Online Dynamo Course | Complete Guide to Dynamo for Revit

Kick off your comprehensive Dynamo for Revit journey with this essential introductory lesson that systematically lays the foundation for mastering visual programming in contemporary architecture and design practice. Learn how Dynamo can revolutionize your Revit workflows by automating repetitive tasks, dramatically enhancing design flexibility, and streamlining complex processes that traditionally consume significant project time and resources while reducing potential for human error.

In this comprehensive lesson, we systematically expand on Dynamo basics, exploring different node states including active, warning, and error conditions, and their critical impact on script performance and reliability. Learn how to efficiently use code blocks to streamline complex tasks and avoid visual clutter in your definitions. Discover the transformative power of lists, nested lists, and sophisticated lacing techniques to manipulate data dynamically across complex architectural projects with multiple design variables.

In this essential lesson, we dive deep into leveraging the powerful synergy between Dynamo and Revit to automate traditionally tedious documentation tasks that consume significant project time. This session systematically demonstrates how Dynamo can simplify complex processes including renaming views consistently, updating sheet names automatically, and managing parameters efficiently in large Revit projects, transforming hours of manual work into streamlined, error-free automated processes that dramatically improve project delivery efficiency.

In this comprehensive lesson, we delve deep into the powerful data extraction and manipulation capabilities of Dynamo when working systematically with complex Revit project data. Learn how to export multiple Revit schedules to comprehensive Excel files effortlessly and streamline traditionally tedious data management workflows. The lesson also covers advanced techniques for selecting specific Revit elements, extracting complex parameters, and updating values systematically using sophisticated Dynamo scripts that maintain data integrity throughout the process.

This intensive session focuses systematically on automating everyday Revit tasks that are traditionally tedious and time-consuming in standard BIM workflows. Learn how to create sophisticated scripts that streamline complex processes including generating levels with automatic naming conventions, joining geometry effortlessly while maintaining design intent, creating dependent views with precisely positioned scope boxes, and even placing Revit families strategically using imported CAD data with intelligent positioning algorithms.

This comprehensive lesson dives deep into the sophisticated power of advanced geometry construction in Revit using Dynamo's computational capabilities, putting your newly developed skills to the test with a challenging real-world example: the Arena Tower (Baltimore Tower) in London. This lesson systematically covers the unique computational challenges posed by the building's sophisticated rotating floor design, which changes direction strategically across various levels, requiring advanced parametric modeling techniques and intelligent geometric coordination.

This exciting lesson introduces you to the sophisticated world of parametric facade design using Dynamo's advanced computational capabilities. In this comprehensive lesson, you'll learn to create three distinct facade designs that demonstrate the power and flexibility of parametric modeling in contemporary architectural practice. You'll start by designing a dynamic wavy facade system, then systematically explore advanced techniques using intelligent attractor points that create responsive building skins.

In this advanced lesson, we systematically explore the creation of sophisticated parametric facade design inspired by the iconic New King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Riyadh, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. This lesson focuses on recreating Zaha Hadid's signature fluid and dynamic architectural forms using advanced parametric techniques that capture the essence of computational design thinking while maintaining practical buildability and performance requirements.

This innovative lesson systematically covers converting high-contrast black and white images into sophisticated solid patterns using Dynamo's image processing capabilities, then importing them strategically into Revit for architectural application. The process starts by reading an image as a detailed pixel grid in Dynamo, extracting brightness values to distinguish dark and light areas with precision, and creating intelligent point arrays based on pixel data that translate visual information into buildable architectural elements.

This essential lesson systematically covers auto-generating floor and ceiling plan views in Revit using Dynamo's powerful automation capabilities that dramatically reduce manual setup time. The process begins by extracting level information, creating views automatically, and naming them systematically based on intelligent level information parsing. The script applies view templates consistently for both floor and reflected ceiling plans to streamline the setup process while maintaining professional standards and consistency.

This comprehensive lesson focuses systematically on automating sheet creation in Revit using Dynamo while following professional ISO standards for sheet numbering and organization. The process starts by scripting sophisticated sheet number formats based on project details and level information, with floor plans assigned systematically to a 1000-series and ceiling plans to a 3000-series, ensuring professional documentation standards that meet industry requirements and facilitate efficient project coordination.

This comprehensive lesson focuses systematically on using Dynamo to integrate Revit seamlessly with Excel for managing complex room data and project information efficiently across multiple platforms. The workflow includes creating two sophisticated scripts: one for exporting comprehensive room parameters from Revit to Excel with full data integrity, and another for importing updated data back into Revit while maintaining element relationships and project coordination throughout the bidirectional data exchange process.

This essential lesson systematically covers automating comprehensive tagging and precise dimensioning in Revit using Dynamo's powerful automation capabilities. It demonstrates placing room, door, and window tags efficiently by selecting elements strategically, setting tag locations intelligently, and customizing options including alignment and offsets for professional presentation. The lesson also shows automating dimensions for walls by capturing precise locations and applying consistent dimensioning standards that meet professional architectural documentation requirements.

This comprehensive lesson focuses systematically on automating the export of Revit sheets to multiple file formats including PDF, DWG, and DXF using Dynamo's powerful export automation capabilities. The lesson covers setting up export nodes efficiently, configuring intelligent file naming conventions with parameters including sheet name, number, and revision information, and selecting optimal export options including hiding crop boxes and maintaining scale accuracy for professional output quality.

This culminating lesson systematically concludes the course by integrating all individual auto-documentation scripts into a comprehensive master script that represents the ultimate workflow automation solution. This master script automates complex tasks including extracting views from levels, applying view templates consistently, creating sheets automatically, assigning ISO-standard sheet names and numbers, implementing comprehensive tagging and dimensioning, and exporting sheets to multiple formats, creating a complete automated documentation workflow that dramatically improves project delivery efficiency.