"The Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
- Lao Tzu

My first steps

Five years ago I was sitting at my desk when I heard that we need to redesign the facade on 114m tall high-rise project.

The Idea was to Place large panels to follow a curve and smaller panels in between. It was clear that we needed computational design tool like Dynamo.

'Q-Tower Wien' by RLP Rüdiger Lainer + Partner

By that point I already knew a little about Dynamo, but I didn't believe that I could do it on my own...

​

However, I was the only person who knew anything about Dynamo, so I decided to try it anyway.

​

And after a few days of constant trial and error, I managed to create a proof of concept. It was game on!

It was not perfect, but it was already more than I expected!

The Big Problem

Once I had a proof of concept, I focused on improving it.

​

After numerous trials and errors, I had an even bigger spaghetti monster in Dynamo, but I improved one step at the time.

​

But there was one big issue.

​

The script took 40 minutes to run. So every time I made any changes I had to take a walk... It was very annoying.

​

But, it sounded reasonable time to place 15,000 panels. It would take me a week to do it manually, so I considered it a win.

​

But then I noticed that one node was slowing everything down. I couldn't find any replacement, so the solution was a custom Python node with Revit API. Scary, but necessary.

​

I don't know how, but thanks to many forums and examples, I made my custom Python node. It was horrible code, but it worked.

​

And Result?

​

The script now took only 40 seconds!

​
By fixing a single node, I improved the script runtime by 6000%!

Once you get a result like this you start to pay attention.

The big realization

I broke my previous belief that Revit API was hard.

​

Now, I've experienced first-hand what kind of return it gives and I made it without knowing python...

​

And so my Revit API journey began.

Learning Revit API

After we finished that project, I started using more python nodes.

​

I still didn't know Revit API basics I needed. I was learning everything on the go. But I kept trying.

​

If a task would take 5 hours but coding took 10, I would always try to code(Just, don't tell my boss that).

​

But the next time the same task would take me minutes instead of hours. So it was all worth it.

​

Also, I'm not going to lie: I failed to create a lot of scripts. But I always learnt something new. And over long enough, I learnt a lot about Revit API!

​

And once you nail the basics of python and Revit API, it actually becomes really fun.

Switching to pyRevit

Then one day, I was introduced to pyRevit. Initially, I was very skeptical, and I didn't want to learn anything new.

​

But soon I realized how much value it provides:

• pyRevit is Open-Source

• Many Reusable Functions for Beginners

• Easy to create custom Extension

• Includes a lot of free tools

• Great Community

• Absolutely Free

​

Too good to be true... But it is!

​

I started to learn more about pyRevit and I loved everything I found about it.

​

This was also around the time I had issues with Dynamo, and I had to use the classic programmer's response:

So, I focused more on pyRevit instead.

Fast Forward to Today

Since switching to pyRevit, I’ve continued to create more tools and learn even more about Revit API and python.

​

There was not enough resources or tutorials, and unfortunately no Chat GPT back then.

​

So I had to learn everything the hard way, by spending countless evening searching for simple answers.

​

💡 But you don't have to!

​

Because I decided to give back to the community and I will provide you everything that you need to get started in no time.

🙋‍♂️Becoming an Expert

It has been 3 years since I started teaching and sharing code and I've managed to become the go-to Expert about pyRevit and Revit API.

​

I've Shared:

• More than 100 tutorials about Revit API

• Hundreds of different scripts

• Wrote 2 Free E-Books,

• Created StarterKits

• Spoke at a few BIM Summits

• and made a whole platform - LearnRevitAPI​

I've made all of that to make Revit API as simple as possible to learn. And I'm not done yet!

Want to Learn More?

Make sure you put this email to your primary inbox to never miss next ones.

👇Drag the email to Primary like this👇

​