Hi all, I have a question: Autodesk itself is telling us to standarise Dynamo by using collored groups to point out the workflow within a script. But we still can’t start Dynamo with a template of our own. Like we do in Revit. My questions to the developers would be is this possible and if so can …

A workaround is to save any “template” files in your examples folder. C:\ProgramData\Dynamo\Dynamo Revit\1.3\Samples\en-US Also wanted to throw it out there that I have no idea who I learned this from. I wish I could take credit, but I cannot. [image] [image]

Make sure to mark them read only so you don’t overwrite them! :wink:

I use the same method as @john_pierson . I also have a script which pulls from server location to samples folder. So I don’t have to keep trawling through my different project scripts. Nice and tidy.

Thanks for the tip @jacob.small . Currently I’ve put it on a network drive were I’m the only person within the company with full r&w rights. All other Revit users can just read the folder. So basicly I guess it’s the same solution. :grin:

I marked @john_pierson answers as the solution, but let it be known that Dynamo team is actually working on adding template capability to Dynamo 2.0. So far I know for a fact that Python template support has been added. Thanks @Radu_Gidei and @Michael_Kirschner2 I believe DYN template support is nex…

Thanks @Konrad_K_Sobon for the shout-out. Python template support has indeed been merged into master already (see PR here ) so it will surely be in next public release of Dynamo. I’ll be working on Dynamo template support next, hoping to get to it between BiLT and AU but not sure. This is a good …

One is enough but I won’t complain if I get more!

I’d prefer multiple since we actually do have multiple templates (Sandbox, Revit and Dynamo Player) and roll out the same settings file for both Sandbox and DynamoRevit.

Like @Andreas_Dieckmann I’d also prefer multiple so I can have customised templates for different purposes. As for the python templates, my current workaround is to include several python nodes in the template.dyn file which have a particular focus that include all necessary references and definiti…

If you need tho choose between one template or multiple for coding, go for multiple. I think changing it afterwards is more difficult then doing it the firt time right. Also… when adding only one template file location now you can bet on it that questions for multiple will follow shortly. Nice to…

I agree there needs to be a template file and the possibility of selecting a file but could it be a similar approach to selecting the template for revit when starting a new project? Ability to set a priority version then have secondary more specialist versions would be best way to organise them in …

Can I start Dynamo with a template instead of a blank?

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Brendan_Cassidy September 2, 2020, 3:07pm 23

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Can I start Dynamo with a template instead of a blank?

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