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Let's Face It. Connecting Nodes Sucks.

I remember back in College I foolishly decided to dive into a generative design studio. I set out to use grasshopper for the first time....

Why Your Company's Design Process is Broken

Ever wonder why we do things the way we do them in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Industry? Have you ever become...

AutoTagging with Dynamo

Automating documentation with Dynamo can prove to be much more powerful than any out of the box methods. This image below shows a simple...

BIM for Interiors: Tips & Tricks for High End Luxury Design

Back to basics, what is BIM? It's a project strategy that uses a digital model, representing a digital pre- construction of the building,...

No Dimension Line? No Problem

Every so often, we come across BIM documentation that looks like this: The GIF above shows a conduit center line. Many have had to use a...

An Architectural Designers Top 5 Virtual Reality Experiences

To understand nature and our environment, humans began their quest by drawing on cave walls to reproduce the world in which they sat....

Iterative Design With Dynamo Packages

Ryan Cameron with DLR Group invited John and I on the Dynamo Next show to discuss form rationalization and computational design with...

Autodesk University Classes Now Open!

It's official! Autodesk University Las Vegas registration is open and classes are filling up! Are you going? EvolveLAB will definitely...

Remove Recent Files List In Revit

Calling all Revit users. Ever have the need to have to present to a client, or a 3rd party, using the Revit software, but really don’t...

Artificial Intelligence Vs. Machine Learning

Article Review on Artficial Intelligence vs. Machine Learning. "This video is part of the story, What Is Machine Learning? It's a Path...

Convert Grasshopper To Revit Geometry

During this Vlog, I will go through the process of converting grasshopper geometry to REAL revit components using the Add-in Hummingbird...

Rock Your Revit Template

EvolveLAB helps Architects, Engineers, and Contractors build and optimize their Revit template. Most people struggle a little bit with...

DynamoThoughts-Beaker

Bill Debevc with Dynamo Thoughts interviewed our very own John Pierson to talk about "What is the Dynamo Beaker Package?". #RevitBIM...

Designing a Mayan Theme Park With BIM

You can't model that in Revit. Revit is not good for presentations or for design. How many times have we heard these comments or...

Managing Disruption

With advancements in generative design, software algorithms, and robotic construction, our current processes are going to be changing...

Implications for Rule-Based Modeling

With advancements in generative design, software algorithms, and robotic construction, our current processes are going to be changing...

(FormIt + Dynamo + Revit) * Project Fractal

It is not just about a single monolithic product these days. For all of us in AEC, we know the name of the game is getting a bunch of...

Prefabricate Your Pet

There is a lot of hype these days about 3d printing and prefabrication in general. There are many advantages including lower...

EvolveLAB Announces Dynamo Package Beaker!

EvolveLAB is excited to announce the EvolveLAB beaker package for Dynamo! Beaker aims to add practical and functional nodes to the Dynamo...

Renaming Families With Dynamo

I recently was working on a Revit template, and wanted to rename a lot families within the template. Now I could go through the manual...