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effectively as Revit plugin
(PyRevit) or as part of Dynamo
scripts integrated into Dynamo
“Node”.
What characterizes Python is that
it is also a favorite tool in data
science, system automation, API
development, etc. Otherwise, the
first book written to learn
developers on using the Python
programming language is called
“Automate the Boring Stuff.” This
fact simplifies any further
explanation of why Python serves
the domain of BIM workflow
automation, both for operations
in the BIM discipline model and in
a multidisciplinary BIM project
environment.
• The Revit / Excel link is a digital
tool for automating data entry
into the BIM model, as well as for
data processing, different
calculations, and data
visualization of the BIM model
discipline or multidisciplinary BIM
model. The Revit / Excel link can
also be used for an arranged
exchange of data between
different disciplines in a
multidisciplinary BIM workflow.
trying to find the best digital tools
for BIM workflow automation and
optimization.
How Can Process
Automation In The
BIM Workflow Itself
Add Value To The
BIM Workflow And
Bring Savings To
Project Participants?
Process automation in the BIM
workflow itself can bring
significant savings to all
participants, provided that the
regulated data exchange is
predefined in the BIM Execution
Plan (BEP) itself. Discipline
designers and contractors in a
multidisciplinary project then
only have to follow the BIM
requirements, most often set by
the investor.
As I mentioned earlier, besides
the time savings during the BIM
workflow, automation brings
entering specific values into the
BIM model parameters, as well as
in the larger amount of digital
data in the BIM disciplines
generated without the extra
hours spent on manual data
entry.
Before I continue about how
process automation in the BIM
workflow itself can add value to
the project process and bring
savings to project participants, I
need to remember my
colleague’s discussions during
one BIM forum, where he
explained the best way to
excellent optimization and
savings in the BIM workflow.
Namely, he metaphorically
introduced me with the
automation of the BIM workflow
as a long-lasting war, in which to
win, one must win many small
battles. Dynamo and Python
scripts can be taken similarly, as
well as the Revit / Excel link.
It is simply not possible to write a
very complex script and expect it
The digital tools mentioned
above are the most powerful
tools for automating the BIM
workflow. Of course, there are
many more digital tools that are
very useful for successfully
implementing the automation of
the BIM workflow.
However, the goal of the text is
not to present all possible tools
for successful implementation of
BIM workflow automation, but to
give you an idea of what direction
you should be considering when
additional value to the project
itself by minimizing the possibility
of human error when manually
to automatically automate the
complete BIM workflow with the
click of a button.
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