1. UK Dynamo User Group
South
Venue
26/07/2017

2. Dynamo Clinic Visualising model health with PowerBI Manuela Oddo
BIM Coordinator Ramboll
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3. Objectives How to make the most of Revit latent data
Formatting and processing data
Dashboard – data visualisation
Loop: how to improve the iteration of the process
Source Dynamo Litia Boston
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4. Process Export Revit warnings Analyse project metrics
Extract predefined target data
Visualise project information
DATA  Information
raw
tangible
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5. Data is the key
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6. From input to insight 1 2 3 4 5 6 input variables raw ideas goals
objectives 2
path
link
sort 3
output
shape
solutions 4
acknowledge
improvements
transformation 5
insight
automate
efficiency 6
Sketchpad, a man-machine graphical communication system
I. E. Sutherland (1959)
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7. Workflow
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8. Targets Know the amount of warnings
Assign a rating to the warning types
Parse the warning by levels
Isolate warnings in view (optional)
3rd Part dependencies:
Archi-lab_Grimshaw – Konrad Sobon
Clockwork – Andreas Dieckmann
Spring Nodes – Dimitar Venkov
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9. Step by step v Inputs Handling exception Parse warning by levels
Format lists of warning type and assign rating
Outputs
Format data to write to Excel
Retrieve week number
Write to Excel v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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10. Inputs INPUT: .html, .xls, 3Dview OUTPUT: .xls, 3Dview @MA_o_D
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11. Warning library
Warning types
GRAVITY
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12. All warnings
962 !
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13. Exceptions_before Calculate the flow.. There are disconnects..
Tag is outside the space..
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14. Exceptions EXCEPTIONS: Filter & format warnings Calculate the flow..
There are disconnects..
Tag is outside the space..
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15. Warnings by Type – Rating - Amount
ANALYSIS: compare WARNINGS in EXCEL database and in html list
FORMAT DATA TO OBTAIN THE CORRECT WARNINGS RATING TO BE ASSIGNED
output
monitor/control
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16. Outputs OUTPUT @MA_o_D 26th July 2017
Split long error messages at periods. Get only first sentence
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17. Parse warning by levels
FROM IDs TO LEVELS + REMOVING EMPTY VALUES
SORT LEVELS BY ELEVATION (BOTTOM - UP)
ALL LEVELS IN MODEL
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18. Outputs @MA_o_D 26th July 2017 QUANTUM PER LEVEL
QUANTUM PER LEVEL_ALL LEVELS
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19. Week number
WEEK NUMBER
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20. Data to excel @MA_o_D 26th July 2017 FORMAT DATA TO WRITE TO EXCEL
SHEET NAME BY WEEK NUMBER
FORMAT DATA TO WRITE TO EXCEL
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21. Write to excel Calculate the flow.. There are disconnects..
Tag is outside the space..
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22. Output
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23. Data visualisation refresh visualisation data sources fields pages
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24. Data visualisation
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25. Data visualisation
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26. Data visualisation
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27. Overlapping data Overarching table  Union statement
Create new measures
Calculated columns
DAX
Data Analysis Expressions
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28. Time based data
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29. Enhancements Revit 2017 Revit 2018
Warnings not accessible via Revit API
Warnings accessible via Revit API
Custom nodes based on html file parsing (Archi-lab.net, Spring Nodes…)
PerformanceAdviserRules (from Dynamo v.1.3.0)
Matteo Cominetti Code to batch export html files from Revit
New “Document.GetWarnings()” method in Revit API
Bang! Package by John Pierson 1 1
Source: the Building Coder 2 2 3
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Source: teocomi blog

30. Conclusions 1.39 mins ! 15 sec open revit model 10 export .html 13
(10+3)
run dynamo
graph 1
update excel 60
update
dashboard
1.39 mins !
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31. Thank you !
South
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