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Read Revit parameter data with Dynamo

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Read Revit parameter data with Dynamo

- [Instructor] Now that our roadmap to automate this room numbering task is complete, let's get started in Dynamo. In my Revit window, I'm going to click on my Manage tab, where I should find the button to launch Dynamo. If you're in Revit 2016 or an earlier version, you'll find this Dynamo button under the Add-ins tab instead of Manage. Let's go ahead and start a new workspace. Remember from our roadmap, we need to begin by bringing every room object in the Revit file into Dynamo, and then read its current room number and what level it's on. Let's start in the Revit Selection section of the Node Library, where we'll find a Select All Elements of Category node. And we'll drop it onto the canvas. Since this node takes a Revit category as an input, let's also drop in a Categories node. I'll go ahead and scroll to the Rooms category, and plug it into the input for All Elements of Category. I'll also drop in a Watch node, so I can see the data coming out of Select All Elements of…

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