What is Dynamo?
Dynamo is an open-source software platform for computational design and building information modelling (BIM). Through a friendly visual interface, construct logic routines to smooth and automate workflows, find optimum solutions, and sift through design options.Dynamo is also a visual programming tool that works with Revit. Dynamo extends the power of Revit by providing access to the Revit API (Application Programming Interface) in a more accessible manner. Rather than typing code, with Dynamo you create programs by manipulating graphic elements called “nodes”. It’s an approach to programming better suited for visually oriented types, like architects, designers, and engineers.
In Dynamo, each node performs a specific task. Nodes have inputs and outputs. The outputs from one node are connected to inputs on another using “wires”. The program or “graph” flows from node to node through the network of wires. The result is a graphic representation of the steps required to achieve the end design.
Some popular (and extremely useful) packages include archi-lab, Clockwork, data-shapes, Lunchbox, and Rhythm.
#dynamoBIM
Dynamo Nodes Write by another Programming language and we can connect them to make desirable Workflow or flowchart or algorithm. We should think about what we want and draw our flowchart and then connect the correct node together to make a result. we can use Custom nodes as modules and Packages as new modules library that make by other people. also, we can make our own node with Python and Designscript language into the new nodes or make Custom nodes for use later.
Dynamo has multiple components to it. Dynamo means different things to different people in different contexts. So, when people refer to “Dynamo” they could mean any number of things. All of the following are correct:
Dynamo is a visual programming/scripting TOOL. Dynamo has a UI that users can interact with that allows them to place graphical elements on a canvas to build algorithms without having to know the ins/outs of a programming language.
Dynamo is a visual programming ENGINE. Dynamo has a backend that computes the algorithms that users have built using the front-end TOOL mentioned above.
Dynamo is a visual programming LANGUAGE. Dynamo has its own scripting language called DesignScript that you can leverage in Code Block Nodes and/or if you decide to develop your own nodes. You can call most of the nodes found in the Dynamo UI using DesignScript inside Code Blocks.
What can you do with Dynamo?
Dynamo features a very similar node-based interface as Grasshopper. However, Dynamo is built on top of a very different platform and API... and that fact is the key to its potential novelty and relevance. Here are some thoughts on where I see Dynamo offering unique opportunities for the design team:- Customize Revit: Up front, Dynamo lets users build automation routines for Revit without the need to learn the Revit API (a challenge, to be sure!). This opens up numerous opportunities for users of Revit to customize their workflow with a significantly reduced learning curve.
- Control Model Information: As Building Information Modeler, the real power of Revit is not in pure geometry creation, but in how you can track and control model information. Dynamo lets users design systematic relationships for manipulating model elements and parameters that would be otherwise impossible with conventional Revit tools.
- Design with BIM: BIM is often put in the box of being only for 'production'... not for designing. Dynamo has the potential to turn this preconception on its head and allow designers to explore iterative frameworks in the context of a BIM tool.
In Dynamo, each node performs a specific task. Nodes have inputs and outputs. The outputs from one node are connected to inputs on another using “wires”. The program or “graph” flows from node to node through the network of wires. The result is a graphic representation of the steps required to achieve the end design.
Some popular (and extremely useful) packages include archi-lab, Clockwork, data-shapes, Lunchbox, and Rhythm.
#dynamoBIM
Dynamo Nodes Write by another Programming language and we can connect them to make desirable Workflow or flowchart or algorithm. We should think about what we want and draw our flowchart and then connect the correct node together to make a result. we can use Custom nodes as modules and Packages as new modules library that make by other people. also, we can make our own node with Python and Designscript language into the new nodes or make Custom nodes for use later.
Dynamo has multiple components to it. Dynamo means different things to different people in different contexts. So, when people refer to “Dynamo” they could mean any number of things. All of the following are correct:
Dynamo is a visual programming/scripting TOOL. Dynamo has a UI that users can interact with that allows them to place graphical elements on a canvas to build algorithms without having to know the ins/outs of a programming language.
Dynamo is a visual programming ENGINE. Dynamo has a backend that computes the algorithms that users have built using the front-end TOOL mentioned above.
Dynamo is a visual programming LANGUAGE. Dynamo has its own scripting language called DesignScript that you can leverage in Code Block Nodes and/or if you decide to develop your own nodes. You can call most of the nodes found in the Dynamo UI using DesignScript inside Code Blocks.
- Customize Revit: Up front, Dynamo lets users build automation routines for Revit without the need to learn the Revit API (a challenge, to be sure!). This opens up numerous opportunities for users of Revit to customize their workflow with a significantly reduced learning curve.
- Control Model Information: As Building Information Modeler, the real power of Revit is not in pure geometry creation, but in how you can track and control model information. Dynamo lets users design systematic relationships for manipulating model elements and parameters that would be otherwise impossible with conventional Revit tools.
- Design with BIM: BIM is often put in the box of being only for 'production'... not for designing. Dynamo has the potential to turn this preconception on its head and allow designers to explore iterative frameworks in the context of a BIM tool.
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