If you are working in the AEC space you probably get annoyed by the fact that Revit constantly warns you about the unsafe assemblies that you want to load into […]
one way to manage your Git project
This workflow is something that I was introduced to by a friend of mine – Mostapha. Obviously, I have been using GitHub to store and manage my code for quite […]
creating revisions and adding them to sheets
This topic came up recently in an email from one of my Patreon supporters. Daniel asked if there was a way to automate the Drawing Index Schedule, and the little […]
Controlling Imported Categories visibility w/ Dynamo
I have previously written about controlling – or at least being able to obtain their state – visibility settings of Categories. In this write up I will be showing how […]
dismissing Revit pop-ups – the easy and not so easy ways
Recently I have worked a little on a Revit functionality that required me to either come up, or dig up some of the existing methods for dismissing Revit pop-ups. The […]
placing damper families at intersections of duct and wall
So I haven’t done much MEP work on this blog, simply because I used to work in Architecture so most of the tasks that I have ever worked on were […]
Bad Monkeys at PROCAD Expo 2020
I am pleased to announce that I will be speaking briefly at the PROCAD Expo 2020. Here’s a brief description of the conference: PROCAD EXPO is the biggest CAD, CAM […]
Google Maps Static API in Dynamo
Every now and then I find myself roaming the internet looking for things to do. Oh yeah, I know, I shouldn’t be saying this out loud. If there is a […]
Honeybee meets Revit
So this is one of the things that I have been working on recently – a Revit plugin for Honeybee. Yay! Yes, I know. Please don’t get too excited. It’s […]
archi-lab.net speaks with TRXL
Recently I had the pleasure of appearing on Evan Troxel’s podcast TRXL. You can find the link to our conversation here. I really have to say that it was fun […]
Spell Checking w/ Dynamo
I am not sure how useful this would be, but I saw a question on the Dynamo Forum, where someone was asking about potential to Spell Check their Schedules in […]
Comparing View Templates in Dynamo
I have been working with HCM and Jordan Billingsley on a little Dynamo Script for comparing View Templates in Revit. The idea was to identify which View Templates could be […]
how to maintain Revit plugins for multiple versions continued…
Obviously, I wrote about this topic some time ago. Here’s the original post: Post. Basically, the issue was that I needed to maintain multiple versions of my Revit plugin, to […]
create ceiling plan by room
This is actually a pretty old topic. I first wrote about it back in 2015. Here’s the original post: Post Basically the idea was that I wanted to create Room […]
In depth look at Dynamo and Revit relationship w/ Bimbeats
Bimbeats is a set of plugins for the most popular AEC applications like Revit and Dynamo, but also Rhino, Grasshopper, Navis, CAD and soon IFC. These plugins allow you to […]
creating curtain wall plans/elevations pt2
Oh boy. Dimensions. That one is fun. So I promised to turn this into a series of posts, and series it is. Mostly because there is a lot to talk […]
Chicago Dynamo Community aka ChiNamo
I will be presenting at Chinamo on March 12 at 5.30pm. Please stop by, and ask me about Dynamo, Revit, programming, data, viz, Bimbeats, Bad Monkeys and whatever else you […]
Finding out if a Curtain Wall is embedded inside of another Wall
So not too long ago, a question was posed to me on LinkedIn – of all places – whether it was possible to find out if a Curtain Wall was […]
creating curtain wall plans/elevations
I am not sure this would be useful for anybody, but some time ago, I was tasked with creating floor plans and elevations for each interior curtain wall partition. The […]
remove unused 3d view templates
I think everyone who’s been using Dynamo for a while now, knows that 3d view templates are a no go. They have been since day 1 of Dynamo. Why? It’s […]
new year, new life
OK, so I think it’s time to make this official. I am a father! Yes. What an adventure that is. Shutout to all the dads out there! It’s only been […]
fill pattern operations
Every now and then I find myself scrolling through the Dynamo Forum looking for things to do. I know what you are thinking now: I must be bored as hell. […]
Bimbeats
As some of you might have heard by now, my friends at Bad Monkeys and I have launched a little tool called Bimbeats. The idea behind it is simple: Capture, […]
creating views for each workset
I remember back in the days, when it was my responsibility to make sure that models were in good shape at the end of the week. Each week, I would […]
importing PDFs made easy
Recently when I was scouring the Dynamo blog for a question that would be remotely useful I came across a request that I could sink my teeth into pretty quickly. […]
debugging WPF data bindings
So, this was actually a question recently asked by another Bad Monkey getting their feet wet with WPF. The question was: How the hell do you debug data binding issues […]
identifying orphaned tags…and Dynamo bugs
This is an old topic. Actually, it’s 2 years old at this point, but just like Autodesk software, it hasn’t really changed much since. 😜 About 2 years ago, a […]
text width shenanigans
I can’t really believe that this is still an issue, or that it was ever an issue. Yet, here we are. Back in Revit 2017, I don’t remember exactly, but […]
playing with Power Shell commands and Post Build events.
So I have been working recently on making the Mission Control (MC) repository, a little more developer/user friendly. I am saying “user” as I am considering developers to really be […]
grids #1
I don’t really know why but…Grids have been on my mind. I know, that sounds weird. I am not sure why but in my recent Revit en-devours Grids have been […]
archi-lab + Patreon
New day, new challenge. It has been a while since I really had time to write posts for archi-lab. I realize that I got a lot of people, new and […]
