properly updated “monocle overview”. If you are a monocle user check out the video below to learn all the features! Also, as a… Read More »monocle – full feature overview!
This one is kind of fun and comes up pretty often. Essentially we are running “Clash detection in Revit” to figure out how close things are to one another. Check out the video below.
I recently shared an image of my desk setup on twitter in response to a tweet from Deity microphones. Shortly after this post, a few folks commented on ultrawide monitors and recorded tutorials in usable resolutions. As you may know, I record a lot of… Read More »How to Record Revit Tutorials on an Ultrawide Monitor
If you use Dynamo player, you have more than likely seen the “Run Completed with Errors” warning in the UI. Sometimes this is helpful, but more often than not there are a few warnings that can be ignored. If you have a graph that has… Read More »How to Suppress Run Completed with Errors in Dynamo Player
Recently I shared this GIF on Twitter regarding string manipulation nodes in Dynamo. This made me realize I have not really broadcasted the nodes available in Core versions of Dynamo in Rhythm. They all deal with string manipulation and they are pretty neato. Check out… Read More »String Manipulation in Dynamo with Rhythm – aka StringyStrings
Here is a question for Dynamo that comes up time and time again. The question often is: How do I modify XX amount of family files opened in the background with [insert package name here] ? – Dynamo User Unfortunately, the general reply is: Sorry,… Read More »Family Document Nodes and Batching Workflows for Dynamo!
Dynamo 2.12 is out now with Revit 2022.1 and it comes with all sorts of cool features. One of them is, serialized properties in your Dynamo graph! Check out this video below for an overview:
For a little while now I have been preparing for an upcoming presentation. This one is a bit different than others I have given in the past. This presentation was originally supposed to happen in 2020, but well, ya know. This one is different because… Read More »Rise of the Machines – Augmenting Your Process in the AEC Industry
As you may or may not know, Dynamo is bundled with Revit nowadays. This has been the case since Revit 2020 as illustrated on this chart, Dynamo Primer – The Revit Connection This is great because deploying Dynamo is far easier than it used to… Read More »Dynamo 2.12- Now Included with Revit 2022.1!
Sightline analysis is something that comes up now and then. And doing it in Revit is not the most straightforward thing (all the time). Considering this topic comes up fairly often, I went ahead and made a full tutorial on how to achieve this with… Read More »How to Calculate Sight Lines in Revit with Dynamo
Aligning Viewport Titles with Viewport in Any Revit Version Something that has been an ongoing pain in Revit for us all is the inability to location viewport titles through the API. Thankfully in Revit 2022 they finally added this ability! I previously discussed this here.… Read More »Revit Can’t Do That Part 2
aka Dynamo Package Best Practices As you all may know, I have published a few Dynamo packages. Over this time, I have learned a few things that have helped me keep most of my sanity while managing these packages. Recently, my friends at Sigma AEC… Read More »Keeping Your Sanity as a Dynamo Package Creator
Well, now that BILTNA is past and fall is coming up quickly, that means AU is coming up quickly too! Below you will find various details about what I am up to this year at AU. Flexible Families: Learn to Make Your Families Stretch and… Read More »What’s going on for #AU2017?
Something that has been on my to-do list for a very long time is adding zero touch nodes to Rhythm. Why? Because drop downs are awesome, that’s why! 🙂 I present to you, my very first ZeroTouch Node! This node collects all of the space… Read More »My First ZeroTouch Node