Dynamo Studio Uses The Revit Api

With the ability to create your own nodes use python and download packages dynamo is almost as easy as it can be.

Dynamo studio uses the revit api. If you know how to code start with revit macros in this post we ll cover option 1 and learn some basics on how dynamo can help you tap into the revit api without writing a single line of code. In this course we explore the common daily uses of dynamo extension for revit software to improve project team. The revit api is a net api. If you have ever thought that there must be a better way or your ears perk up when you hear the phrase there s an app for that this will retain your attention.

This course assumes that you are learning to program for the first time. The below code uses an excel spreadsheet as an input and then creates materials based on the name and colour r g b value from the spreadsheet. By using this method to access the api we can achieve pretty much anything using dynamo. Dynamo running in revit is sandbox with access to the revit model revit api and uses revit s authorization for cloud services.

In part one of this series i shared some insight on how beginners can get started with the revit api in summary i made two recommendations. Dynamo accesses the normal revit net api via net so it will definitely never be faster than a non dynamo revit api add in. Dynamo and dynamo player are great user friendly tools that are being used more and more every day. Since dynamo works on top of the revit api it will enable you to learn the correct way to think.

Dynamo is most often used to analyze bim data automate repetitive documentation tasks and exchange data. P this video introduces you to dynamo a visual programming tool for bim models. If you don t know how to code use dynamo 2. Often project teams find themselves executing repetitive work in relation to drafting data entry and coordination.

However dynamo studio cannot work with revit interactively and. Does anybody know how i can make my own button in reivt or the ribbon that runs a specific dynamo script. Autodesk dynamo studio is the core technology with autodesk s geometry tools and access to cloud services without any other software prerequisites. Yes definitely dynamo and the revit api work in a same way internally.

Now in revit 2017 1 revit is equiped with a dynamo player so apperently someone at autodesk knows how to run dynamo scripts in the revit api. Dynamo is a visual programming tool that works with revit. View profile view forum posts private message junior member join date june 6 2016. All access to it is via net.

Creating revit add ins using c programming language for example means learning how to code but also how to code with the revit api. You can follow along in either dynamo for revit or dynamo studio. This is programming and i am not going to say it is easy but it is great to know that dynamo is very expandable.