Python with Dynamo and Revit?

Question

Is anyone using Python with Dynamo and Revit? How to start with this? It seems quite different (more complex) than all these exercises here.

Answer 1

Just starting to use both with Revit. You are correct, it's much more complex than the introductory courses offered here. It is however, a good segue into dynamo and writing custom programs for Revit to run routine tasks.

There is a program called PyRevit that is more intuitive and made specifically for Revit. I don't know much either, I mainly watch YouTube and Autodesk University videos.

https://www.autodesk.com/autodesk-university/au-online?query=dynamo
This is a pretty good place to start with AU ... they have a wealth of info on there

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-0THIvKRd6n7T2a5aKYaGg
This is PyRevit ... I don't know much about this one but maybe check it out.

https://atgusa.com/
Another good resource for Revit / Dynamo

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0rFxNhab6dldusu3XUZebQ/videos
This is a good resource for what dynamo can do for you. Not so much a how to python/dynamo. But worth checking out.

That's mostly where I go for information. I'm still in the beginning stages of learning how to incorporate them into my work.

Good luck, hope this helps.

Answer 2

Thiru, there are a lot of sources for dynamo online:

https://primer.dynamobim.org/en/

This is a good course to start with, covers a lot of info.

As far a syntax for dynamo written in python, you're going to find that a bit more challenging. Revit is created using C# which is how most custom nodes are written. You might get some deeper insight by checking out this video from pyrevit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfCn7OrY_-A

he covers the API comparison of C# to Python code.

If you're following Amoursol on Github you may want to also consider

https://gist.github.com/eirannejad

he's quite knowledgeable as well and created the pyrevit add in.

Another good resource is:

https://github.com/johnpierson/RhythmForDynamo

Rhythm For Dynamo, he writes custom nodes for dynamo in C# though. But you can download a package of them to use in your work.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

Mark Thank you. I will look at these.

Answer 4

Hi, i'm also started. have you found any idea about how to learn syntaxs for dynamo python. However i'm follow Amoursol in github

https://github.com/Amoursol/dynamoPython?files=1

This files may help you..

Answer 5

Great!!! Thank you mark... I realise many things have to learn. Please keep on touch..