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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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Building the Power BI dashboard

Power BI is a Microsoft software for data visualization, allowing the conversion of data from different sources to build interactive dashboards. In our example, we will use the free version, Power BI Desktop, to create a visual report based on the Excel document created in the previous section. Once the data is imported into Power BI, the software allows a multitude of customization and filtering of the information.

Note

For this step, you will use your own created Excel document. Whether you have been using a Revit sample file or a project file of your choice, you can follow the instructions in this section to achieve similar results.

The Revit model check report will consist of two pages; the first page is an overview dashboard, which resumes the data we have previously gathered using the Revit model check Dynamo script (Figure 7.2) and exported to the Excel document shown in Figure 7.24. The following diagram shows the overview dashboard...

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