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Managing and Visualizing Your BIM Data

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801073981
Length 436 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Dounia Touil Dounia Touil
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Gavin Crump Gavin Crump
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Ernesto Pellegrino Ernesto Pellegrino
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Manuel André Bottiglieri Manuel André Bottiglieri
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Luisa Cypriano Pieper Luisa Cypriano Pieper
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

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 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating the first family placement script

Let's start by learning how to work with points and coordinates using Dynamo!

A point in Dynamo is an object made up of three numbers. Those numbers represent its X, Y, and Z coordinates. It's that simple.

Open Dynamo and follow these steps to understand the theory we are discussing here:

  1. Place an OOTB node inside the Point.ByCoordinates workspace environment, as shown in the following screenshot:

    Figure 9.1 – Point.ByCoordinates OOTB node

    Ensure that you place the node that requires three coordinates and not just two (just X and Y), as it will be placed on a two-dimensional surface. Here, we want to work with three-dimensional points.

  2. Next, place the Integer Slider node. This node allows us to use a slider to move through a range of integers. When you place one, please copy and paste it two more times as we want to connect it to the three available coordinates of the Point.ByCoordinates node.
  3. Now, let...
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