You're reading from Managing and Visualizing Your BIM Data Understand the fundamentals of computer science for data visualization using Autodesk Dynamo, Revit, and Microsoft Power BI

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801073981

Length 436 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

AutoCAD

Concepts

Computer Aided Design

Authors (5):

Dounia Touil

Gavin Crump

Ernesto Pellegrino

Manuel André Bottiglieri

Luisa Cypriano Pieper

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Overview of Digitalization and BIM Data

2. Chapter 1: Introducing Units of Digital Information FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Understanding Data Centers

4. Chapter 3: Warming Up Your Data Visualization Engines

5. Section 2: Examples and Case Studies from Experts around the World

6. Chapter 4: Building a Data Bridge between BIM Models and Web-Based Dashboards

7. Chapter 5: Getting Started with Autodesk Dynamo and Data Gathering

8. Chapter 6: Importing Revit Plans in Power BI Using Shape Files

9. Chapter 7: Creating a Revit Model-Check Dashboard Using Dynamo and Power BI

10. Section 3: Deep Dive into Autodesk Dynamo

11. Chapter 8: Deep Dive into Dynamo Data Types

12. Chapter 9: Using Dynamo to Place Family Instances

13. Chapter 10: Gathering a Revit Model's Data from Multiple Models at Once

14. Chapter 11: Visualizing Data from Multiple Models in Power BI

15. Chapter 12: Having Fun with Power BI

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Introducing Autodesk Dynamo BIM for Revit

To compete with it's natural competitor, Grasshopper, from which it takes partial inspiration, Dynamo was first released in 2013. It is a program backed by Autodesk that essentially lets you interact with any program that contains an API (Application Programming Interface). Since Revit 2017, Dynamo has also become an inherent part of Revit, being accessible through the Manage tab, with no separate installation required.

If you are puzzled by the term API, take a look at the following diagram to understand the context:

Figure 5.4 – The waiter (API) is responsible for communication between the user and the application

Although this is not a chapter on programming and computer science, I want to explain a little more the API/waiter example. Imagine you're sitting at a fancy restaurant table and you have a menu of choices that you can order. When you order something, you know there is an "engine...

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