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Dynamo Open Source driven by you, the User

Hello Dynamo people! Today we take a slightly different tack in our blogversation (Oof, what a mouthful), diving a bit into how we cultivate and curate ideas and who ultimately drives the decisions behind what we do (Hint: It's you!). Looking back over the past couple of years, we will explore a mountain of requests from the Dynamo user base, wh

Driving Revit Elements with Generative Design

Single Objective Optimization for an Umbrella's Orientation Based on Solar Analysis Results Since the introduction of Generative Design in Revit (GDIR), we have been able to communicate with Revit models in really great ways. With this ability to read and write, we gained a new button on the GDIR window. Gener

Space Planning in Dynamo with DynaSpace – Using Generative Design in Revit

This post serves as a bit of a follow-up to Long's previous post here, Space Planning in Dynamo with DynaSpace. Since that original blog post, there have been a few updates to DynaSpace (included in DynaShape) to enable functionality in Generative Design in Revit (GDIR). As you may know, DynaSpace typically allows the user to manipulate the g

Office Space Design in the COVID Era

If you didn't catch Colin McCrone's excellent blog posts on Covid Office Occupancy or you did but were overwhelmed by his Dynamo wizardry, you can see him explain this work at a presentation at last night's ChiNamo User Group Meeting. The presentation includes and overview of Generative Design in Revit by me, and then a deep dive into using Dyn

Why has Dynamo Switched to Python 3, Should I Update Too?

Since the introduction of Python 3 in 2008, Python 2 and 3 have been supported side-by-side by the Python Software Foundation (PSF) and the broader Python Community. This stopped on January 1st, 2020 when Python 2 support from the PSF officially ended. Why did we need to change the Python version? Dynamo, and many other C#-based