# Can I use Dynamo Sandbox alone without installing any other related software like Revit?

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**Created:** [November 19, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/can-i-use-dynamo-sandbox-alone-without-installing-any-other-related-software-like-revit/70576 "2021-11-19T13:06:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quan\_hotmail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7cd45c/32.png) [@Quan\_hotmail](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Quan_hotmail)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/can-i-use-dynamo-sandbox-alone-without-installing-any-other-related-software-like-revit/70576/1 "2021-11-19T13:06:14Z")

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I got this warning message on the second node just after “File Path” node.  
I guess this might be caused by dynamo being not available independently, am I right ?

_Could not load file or assembly ‘file:///D:\Dynamo Sandbox\LibG.ProtoInterface.dll’ or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified._

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**Author:** ![jw.vanasselt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/jw.vanasselt/32/133533_2.png) [@jw.vanasselt](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/jw.vanasselt)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/can-i-use-dynamo-sandbox-alone-without-installing-any-other-related-software-like-revit/70576/2 "2021-11-19T13:51:06Z")

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Hi,

Welcome to the forum.  
You need to use file from path between both nodes.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/2/b/2b54f9caa7bb130c2353a5671d761bb775e12767.png)

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**Author:** ![sovitek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/sovitek/32/116237_2.png) [@sovitek](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/sovitek)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/can-i-use-dynamo-sandbox-alone-without-installing-any-other-related-software-like-revit/70576/3 "2021-11-19T13:54:23Z")

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anyway i think you need an autodesk product installed for the geometry, dont think it had to be revit, could be autocad as well it could be a trial and offcourse file from path will help;)

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Kirschner2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/michael_kirschner2/32/75576_2.png) [@Michael\_Kirschner2](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Michael_Kirschner2)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/can-i-use-dynamo-sandbox-alone-without-installing-any-other-related-software-like-revit/70576/4 "2021-11-19T14:28:32Z")

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>   Hello World of Dynamo! This blog post discusses Dynamo Sandbox and the new ways we are distributing it. Sandbox is a simplified Dynamo development environment, and has been around for a while, although many folks don’t know about it. Before we...

Sandbox / Dynamo are open source, but not all the node libraries (like geometry) are. Geometry does require one of a subset of adsk products present.

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**Author:** ![Quan\_hotmail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7cd45c/32.png) [@Quan\_hotmail](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Quan_hotmail)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/can-i-use-dynamo-sandbox-alone-without-installing-any-other-related-software-like-revit/70576/5 "2022-01-19T09:10:05Z")

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Thanks! you are right, I installed FormIt, then didn’t see the warning anymore.