Revit Structural Creation by Architectural Model with Dynamo

Name: Revit Structural Creation by Architectural Model with Dynamo
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Create automatically your Structural Models by Conditions and Architectural Elements using Dynamo

Created byEnrique Galicia

Last updated 5/2026

English

English [Auto],

What you'll learn

How to create a Structural Model from an Architectural Model
How to set parameters for elements to be created
How to sort multiple families and create interphase for the user to create.
How to Analyze element creation limits and borders.

Course content

3 sections • 19 lectures • 2h 23m total length

Introduction1:29
Leverage architectural elements to build a structural model with dynamo for clear intersections and change analysis. Create floors and walls, and apply genetic design for adaptable conditions.
Structural Creation by Architecture2:52
Create structural models from architectural models in Revit using Dynamo. Focus on beams, framing, sizes, and placements to produce analysis-ready geometry for structural engineers.
Dynamo Basic SetUp4:33
Learn Dynamo basics for setting up a structural workflow from an architectural model, configure the main workspace, install packages, and build walls, ceilings, and columns via node-driven workflows.
Resources

Reading of Wall Elements and Their Properties8:15
Learn how to read wall elements and their properties with Dynamo in Revit, including selecting categories, retrieving geometry, parameters, and base constraints to organize walls by level.
Creating Grids of Line of Points Regular and Wall Based6:44
Learn to generate grid lines and intersection points in Revit with Dynamo, sort levels, and build framing with walls, beams, and columns at grid intersections.
Creating Column Lines and Floor Surfaces5:23
Extract level elevations and higher levels, compute vertical vectors, and translate points to define column lines; then create floor surfaces with creation lines and surfaces by creation lines.
Basic Creation of Structural Elements5:37
Create basic structural elements in Revit by placing columns (universal and concrete), connect to framing, align with floors and walls, and adjust sizes and orientation across levels.
Creating Structural Floors From the Floor Settings10:57
Create structural floors from floor outlines in Revit using Dynamo. Align them with wall settings and levels to ensure correct floor placement.
Creating Last Floor Settings5:27
Select the last floor item and set its elevation and level. Use the floor outline and height to create the final floor in the analytical model.

Read conditions of Framings and Set Rules of Size10:22
Read conditions of framings and set size rules by tying framing length to material type in a Dynamo workflow, and organize concrete beam types for cast-in-place consistency.
Test and Select Proper Types8:22
Test and select proper types by setting limits, testing multiple values, flattening lists, using indexes to assign values, and adjusting sizes and constraints for different lengths.
Simplify function to Use it on All Building9:51
Simplify a Dynamo workflow to apply the same function across all building elements, using indexing, list flattening, and linked data to scale the approach.
Read Conditions of Columns and Set Rules of Creation9:59
Read conditions of columns and set rules of creation using Dynamo-driven column sizing in Revit, aligning lines, intersections, and reference levels to foundations.
Create Type Selection and Properties Characteristics from Model11:17
Learn to generate structural models in Revit using Dynamo by creating type selections and property characteristics from the architectural model, leveraging level-based placements, indexing, and family types.
Create Foundations8:18
Create foundations by duplicating foundation families, placing structural columns at the correct base level, and defining element types from the starting location to meet design requirements.
Create the Foundation Values11:34
Sort and index values, determine intersections, and extract height from H to define foundation pier values; duplicate the pier type and set length and foundation thickness in Dynamo.
Placing the Piers10:59
Place piers in the architectural model using Dynamo, managing element types, indices, and name level matching. Create the foundation structure with thickness and level alignment.
Creating Final Footings.11:15
Use a Dynamo script to create final footings from existing structural foundations, name by family, and set length, width, and thickness, then place on the correct level.

Requirements

Need to know how to model in Autodesk Revit
Need to know how to create Families
Need to know fundamentals of geometry in Dynamo
Need to be entusiast on the process of learning to extract and create

Description

This course would focus on structural modeling creation by architectural elements ,so that logical intersections can help us model them easier, and conditions can give us an overview of the model for structural analysis, or for change requirements.

We will start by creating basic requirements for the architectural model such as floors, and walls and from there will jump into Dynamo to start creating structural model.

Then we will set different types and conditions to change the types of elements easily.

This is part of a Generative design process because we want to generate models by conditions and in order to get there we need to know how to create and extract our requirements.

Generative Design is opening a lot of possibilities on the engineering and construction panorama, functionalities going for everytype of user , are allowing technology to make a difference on the way we work for any type of project.

This new series its now pulling all dynamo and practical BIM workflows for a Generative Design and for solving construction problems

We will keep adding custom nodes for specific approaches and as always would recommend to foster your own solutions.

Generative Design and Dynamo are not yet on the peak that they will probably be on the next years so take the leap of faith, and start sooner unraveling your full potential for Modeling and Programming and enjoy at any time the freedom of possibilities to make technology work the way you need it to.

Join to a selective group that its looking for possibilities rather than restrictions, and be UpToDate for all the amazing possibilities that in any time can transform your way of working, to change it forever.

Who this course is for:

Structural Engineers that receive architectural models and need to extract the structural and use it for analysis
Architects that need to have a preconstruction of structure depending on distances and requirements
Anyone that one to go deep on Generative Design.

Revit Structural Creation by Architectural Model with Dynamo

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Course content

Introduction4 lectures • 9min

Architectural Extraction6 lectures • 42min

Structural Creation9 lectures • 1hr 32min

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