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Pawel Baran edited this page Apr 10, 2020 · 11 revisions

Note: It is highly recommended to switch to Manual mode when working with Dynamo and BHoM. Besides that, it is worth having a look at Using the BHoM section before reading this page.

Having the adapter successfully set up, one can start interacting with Revit. It is a good . Pull behaves like a standard Dynamo component, so can be placed on canvas with a right click action (or by selection from side menu). Request, on the other hand, is a solely BHoM type, therefore it requires using CreateObject component (CreateRequest is currently on prototype stage and does not capture all Requests).

The example below shows a simple exercise of pulling all Revit elements that can be converted into BHoM IFramingElements (which capture both columns and framing). There is a few details that might be worth noticing:

  • FilterByBHoMType expects a type and not an instance. In Revit language, the user is expected to provide a element type and not the element itself. Therefore, CreateType component is being used.
  • Explode is a general use component that allows to quickly see all properties of any BHoM object. It is very useful and can be applied almost anywhere.
  • Pull will not run as long as it is not activated (active == true).
  • The pull component is turning orange indicating that it threw a warning. This is often acceptable, although should never be left unnoticed.

Pull in Dynamo

More examples is available in Pull examples page.

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