Formwork Calculation with Revit Dynamo

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This is less simple than you might think. To get started with Dynamo, you can take a look here:
http://dynamoprimer.com/en/01_Introduction/1_introduction.html
You can also read this for a start:

Calculating Formwork for columns

Hi, So I am working on a project in which I need to calculate the vertical sides of the Columns, for Formwork calculations. It is pretty simple actually… The only complicated part was actually arranging it based on floors as required for my Project. But Now my Problem is the Surface area it gives me is much more than the actual number, funnily enough the number of surfaces are ok and if I delete all other floors and keep one floor then it seems to calculate correctly… What could be the reason? A…

…and of course online available resources:

FormWork in Revit with Dynamo

http://au.autodesk.com/au-online/classes-on-demand/class-catalog/2015/revit-for-construction/cs10612#chapter=0