04 January, 2018

WHAT IS DYNAMO?

Dynamo is a free open source program from Autodesk that uses visual programming. Dynamo primarily does two tasks.

1. Creates its own geometry with parametric relationships.
2. Reads and writes to and from external databases.

Thats it? Yes!

Since Dynamo creates its own geometry and reads and writes to external databases it is a perfect fit to interact with Revit because....isnt Revit simply a database with parametric geometry? Dynamo is a stand alone program but it could be used as an "add-on" to Revit.

Dynamo reads and writes back data to and from the Revit database via the Revit api. The data could be just about anything, parameter values, family geometry, family placement. 

Just about any Revit user could learn Dynamo (since it uses visual programming it is very simple to learn) they could access the Revit api and perform simple tasks that only could have previously been performed with writing an add-on or writing a macro with .net language for Revit.
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