Top 5 Most Popular Posts of 2024

general revit update Dec 13, 2024

2024 is almost over.

This year, Revit Pure evolved into BIM Pure. We've fully rebranded and launched a new membership learning platform. Here are some quick stats:

910k page views
408k unique visitors
900 new BIM Pure paid members
20 BIM Pure Live events
16 Live Masterclasses for members
4 new courses
2 family collections

Special Year-End Live Episode:

The end of 2024 is almost here! Join Nicolas Catellier (BIM Pure), Gavin Crump (Aussie BIM Guru), and Dana de Filippi (Danamo) for a casual discussion about the state of BIM and AEC tech. We'll discuss:

🍾 Our favorite apps of the year
🍾 The best and worst of BIM in 2024
🍾 Things to look forward to in 2025
🍾 Talking about hobbies, favorite music, movies, books of the year.

📅 Date: December 18th at 8 PM EST

Most popular live episodes:

1- AI in AEC with Stjepan Mikulic

Stjepan is a former BIG employee turned into an AI guru. He started his "AI in AEC" company this year and has been crushing it. He is one of the most enthusiastic people I had on the show. Our episode was fun, insightful, and focused on the real potential of AI.

2- 12 Years Worth of Dynamo & Revit tricks with Marcello Sgambelluri

Marcello is an award-winning speaker. In our session, we discussed how he got started in the industry and the story of his legendary elephant. He also shared a collection of tips about Dynamo and Revit.

3- Mastering pyRevit with Jean-Marc Couffin

I love pyRevit. We all love pyRevit. Ehsan Iran-Nejad originally started this fantastic free plugin for Revit, but a team of power users took the torch and are keeping up the development. Jean-Marc came in to discuss recent developments and tools you might have missed. I guarantee you'll pick something helpful from this one.

4- Mastering AI for Revit Add-ins with Michael Kilkelly

A few years ago, Michael came in to talk about C# plugin development in Revit. The landscape has profoundly changed ever since, with AI becoming dominant in coding. Michael returned to showcase how he uses Claude to accelerate the development of new Revit add-ins.

5- Revit MEP Families Tricks with Ryan Schalk

People have been requesting an MEP special episode for years. Ryan Schalk delivered the goods with advanced Revit tips for various MEP components.

BIM Pure Membership: 900 subscribers

We've recently reached 900 subscribers on the BIM Pure membership. Wow!

New content on BIM Pure Membership in 2024:

We're constantly adding new content to the membership, including downloads, courses, families, and live events. Here is all we've released this year:

Courses:

Heroic Families Course for Revit

I've been working on this Revit family course for years. It is the ultimate resource to became an expert Revit family creator.

BIM for Landscape 101

Nehama is a fantastic teacher, and she was an obvious choice to lead the first BIM Master Session mini-course with a guest expert. This is a non-technical course that explains the intersection of BIM and landscape. Nehama explains the key landscape principles that apply to all BIM modeling tools.

Culture Beats Technology

Since our BIM Pure Live event, I've been fascinated by Mercedes' unique brain and way of thinking. At /Slantis, she has built a unique company culture focusing on tech innovation. This is a short 25-minute mini-course about how to implement a strong culture in your organization.

Develop a Custom Revit Toolbar

Erik is an incredible perfectionist who crushed the mini-course we've built together. In this one, Erik teaches how to combine Python + pyRevit to create a custom Revit toolbar.

Downloads:

Revit Doors Collection

Revit Windows Collection

Building doors/windows collection has been on my to-do list for years. We finally completed a collection of lean, efficient, powerful, strong, and easy-to-use doors and windows.

With the membership, we listen to user requests. We'll add more doors + windows in the coming year.

Live Masterclasses

Our goal with the membership was to have live events with various experts instead of just pre-recorded courses. We have hosted 16 live events in 2024, on various topics such as Revit families, ACC, model health, coordinates, casework families, and more.

The topics are often based on topics requested by the community.

You can see the full list of past and upcoming live events here: https://www.bimpure.com/masterclasses

1000 messages on The Gardens community

With the launch of BIM Pure, we opened a private, exclusive members community. Users can get assistance and guidance on their ongoing issues with BIM and Revit. We also discuss requests for new content on the membership. We've recently crossed 1000 messages! Thanks to the awesome community.

BIM Pure Group Admin Portal

Larger companies asked for a way to easily manage users who were added to the BIM Pure membership. We've created a platform where it is easy to select a number of users and subscribe. Then, you can add/revoke users to the BIM Pure platform.

We plan to expand this platform next year with analytics, learning paths, and more.

BIM & Beyond

In 2024, we've also collaborated with Agustina Aboy on a post called "BIM & Beyond". This is a publication about new trends and apps in the BIM + AEC tech space. Read the first article here:

https://www.bimpure.com/blog/bim-and-beyond-vol1

2025 Vision

We are already working on new courses and content for 2025. This is an incomplete list of courses you can expect:

Mastering Autodesk Construction Cloud for Revit Projects
Introduction to Open-BIM
AI for BIM Managers

New families & downloads: We're also expanding the Revit doors & windows collection, improving and updating the Revit PRO template, and adding a new Revit casework families collection.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg! More content and courses will soon be announced. Members will be treated well.

Return to beginner & design topics: This year, the YouTube channel and blog focused on advanced strategies for Revit families and BIM management. Next year, we want to return to beginner topics, modeling, and renderings. We also want to create a series of "1-minute" quick tutorials.

AU 2024

Autodesk University in San Diego was a complete blast! It was a thrill to meet everyone. Looking forward to returning to Nashville.

The BIM Pure Team

Special thanks to members of the BIM Pure team:

Elizabeth Morin

Elizabeth has been working with BIM Pure since 2021. Her help has been essential in preparing the BIM Pure live episodes, graphic design, transcription, and improving the website.

Julio Polo

Julio is an amazing Revit C# developer. He has been essential to helping our consulting clients with developing Dynamo scripts and custom C# Revit plugins.

Delfina Cocciardi

Delfina is a video editor and social media specialist. She runs our Instagram page. She is also the reason we've been able to release shorts and clips of the live episodes.

Thank you!

None of this would be possible without you, dear reader. Thanks for being here. Happy 2025!

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