
Master Dynamo-driven modelling for map installations in Revit, achieving fast results and accurate approximations. Create border files, generic lines, pipes, and integrated elements using road modelling and Dynamo player tools.
Explore Dynamo BIM and Revit 2019 workflows, using Dynamo as a programming playground to generate three-dimensional models, automate quantities, and improve coordination via the API.
Set up Dynamo by configuring units and packages, start a new script, explore the library and notes, adjust view and export options to begin MEP modeling.
Discover Dynamo 2024 updates for Revit 2024, with upgraded starting files and familiar node workflows using IronPython. Upgrade to 2024 to address changed families and deprecations.
Review Dynamo scripts to ensure compatibility with the 2024 Dynamo updates. Explore inputs, sequences, points, curves and surfaces, vectors, coordinate systems, and Dynamo player basics like levels and elevations.
Learn the basic Dynamo input settings, including booleans, numbers, strings, and identity/type outputs, and how code blocks generate values. Follow the left-to-right input-output workflow, wiring connections and watching results.
Explore how to create and manipulate lists in Dynamo, using range and sequence, join operations, indexing, and Cartesian product, map, filter, and reduce to transform data.
Learn to create points by coordinates (x, y, c), build lines and curves, and generate surfaces from cross sections using batch operations in Dynamo and Revit.
Learn how vectors drive translation and rotation in infrastructure modeling with Dynamo and Revit, using points, origins, axes, and degrees to move, rotate, and transform geometry.
Explore how coordinate systems define x, y, and z axes, how vectors and points use these axes to create lines and curves, and how parameters control line definitions.
Explore user interaction with Dynamo Player by using inputs and elements to create and modify levels, elevations, and plans, and run and save dynamic scripts.
Explore composing and decomposing Revit elements in Dynamo by selecting model elements, extracting geometry such as lines, and creating or transforming walls with adjustable levels and heights.
Explore Dynamo data shapes to create and manipulate infrastructure elements in Revit by using packages, input forms, points on surfaces, coordinates, and vectors for precise geometry.
Update your Dynamo workflows by replacing deprecated types, converting poly curve by joining curves, and connecting floor types, building path, and outlines to Revit elements for stable graph execution.
Leverage dynamo to convert a selected line into control points, derive coordinates, and establish a plane by origin normal to build road geometry for infrastructure installations.
Create pads by copying control points, normals, and vectors from a coordinate system, group elements, and apply shifting distances to define pads for building and pipes in Dynamo and Revit.
Reuse the script to create an apparatus floor with slugs, align it with the building part, project to a level, and generate perimeter and surface curves for a connected floor.
Explore Dynamo 2024 updates for infrastructure elements, including pipe and system type panels, and scripts that create pipes, elbows, and labeled connectors with geometry and color.
Set up coordinate systems and planes to create infrastructure elements in a Dynamo and Revit workflow, using points, element lists, and lines, and save the project.
Use the transpose function to generate points and central element locations, flatten to a single level, then map pipe elements by system type and diameter to finalize MEP modeling.
Learn to create elbows for pipes by filtering elements, mapping them by key, and assigning installation settings through parameter values, ensuring correct category, connectors, and labeling.
Select a face, establish a starting point, use lines and vectors to define a coordinate system, and set three axes from the point with a positive axis factor.
Learn to set projections and rules to extend pipes to main lines by projecting points onto surfaces, aligning Cartesian coordinates, and connecting elements in Dynamo and Revit.
Translate the coordinate system by a direction vector to set a 45-degree angle, creating intersections and projecting elements from points and lines, while aligning origin and orientation.
Learn to create and intersect lines in Dynamo and Revit by deriving points along curves, translating directions by distance, and forming plane-based intersections to ensure precise connections.
Adjust the intersection logic and coordinate systems to create proper elbow connections between MEP elements, using planes, origin points, and 25 degree and 45 degree angles for accurate piping.
Master elbow creation in the MEP workflow by forming a 45-degree elbow through point translation, endpoint alignment, and connected line construction, with hidden and revealed geometry to verify trajectory.
Finish the MEP model by assigning diameters, system type, and level, and set installation values for pipes, then create and connect elbows and tees in Revit and Dynamo.
This course is designed to help you tackle MEP infrastructure modeling using Dynamo and Revit, offering fast and accurate solutions for complex installations. Whether you're handling piping, ductwork, or road elements, this course provides the tools and workflows you need to optimize your modeling processes.
We begin by working with a topography file, progressing through the creation of road elements, and generating generic piping layouts. You’ll learn how to integrate MEP elements with surrounding structures, including intersections with other buildings and infrastructure, ensuring that your designs are both functional and efficient.
This course was originally developed to meet a client's need to create advanced Revit models in environments where traditional modeling methods were limited by geometry constraints and user interface tools. By leveraging Dynamo’s capabilities, including Dynamo Player, you'll learn to overcome these restrictions and expand your modeling possibilities.
Key topics covered include:
Revit modeling tools for infrastructure and MEP installations
Advanced Dynamo programming techniques for automating repetitive tasks
Mixed tools for MEP analysis and project integration
This course is an ideal next step for those who have experience in MEP modeling with Dynamo and are ready to take their skills to the next level.
You’ll enjoy lifetime access to the content, allowing you to move at your own pace and revisit sections as needed. We also offer responsive support to ensure your questions are answered and your learning experience is continuously improving.
Stay ahead of the curve in BIM and MEP infrastructure modeling, and leverage these skills to boost your work performance and open new career opportunities.