Essential Dynamo Topics

Parametric Modelling Introduction.

• Computational design definitions
• Understand parametric design approach
• Different workflows of applying parametric designs in projects
• Latest application of computational designs

Dynamo Interface

• Nodes
• Placing and connecting Dynamo nodes
• Wires
• Groups
• Comments
• Manual and automatic modes

Different types of Data

• Strings
• Doubles
• Integers
• Variables
• Functions

Code Blocks

• Performing math functions

Points and coordinates.

• Creating points.
• Coordinate system
• Vectors

Curves

• Curve
• Polycurve
• Nurbscurve
• Create beams by curves

Surfaces

• Surface Normals, parameters, referencing

Strings

• Reading strings
• Reading text file
• Reading excel file
• Split, joint, capitalize strings
• Applications of using dynamo strings

 Lists

• Create lists
• Remove, add items to list
• List filters
• Functions
• Conditional statements
• List operations
• Complex list with multi levels

Dynamo and Revit.

• Reading Revit Parameters
• Setting Revit parameters

• Placing Revit families with Dynamo

• Create & update Revit elements
• Automate modeling
• Accessing external data

• Dynamo for conceptual masses
• Placing Revit families with Dynamo
• Linking a Dynamo-driven SAT into Revit
• Analyzing geometry

Dynamo Standards and graph management.

• Improve the graph readability
• Commenting the code
• Graph Simplification with List.Map
• Implement Company Standards
• Create Code Templates
• Node to code
• Variables Types

Dynamo Applications & project

• Handling complex geometries
• Multi Scripts management
• Inter-discipline integration and data sharing

Advanced Dynamo topics

Custom Nodes from UI

• Package Manager
• Dynamo graphs distribution best practices
• Publishing a package
• Find a missing package
• Versioning
• Updating exercise

Python Programming Language intro.

• Syntax
• Data types.
• Operations and functions.
• Looping
• If statement
• Code Debugging

IronPython syntax

• Dir() command
• Boolean operations
• Conditional Statements
• Loops
• Functions
• Classes of objects
• Lambda functions
• Comprehensions
• Sorting lists
• Dictionaries
• Typed Arrays
• DesignScript in IronPython
• Try and Except
• Error handling

Revit API intro.

• Namespaces, classes and methods.
• API hierarchy.
• Understanding revit API Docs
• Revit SDK and RevitLookup
• Selection of objects via UI and via DB
• Collections
• Reading a parameter value via API and Dynamo
• Handling Revit internal units and parameters
• Transaction object and Transaction Manager
• Revit Geometry and Dynamo Geometry conversion
• Write a parameter value via API and Dynamo
• Create Detail Item families via Dynamo
• Create Detail Lines via Dynamo
• Edit Revit Elements via IronPython