Learn how to make optimum use of your BIM data using Dynamo to make better design decisions and create feature-rich dashboards using Power BI to track your model's data
Key Features:
A go-to guide for AEC professionals to analyze and manage their data
Explore popular use cases and best practices from experts around the world
Create efficient dashboards using Dynamo and Power BI
Book Description:
Business intelligence software has rapidly spread its roots in the AEC industry during the last few years. This has happened due to the presence of rich digital data in BIM models whose datasets can be gathered, organized, and visualized through software such as Autodesk Dynamo BIM and Power BI.
Managing and Visualizing Your BIM Data helps you understand and implement computer science fundamentals to better absorb the process of creating Dynamo scripts and visualizing the collected data on powerful dashboards. This book provides a hands-on approach and associated methodologies that will have you productive and up and running in no time. After understanding the theoretical aspects of computer science and related topics, you will focus on Autodesk Dynamo to develop scripts to manage data. Later, the book demonstrates four case studies from AEC experts across the world. In this section, you'll learn how to get started with Autodesk Dynamo to gather data from a Revit model and create a simple C# plugin for Revit to stream data on Power BI directly. As you progress, you'll explore how to create dynamic Power BI dashboards using Revit floor plans and make a Power BI dashboard to track model issues.
By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to develop a script to gather a model's data and visualize datasets in Power BI easily.
What You Will Learn:
Understand why businesses across the world are moving toward data-driven models
Build a data bridge between BIM models and web-based dashboards
Get to grips with Autodesk Dynamo with the help of multiple step-by-step exercises
Focus on data gathering workflows with Dynamo
Connect Power BI to different datasets
Get hands-on experience in data management, analysis, and visualization techniques with guidance from experts across the world
Who this book is for:
This book is for BIM managers, BIM coordinators, design technology managers, and all AEC professionals who want to learn Autodesk Dynamo to analyze, manage, and visualize their BIM data as well as understand some associated computer science topics. You need to have a background in BIM and knowledge of what a BIM model is to make the most of this book.
Bottiglieri, Manuel André: - Manuel Andrè Bottiglieri is a full stack BIM developer at Lombardini22. Having graduated in architecture, he works as BIM developer and system integrator in the research and development team at Lombardini22. He deals with information modeling, custom APIs, cloud services, and full stack development to process, analyze, and share data through digital models. He is an enthusiast of coding, IoT, big data, and business intelligence, and is a member of the BIM User Group Italy (BUG Italy).
Crump, Gavin: - Gavin Crump is the owner of, and a BIM consultant at, BIM Guru. Having worked in many architectural firms over the past 10 years as a BIM manager, Gavin opened his BIM consulting firm, BIM Guru, at the start of 2020. Launching off the back of his YouTube efforts on the Aussie BIM Guru channel, his focus has shifted toward educating all levels of AEC professionals about software-based workflows, computational design, and how they can navigate the industry from a BIM perspective.
Pellegrino, Ernesto: - Ernesto Pellegrino has background experience in computer science, start-ups, and web application development. He graduated in architecture from Roma Tre University. During the last 5 years, companies such as Microsoft and Autodesk have recognized him for contributing to their R&D projects. Also, Ernesto has been a speaker at national events dedicated to design technologies several times. The connection between computer science and academic knowledge has led to him being head of R&D in one of the most well-known Italian architecture and engineering firms, La SIA SpA.
