Download this package featuring 100+ Dynamo Scripts. Sign up as a member for free to access this download. Note, some of these scripts were created a while ago and may be due for an update. As usual, please review the terms before usage. If you need assistance with the scripts Read more…
Orchid is a must have Dynamo package. It contains a large variety of powerful nodes that can scale your potential in Dynamo. For example, use this orchid node “FamilyDocument.Current” to get the current active family you are editing. Pair the above with the Orchid node “SharedParameter.Add” to add a shared Read more…
Dynamo is rather sensitive to the version you are using. This makes it difficult to stay organized sometimes. At times you may find your script unusable because it was accidentally saved in a later version of Dynamo making it irrecoverable for previous versions. For example, when using the “Categories” node Read more…
Here: C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Dynamo\Dynamo Revit\backup\ Copy and paste the above link into your Windows Explorer. Each Dynamo script has one backup that is created and overwritten whenever a file is saved. Dynamo makes an automatic backup every 1 min your script is open after 5 mins of it being open. To see Read more…
There seems to be a difference between saving a Dynamo Script in Revit 2021 versus Revit 2022. Somehow after saving it in Revit 2022, the same script cannot be opened in Revit 2021, even though they fall within the D2.X versioning. The script actually doesn’t seem to open making it Read more…
Dynamo was created in 2013, and just like Revit, it was not backward compatible. It was vital to pay attention to the version in which the Dynamo script was saved. This is why it is highly recommended to add the applicable version of Dynamo to your script name. See table Read more…
Are you having an issue exporting to Excel even though your Dynamo is up to date? Solution? Reinstall Microsoft Excel. Thank you to the Dynamo community for this solution. https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/export-to-excel-not-working/64475/2
Always remember to Sync and Save before running a Dynamo Script. No matter how simple or complicated a Dynamo Script could be, you never know if you’ll running into an error or an infinite loop, and the next thing you know Revit crashes. Suddenly you’re scrambling to find a back-up Read more…
To Import data from Excel you can use the out-of-the-box Import node in Dynamo. For Dynamo version 2.x, search “excel” in the search bar and find the node [ImportExcel]. For Dynamo version 1.x, search for “excel” and find the node [ReadFromFile]. To simplify this post, we will only focus on Read more…
When dealing with data in Dynamo you may find that it’s very difficult to review the results limited by the Dynamo interface. To improve the visualization of large amounts of data, one of the best ways to review the results is to export the data to an Excel sheet which Read more…