Hello. I created this thread to gather ideas about Revit plugins. I want to create my own button using pyRevit, and I have a couple of Dynamo scripts that I use regularly, but I can count them on the fingers of one hand. I’d like to ask the members of this forum to share their ideas about scripts. What kind of scripts do you think could automate an engineer’s work or help them complete tasks? Any ideas are welcome, from a simple link to a folder to large automated scripts. Ideally, of course, ideas related to HVAC and MEP, since that’s my field. But it would also be great to get ideas related to “Design,” “Construction,” and “Architecture.”
I can only create scripts using Python and Dynamo.
Yess!
You can absolutely create add-ins using Pyrevit. Just make sure you create the correct folder contains dynamo file .dyn or python file .py and load it into Pyrevit.
You can learn how to create directories by pressing “ALT + Click to Button” on the menu bar; the directory corresponding to the script will appear.
Refer to the Pyrevit forum or YouTube link, there are many options available.
I’d suggest trawling the forums using search to see the types of topics/challenges engineers are facing, which in turn will probably give some ideas of useful problems to solve. I assume you’re already supporting day to day tasks, identify which of those might be automated scalabley for the most immediate organizational value.
Most engineering firms seem to develop a lot of automation around structural connections and reinforcement given they are quite timely/repetitive tasks. For MEP network analysis and automated fixture placement/layout is a popular and complex domain to explore, as well as asset data population/tagging for jobs in construction/handover phases.
