Description
Railway systems have complex rules to follow during the design phase, and their automation is highly required due to the massive and systematic work that needs to be done, and the very detailed list of materials necessary. The catenary system is one of the most complex systems in railway. Using Civil 3D, Revit, and Dynamo software, we can automate the design process and create the best workflow—which we'll demonstrate in this session, including complex parametric families, and automatic section views for each mast with dimensions. We'll also demonstrate some other systems' design automation, like CCTV and the automatic creation of camera field-of-vision 3D views for the train driver and metro station platform cameras to achieve the best installation criteria and avoid rework during construction phase. Plus, we'll explore how to convert all of these scripts to plug-in buttons with pyRevit.
Key Learnings
- Identify the power of Dynamo scripts in Civil3D and Revit for Catenary, CCTV, Tunnels prefabricated concrete voussoirs in Railway projects & convert them to Plugins with PyRevit.
- Create complex parametric families and integrate information to produce detailed list of materials.
- Identify the best design workflows and use IFC Interpretability between Civil3D and Revit.