Computational BIM Advanced Workshop

Ritesh Chandawar, Matt Jezyk, Aparajit Pratap, Racel Williams

Dynamo Team
dynamobim.org

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 Who We Are
Ritesh Chandawar, Dynamo Product Owner and QA
@RiteshChandawar

Aparajit Pratap, Senior Software Engineer

@aparajit_Pratap

Racel Williams, Dynamo Interaction Designer

@RacelWilliams

Matt Jezyk, Dynamo Engineering Manager

@mattjezyk

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 Schedule
08:30 - 09:15 Welcome
09:15 - 10:00 Organize, Manipulate, Replicate
10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:00 More Lists
11:00 - 12:00 Working with Revit Geometry
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:00 External Data Sources
14:00 - 15:00 DesignScript & Going Beyond the Node
15:00 - 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 - 16:00 T-Splines & Meshes
16:00 - 17:00 Analysis Workflows
17:00 - 17:30 Q & A (Stump the Chump)
17:30 - 18:30 Reception

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 Level Setting
Got Skills?
Traditional Programming?
Visual Programming?
BIM, CAD?
Domains?

Expectations
Intermediate / Expert Revit familiarity
Beginner / Intermediate Dynamo familiarity

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 Datasets
From the Package Manager
Open Revit
Open Dynamo In Manage Tab
Settings > Manage Node and
Package Paths > Make Desktop
folder
Packages > Search for a
Package> Workshop
AU2016 Advanced Workshop

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 DP23097 - Design Computation Symposium
Wednesday, 1-4:30pm
Palazzo L, Level 5
Phil Bernstein - Architect, Autodesk
Max Oglesbee - Head of Client Strategy,
Intersection
Ryan Welch - Other, KieranTimberlake
Fred Martin - Professor, University of
Massachusetts Lowell
Martha Tsigkari - Partner, Foster +
Partners
Rajaa Issa - Software Developer, Robert
McNeel & Associates
Valentin Heun - PhD Student, MIT
Media Lab

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 Dynamo After Hours
When:
Wednesday, November 16th,
2016, 9PM - 12AM
Where:
Chayo Mexican Kitchen + Tequila
Bar - Located in The LINQ, 3545 S
Las Vegas Blvd (next to AU party)
Who:
People who love Dynamo or
computational design

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 Dynamo is a Computation Platform Dynamo on the Web

Dynamo in FormIt

Dynamo in Revit

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 Dynamo For Revit

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 Dynamo for FormIt

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 Dynamo For Advance Steel
Dynamo For Advance
2017 R2
Steel
Computational Design
connected to AutoCAD
based Structural Steel
modeling environment.

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 Use Cases

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 Use Cases

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 Use Cases

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 Use Cases
CAD to BIM at Snohetta
vasshaug.net

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 Use Cases

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 Use Cases

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 Use Cases

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 Use Cases

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 Use Cases

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 Use Cases
BIM to Fabrication Drawings

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 Sharing

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 Dynamo Player

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 Clockwork
SteamNodes
archi-lab.net Clockwork Rhynamo
Bakery SteamNodes Mantis Shrimp
Rebar archi-lab.net DynamoWorks
BumbleBee Bakery
DynaBleau Rebar
Raindrops
Structural Analysis for Dynamo
Rhynamo
Ladybug
Mantis Shrimp
DynaWorks
BumbleBee
DynaBleau
Structural Analysis for Dynamo
Ladybug Raindrops MeshToolkit
MeshToolkit BecauseWeDynamo
BecauseWeDynamo

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 SteamNodes
archi-lab.net
Bakery
Rebar
BumbleBee
DynaBleau
Raindrops
Rhynamo
Mantis Shrimp
DynaWorks
Structural Analysis for Dynamo
Ladybug
MeshToolkit
BecauseWeDynamo

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 SteamNodes
archi-lab.net
Bakery
Rebar
BumbleBee
DynaBleau
Raindrops
Rhynamo
Mantis Shrimp
DynaWorks
https://github.com/CAAD-RWTH/Clockw
Structural Analysis for Dynamo
Ladybug
orkForDynamo
MeshToolkit ~370 nodes
BecauseWeDynamo Great for Math, lists, geometry,
paneling, Revit
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 Clockwork
SteamNodes

Bakery
Rebar
BumbleBee
DynaBleau
Raindrops
Rhynamo
Mantis Shrimp
DynaWorks
Structural Analysis for Dy
Ladybug
MeshToolkit
BecauseWeDynamo

http://archi-lab.net/
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 Clockwork
SteamNodes

Bakery
Rebar
BumbleBee
DynaBleau
Raindrops
Rhynamo
Mantis Shrimp
DynaWorks
Structural Analysis for
Ladybug
MeshToolkit
BecauseWeDynamo

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 Clockwork
SteamNodes
archi-lab.net
Bakery

BumbleBee
DynaBleau
Raindrops
Rhynamo
Mantis Shrimp
DynaWorks
Structural Analysis for Dy
Ladybug
MeshToolkit
BecauseWeDynamo

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 Clockwork
SteamNodes
archi-lab.net
Bakery

BumbleBee
DynaBleau
Raindrops
Rhynamo
Mantis Shrimp
DynaWorks
Structural Analysis for Dy
Ladybug
MeshToolkit
BecauseWeDynamo

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 Clockwork
SteamNodes
archi-lab.net
Bakery
Rebar

DynaBleau
Raindrops
Rhynamo
Mantis Shrimp Konrad Sobon, David Mans
DynaWorks
http://konradsobon.gitbooks.io/b
Structural Analysis for o
Ladybug
MeshToolkit
umblebee-primer/
BecauseWeDynamo

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 Clockwork
SteamNodes
archi-lab.net
Bakery
Rebar

DynaBleau
Raindrops
Rhynamo
Mantis Shrimp
DynaWorks
Structural Analysis for D
Ladybug
MeshToolkit
BecauseWeDynamo

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 Clockwork
SteamNodes
archi-lab.net
Bakery
Rebar Adam Sheather @Gytaco
BumbleBee
DynaBleau https://github.com/Gytaco/DynaWorks
Raindrops
Rhynamo
Mantis Shrimp

Structural Analysis for

Ladybug
MeshToolkit
BecauseWeDynamo
http://bim42.com/2015/06/dynaworks/

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 Clockwork
SteamNodes
archi-lab.net
Bakery
Rebar
BumbleBee
DynaBleau
Raindrops
Rhynamo
Mantis Shrimp
DynaWorks

Ladybug
MeshToolkit
BecauseWeDynamo

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 Clockwork
SteamNodes
archi-lab.net
Bakery
Rebar
BumbleBee
DynaBleau
Raindrops
Rhynamo
Mantis Shrimp
DynaWorks
Structural Analysis foro
Ladybug
MeshToolkit

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 Clockwork
SteamNodes
archi-lab.net
Bakery
Rebar
BumbleBee
DynaBleau
Raindrops
Rhynamo
Mantis Shrimp
DynaWorks
Structural Analysis for Do
Ladybug
MeshToolkit

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 Clockwork
SteamNodes
archi-lab.net https://github.com/BecauseWe
Bakery Can/BecauseWeDynamo
Rebar
BumbleBee
Walking triangular mesh
DynaBleau topology to label edges for
Raindrops fabrication
Rhynamo
Mantis Shrimp Some DXF exporting
DynaWorks
Auto-sectioning tools
Structural Analysis for Dy
Ladybug
MeshToolkit

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 Clockwork
SteamNodes
archi-lab.net
Bakery
Rebar
BumbleBee
DynaBleau
Raindrops
Rhynamo
Mantis Shrimp
DynaWorks
Structural Analysis for Dy
Ladybug
MeshToolkit

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 Resources

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 Resources
DynamoBIM.org
/learn
/blog
/download
forums.dynamobim.org

DynamoPrimer.com

@DynamoBIM

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 Forum.DynamoBIM.org
You are not alone!
Users just like you
There are no dumb questions

Fast Response
Hundreds of people standing by

Easily searchable
Many questions have already
been asked

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 Resources
Find your local Dynamo User Group
http://dynamobim.org/a-world-of-user-groups/

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 Resources

http://bit.ly/DynamoLynda

.com
https://www.pluralsight.com/cour
ses/dynamo-revit-visual-program
ming-introduction

https://thinkparametric.com/cour
ses/dynamo-101-fundamentals
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 Community
2 Truths, 1 Lie

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 THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE FOR
ADVANCED WORKFLOWS...

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 LISTS

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 Why are lists important?

Organize

Replicate

Manipulate

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 Organize
Understanding data types
var, var[], var[]..[]
Creating dictionaries

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 Organize: What goes into a list?

00-DataTypes.dyn
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 Organize: Basic Data Types

int A whole number. AKA Integer

number
double A number with decimal places

bool true or false

string text

StackValue f(x), combinator, Function

var generic data type

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 (There are also Geometry and Revit types)
Point, Line, Circle, Element, FloorType, Sheet

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 Organize: Pez[]..[]

What does [] mean?

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 Organize: Pez[]..[]

What does [] mean?

Rank : depth of a list

might be referred to as dimensionality

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 Organize: Pez[]..[]

Item list list of lists arbitrary rank

var var[] var[][] var[]..[]
Pez Pez[] Pez[][] Pez[]..[]

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 Organize: a list in a list in a list

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 Organize: Are you var[]..[] real?

01-Var.dyn
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 Organize: Are you var[]..[] real?

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 Organize: Are you var[]..[] real?

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 Organize: Are you var[]..[] real?

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 Organize: Are you var[]..[] real?

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 Organize: var[] in the wild

Understand what data

types a node expects

Use appropriate
parameters in
user-defined
functions in CBNs

02-ExportToSAT.dyn

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 Organize: Dictionaries

What is dictionary?

Not to be confused with

dictionary.dynamobim.com

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 Organize: Dictionaries

What is dictionary?

a list which contains non-integer indices

technically, a list is a dictionary with ordered integer indices

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 Organize: Dictionaries
Lists auto-expand
Non-integer keys not correct in
preview bubble
You can set an object as the key
Non-integer keys do not Count
BuiltIn Key/Value Nodes
Do not copy/paste from text editor!!!

03-Dictionary.dyn
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 Coffee
15 minutes

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 Replicate
What really happens when lacing?
Replication guides

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 Replicate: Definition

What is replication?

a way to express iteration over a function

how a function is called multiple times using a list and replication strategy

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 Replicate: Definition

String.Length(Viva);

String.Length(Las);

String.Length(Vegas);

String.Length(str:str)

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 REPLICATION STRATEGIES ARE
CALLED...

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 LACING
and can be called in 3 ways

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 LACING
and can be called in 3 ways

On-the-node As-a-node Replication Guides

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 Replicate: Zip replication

There are two types of ZIP replication?

Shortest & Longest

Take every element of the list at the same position and call the function.
Since lengths of list may differ, Dynamo needs to be told what to do

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 Replicate: Zip replication - Shortest Lacing

Shortest
items of the same index
will be matched

04-Lacing.dyn

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 Replicate: Zip replication - Longest Lacing

Longest
items of the same index
value will be matched.
But, if lengths vary, the
last element of the
shortest list will be
matched repeatedly

04-Lacing.dyn

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 Replicate: Cartesian replication - Cross Product

Cross Product
every item in each list will
be matched

04-Lacing.dyn
04-Lacing.xlsx
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 Replicate: Replication Guides
Shortest
foo(x<1>,y<1>);
numbers dont matter, just need to match

Longest
foo(x<1L>,y<1L>);
numbers dont matter, just need to match
and followed by L

Cross Product
foo(x<1>,y<2>);
numbers just need to differ. Lower numbers
list gets priority in for loop.

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 Replicate: Rep Guides getting complicated

start from the outer list

each rep guide <> that
follows an argument
indicates a level

foo(X<1L><1>,Y<1L><1>)
Inner level
Outer level

04-Lacing.dyn
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 Replicate: Rep Guides getting complicated
Display.ByGeometryColor(solid1<1L><1>,t1<1L><1>)
Inner level

List promoted

Outer level matches (Longest)

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 Replicate: Rep Guides getting complicated
Display.ByGeometryColor(solid1<1L><1>,t1<1L><1>)
Inner level
Outer level

Inner level matches (Shortest)

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 Manipulate
Function passing refresher
Versus List@Level

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 Manipulate: Traditional Methods

What is function passing?

allows you to use an unsatisfied node as an

argument of another node

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 Manipulate: Traditional Methods

List.Combine List.Map
combine 2 lists using a function traverse nesting of a list

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 Manipulate: Traditional Methods

List.Combine
NOT NECESSARY ANYMORE!

05-TheaterSeating.dyn
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 Manipulate: Traditional Methods

List.Map
NOT NECESSARY ANYMORE
WITH LIST@LEVEL

06-ExtEnvelope.dyn
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 INTRODUCING.

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 LIST@LEVEL
access the level of the list you want to work with
right at the input port

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 Manipulate: New methods

What is List@Level?

It is NOT Rank, the depth of a list

It is the location within a list

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 Manipulate: What is List@Level?

Preview Bubble
Innermost list is first ensuring
items will always be @L1

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 Manipulate: What is List@Level?

Node-level Menu
Click to activate, then
try out different level options

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 Manipulate: What is List@Level?

Node Menu
Dont lose the list structure!

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 Manipulate: What is List@Level?

List.Map

List.Combine

07-ExtEnvelopeRefactor.dyn
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 Manipulate: List@Level Notation

In DesignScript

@L == @- (Use Levels ONLY)

Point.ByCoordinates(x@-2, y , 0)

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 Manipulate: List@Level Notation

In DesignScript

@@L == @@- (Keep List Structure)

Point.ByCoordinates(x@@-2, y , 0)

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 Manipulate: List@Level Limitations

No List@Level
Option

Some nodes are missing it

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 Manipulate: List@Level Limitations

Unpredictable
Jagged Lists

When using Keep List

Structure

08-JaggedLists.dyn
List[2] disappears
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 Rainstorm
Lets welcome Ritesh...

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 Session Summary
Revit interop
Higher order functions
List manipulation
Excel in and out
rd
Working with 3 party file formats
Practical usage of List@Level
Analysis
Parametric Modeling
Rhino-Dynamo-Revit workflow
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 Finding seat location in an Auditorium

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 Seat placement

Another
approach

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 Old and new approach of Orienting the seat as per Speakers position

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 Seat labeling as per their seat location in the each row

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 Lunch
Lets eat...

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 Mapping of Donors information to Seat as per its location.

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 Analyzing the seating arrangements as per audience viewing angle

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 Rhino-Dynamo-Revit

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 Mannequin Challenge
Strike a pose :)

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 DesignScript
The Dynamo programming language

(Guide and Documentation)

dynamobim.org/learn

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 What are we going to learn?

Associative vs Imperative

Define a function

Conditionals and Loops

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 Associative
vs
Imperative
Whats the difference?

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 DesignScript: Associative

By default, CBNs are in associative language

Associative update ensures that variables that

have a dependent relationship update together

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 DesignScript: Imperative

Imperative turns off associative update

Write if, for, and while statements

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 DesignScript: Associative vs Imperative

00-DefAFunc.dyn
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 Define a Function

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 Conditionals and Loops
For, If, While

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 DesignScript: Define and Call a Function with Loop

00-DefineFunc.dyn
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 DesignScript: Create an if statement

00-DefineFunc.dyn
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 DesignScript: While statements...

00-DefineFunc.dyn
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 DesignScript: Dont try this at home

Do NOT Copy &

Paste DesignScript
functions

(Nodes or Text)

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 DesignScript: Dont try this at home

Deleted functions
may still appear in
autocomplete

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 DesignScript: Dont try this at home

Avoid creating
overload functions

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 DesignScript: Dont try this at home

Dont use
list@level or rep
guides in
Imperative code
blocks

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 Overview
Revit Example : Room Numbering
Comparison of Different Approaches
List.Map vs. List@Level
Scripting
Using Replication Guides in CBNs
Python Node Scripting
Imperative Programming in CBN

Resources for Zero Touch Development

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 Room Numbering // Revit + Dynamo

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 Sort By Building // List.Map vs. List@Level

Cross-Lacing
Dictionary

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 Sort By Building // CBN vs. Python Scripting

https://github.com/DynamoDS/Dynamo/wiki/Repli
cation-and-Replication-Guide-Part-1

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 Sort By Building // CBN vs. Python Scripting

Note on Disposing Geometry:

https://github.com/DynamoDS/Dynamo/wiki/Zero-
Touch-Plugin-Development#dispose--using-state
ment

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 Sort Rooms By Distance // List@Level

Sorted Rooms By
Level
Rooms By Level

Keys

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 Sort Rooms By Distance // Scripting

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 Counting Nested Lists // 3 Ways

List.Map

List.AtLevel

Replication
Guides
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 Generate Room Numbers From Sorted List

B
L
R

Replication

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 Assign Room Numbers to Rooms

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 Zero Touch Plugin Development

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 Some Simple ZT nodes

https://github.com/DynamoDS/Dynamo/wiki/Zero-Touch-Plugin-Develo
pment
Geometry From ZT nodes
Disposing Geometry Correctly
 Zero Touch Development Resources

http://dynamoprimer.com/en/10_Packages/10-5_Zero-To
uch.html

https://github.com/DynamoDS/Dynamo/wiki/Zero-Touch
-Plugin-Development

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 Coffee
15 minutes

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 Overview
MeshToolkit
Revit Topo Mesh => Dynamo Meshes
Node to Code
Mesh Coloring: MeshDisplay.ByColor

T-Splines
Modeling a Stadium Roof

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 MESHTOOLKIT

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 MTK New Nodes: Mesh.Remesh

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 MTK New Nodes: MeshDisplay.ByColor

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 MESHTOOLKIT // Revit + Dynamo

https://twitter.com/Jos_ols/status/790859502329425920

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 Convert to MeshToolkit // Node to Code

Geometry Lib
Mesh

MeshToolkit
Mesh

No
de
Co t
de o

Springs Package
Conversion Node
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 Mesh Coloring by Vertex Height

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 Mesh Coloring by Vertex Normals

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 Mesh Coloring by Face Slopes

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 T-Splines: Modeling a Stadium Roof

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 T-Splines

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 Line Pattern for T-Splines

a
b
c a
b b
a c c
c a
b c
a b
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 Combining Lists for Line Pattern

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 T-Spline Surfaces from BuildFromLines

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 Delete T-Spline Faces b a b
a c c
c a
b c
a b
0 3

4
1

2 5

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 T-Spline Surface after Face Deletion

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 T-Splines: Build from Lines

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 T-Splines: Weld Vertices

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 Dynamo Trivia
Time to win some prizes

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 Analysis Workflows
var CFD = Color For Designers

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 Setup

Package Manager
Update - AU2016 Advanced Samples
Solar Analysis for Dynamo
EnergyPredictML
UI++
Archi-lab_Mandrill
Second Law

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 Solar Radiation Analysis

\packages\Solar Analysis for Dynamo\extras\

Open SolarAnalysis.dyn
Review flow of code
Question how to add selection of Revit Face?

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 Energy Predict ML (Machine Learning)

\packages\EnergyPredictML\extras\
Open Facade Generator.dyn

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 Mandrill Chart Making using D3

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 Second Law Dynamic Relxation

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 Feedback

Make sure to fill out surveys

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 Give Us Feedback
Fill out the user surveys online!

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 Q&A
Stump the chump

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