Hi Folks, as the title suggests I’m just starting to try and understand Dynamo.
I have searched the forum and found a script that looked like it might do what I need but it seems to be missing something.
What I thought I’d try and do is write a script to insert a detail item into the current view. In this case it is a break line i’m trying to insert.
I can get the script to select the component but I can’t seem to get it to insert it in the view.
Has someone got a similar script they would be willing to share that I can use as a reference?
Hi @Kulkul,
Thanks for your help.
OK, I’ve got it working.
Now what I’d like to do is insert a custom break family that we have that requires the user to select 2 points in the view. The current workflow is to “Place Component” => select the break family from the family list => Select endpoint 1 => Select endpoint 2.
I think part of my difficulty with learning Dynamo is that I don’t really know what to search for to try to solve my problem… I guess I’ll learn it before too long
We’ll definitely need the family to know how to place it, but my guess is a “detail item from curve” node will do the trick, though I can’t recall the spelling.
If you haven’t already, run through the Dynamo Primer. Go cover to cover. Skip nothing. It goes over a lot of useful stuff which will help you learn what to look for, and how to think about the problems you’re facing in a foundational way. So again don’t skip any lesson, even if you think you won’t need something - it’s the concepts that are important not the exercises.
The primer shouldn’t just be a reading exercise - it’s a doing exercise. If you just read it you’ll miss something - it’s very likely that this isn’t a language/thought process you’ve used before. So:
