From the course: Dynamo 2.x Essential Training
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Navigating the UI and node library
From the course: Dynamo 2.x Essential Training
Navigating the UI and node library
- Let's begin by launching Dynamo, and then we'll take a quick look around and get familiar with the user interface. At the time of this recording, Dynamo comes in two flavors: Dynamo for Revit, and Dynamo Studio. They're both very similar, nearly identical. The key difference though, is that Dynamo for Revit runs like a plugin inside of Revit, and contains a section of the node library specifically for interacting with Revit elements and Revit data. Dynamo Studio runs independently of Revit or any other application. In this course, we're going to be working with Dynamo for Revit. Before you open Dynamo for Revit, you'll need to begin inside a Revit project, or a Revit family. In most versions of Revit, you're going to find the Dynamo button under the Manage tab. But if you don't find it there, take a look under the Add-ins tab. Let's go ahead and click the Dynamo button to launch Dynamo. When Dynamo opens, it displays the Start page. Here you'll find options to begin a new Dynamo…
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