Place views on sheets in Revit using Python & Dynamo!

[@user-pt8sr2tx8s]

I wanted to express my sincere gratitude for the work you have done in creating this video. It has been incredibly helpful and informative. I really appreciate the effort you put into explaining the process. Additionally, I kindly request if you could please provide the complete script for downloading. I believe it would be a valuable resource for many of us who are looking to enhance our skills in this area. Once again, thank you for your dedication and for sharing your knowledge with the community.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

As per the video outro the script is on my github.

[@abbasafsar2515]

Great video as always, Gavin!

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@petsandpaws8906]

Thanks Gavin, Greets from The Netherlands. Liked as usual

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Thanks for the support!

[@petsandpaws8906]

@@AussieBIMGuru you are very welcome! Least I can do is like the video and express my gratitude. Thanks to you Ive made a toolbar using pyRevit in which Ive made about 20 scripts in the last month. Most of them Ive learned to make thanks to the way you explain it. Ive done programming in the past so this fits my alley perfectly. Also what you said about collegues being turned off by Dynamo is what Im dealing with atm. No one of our team of 30 drafters knows anything about Dynamo and they just dont seem interested in automating tedious tasks. What would you do in that situation? Have you experienced this aswell?

[@AussieBIMGuru]

That scenario will generally depend on how many people are responsible for BIM. Non-BIM team members generally wont have time to learn automation tools, so I've found the best I get out of them is to run sessions to make them aware of tools that are built so they can run then, but not build them. Try to find 1 or 2 people who are most willing of all - I find generally younger team members are easier to sway as they are less set in their ways/bad habits. This can often build a bit of curiosity if the older dogs see the whippersnappers saving time and getting noticed for efficiency.

[@petsandpaws8906]

@@AussieBIMGuruYeah we have a group of 3 ppl between the firms in our group. Thanks for taking the time to respond. Have a great day

[@erichdomme]

G'Day Gavin, this is a very good video, and thank you for sharing your knowledge with us so that we can all benefit from it. This is not something that can be taken for granted these days. In fact, a few days ago, I created my own Dynamo script that uses almost no Dynamo packages at all, except for a custom data-shape UI and your Crumple-Sheets.Create! Maybe I missed it, but why did you decide to do the mapping in Excel? Right now it sounds like an extra effort.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Great to hear you are progressing so well! The only way to avoid using Excel or some sort of mapping file is to automate view > sheet relationships using naming rules. In my experience architects aren't very good at following these, so I tend to use Excel so they have to spell out the desired movements of view > sheet explicitly.

[@jorgecruz2359]

Hi Gavin, It is excellent the contribution, it has helped me a lot, I want to ask you: Is it possible to align views and view titles in the sheets from a previously aligned sheet (selecting the base sheet and the ones you want to be equal to it)? It would be great if you could show us that.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

View titles can be positioned in Revit 2023 onwards when it was added to the API. The viewport class has methods/properties to achieve this relating to Label offset etc. Aligning viewports can also be done using the Get/Set box center methods, or there is also one to do it from the bottom left corner as well in the API.

[@cjlglal7966]

Its great. I have one request. can you make one video for take print multiple projects in one time without open projects. thanks

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Very difficult workflow, probably not easily done in Dynamo. If I can make something suit it I'll share it in future but might take a while...

[@Satishkumar-lm1sm]

Hi Aussie BIM Guru. Could you please make videos on how to use Dynamo with chat GPT. Thanks.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

I use it for a bit in this video, although generally I would say the forums and dedicated tutorials are much better for learning purposes: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWWzf6CiecSkoas