AEC Hackathon Dynamo Workshop

Learn how to develop for Dynamo in C# by building ZeroTouch & Explicit Nodes.

This repository is based on @teocomi's original Dynamo Unchained workshop materials.

Learning objectives

• Learn about the different types of custom Dynamo nodes
• Lear how to set up the Visual Studio environment for development and debugging with Dynamo
• Learn how to develop, test and deploy a Zero Touch node
• Learn how to implement a custom UI
• Learn how to develop, test and deploy explicit custom Dynamo nodes
• Lear how to publish your nodes using the package manager

Table of Contents

What are custom nodes ?

Get a high-level overview of the types of custom nodes you can create in Dynamo.
Read more about custom nodes

Part 1 - ZeroTouch nodes

Learn to develop custom nodes in Dynamo using ZeroTouch.

Part 2 - Explicit nodes

Learn to develop nodes with custom UI in Dynamo using ZeroTouch Explicit nodes.

Tools we’ll use

• Visual Studio Community 2017
• Dynamo 2.0.1
• Autodesk Revit 2018

Additional Resources

C#

• C# Interfaces: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/csharp/csharp_interfaces.htm
• C# Classes : https://www.tutorialspoint.com/csharp/csharp_classes.htm
• C# Namespaces: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/csharp/csharp_namespaces.htm

WPF

• WPF Tutorial: https://www.tutorialspoint.com//wpf/index.htm

Dynamo & Revit API

• Revit API online documentation
• Dynamo Primer: http://dynamoprimer.com/en/09_Custom-Nodes/9-1_Introduction.html
• How to Create Your Own Nodes: https://github.com/DynamoDS/Dynamo/wiki/How-To-Create-Your-Own-Nodes
• Zero Touch Plugin Development: https://github.com/DynamoDS/Dynamo/wiki/Zero-Touch-Plugin-Development
• Adding Icons for a Zero Touch Assembly: https://github.com/DynamoDS/Dynamo/wiki/Add-Icons-for-a-Zero-Touch-Assembly