DynaMaps and Revit - Adding Context to Your Models (w/Mostafa)

I have been using Open Street Map data in other software for years to add context to scenes... When I first saw DynaMaps I had to know more about how it was being done INSIDE of Revit...

On the episode of BIM After Dark Live we will be welcoming Mostafa El Ayoubi. Mostafa is an architect and civil engineer. He is the creator of Dynamo packages like DynaMaps and Data-Shapes.

Dynamo is a great place to make different tools and data sources meet and talk to one another, and this is exactly what the DynaMaps package does.

This episode will introduce the genesis of the package and it’s foundations as well as some workflows showing how to get site geometry inside Dynamo and push it to Revit will then be live demoed.

Also, this will be another "crossover" with Paul Aubin and the ChiNamo users group! Come join the fun, ask some questions, and learn something new!


Links Mentioned:
Get a BIMBOX today (don't forget to mention you heard about them from me!) - https://bimbox.bimafterdark.com
Mostafa's Data Shapes website... - https://data-shapes.io/
Follow Mostafa on Twitter -   / data_shapes  
Follow Paul Aubin on Twitter -   / paulfaubin  
Open Street Map Data and Browser - https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15...

TimeStamps
0:00 - Intro
0:21 - BIM BOX
2:00 - Guest Introduction
3:48 - Introduction to DynaMaps
8:08 - DynaMaps Context
8:46 - DynaMaps Package Installation
10:05 - Dynamo Interface
11:57 - DynaMaps Live Nodes
12:33 - Importing Buildings
18:58 - Importing Road Data
20:20 - Topography
22:07 - Importing Trees
24:42 - Project Building on Topography Tool
27:00 - GeomPreview Tool
27:39 - Roads as Surface Tool
31:40 - Polycurves Offset
32:33 - DynaMaps Data Dictionary
35:28 - Civil 3D Supports Dynamo
36:16 - Road Projection on Topography
39:11 - TreesByPoints
43:12 - TopographyByPoints
44:26 - Categories
47:17 - Changing Locations
56:12 - Assigning Materials in Revit
57:39 - Integration between Data Shapes and Dynamaps
1:00:58 - Orchestra Platform
1:06:19 - Importing the File in Revit
1:11:54 - Mostafa Contact Information
1:14:04 - Outro


Here are some links to all of the hardware and software I use:

My Main Revit Computer (BIMBOX) - https://bimbox.bimafterdark.com/
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My Microphone (Blue Yeti USB) - https://amzn.to/3992DYy
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My Camera for Videos and Images (Canon EOS 80D) - https://amzn.to/32zbpg5
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My Webcam for Webinars (Logitech C922X) - https://amzn.to/2wP3AHf
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My Favorite Sketching Pens (Sharpie “Fine”) – https://amzn.to/3c8r8qO
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