[image] Kia ora #dynamites! Today we release Dynamo 2.13 - An absolutely monster release focused on the “Dynamo Visual Refresh” - a modernization effort to give Dynamo a fresh coat of paint, lower the barrier to entry, hone the rough edges and introduce a whole swathe of epic new tools and features for you to explore! Come explore the first blog post, Part 1/3, here, discussing Node updates and Graph Authoring improvements among other things, then jump into Part 2/3 here and explore all the good stuff that has changed around Packages, before finishing up with a (maybe not so) light read in Part 3/3 where we explore a bunch of new nodes around Units and Geometry, dive into performance gains, memory reduction and Search speed improvements before talking about API changes, Python and a bunch more. Blog TL:DR Visually reimagined and refreshed Dynamo experience, introducing a modernized user experience, fresh color scheme, tonnes more information at your fingertips and clarity towards both paradigm and approach to how Dynamo works; nodes, wires, authoring behavior and the UI experience have all been jazzed up [Part 1/3]. Implementation of two Dynamo Interactive Guides for First Time Use Experience and Packages, with more to come[Part 2/3]. A refreshed Package authoring and download experience [Part 2/3]. An expansion to the Workspace References extension to include local definitions and external files [Part 2/3]. We now have a richer way to handle installed packages via states and resolve conflicts [Part 2/3]. New Unit nodes [Part 3/3]. More seamless Python 3 Autocomplete [Part 3/3]. Performance improvements to Search, the scaling of graphs and the Virtual Machine improve Dynamo use [Part 3/3]. A swathe of security updates [Part 3/3]. A new node that groups curves together [Part 3/3]. 35 bug fixes, with a particular focus on Crashes to improve stability of the overall Dynamo experience [Part 3/3].

Any free form API nodes available in the experimental section? :slight_smile:

Hello @Marcel_Rijsmus - For Dynamo 2.13 only the T-Splines nodes exist in the experimental section. What kind of free form nodes would you be seeking? How would they look? Behave? What results would they return?

@solamour bending mulions [image]

Revit interaction nodes would need to be a big dynamo for Revit push, not a Dynamo core push. Not saying it can’t be done, but it’d be best raised with that team rather than the Dynamo core team (what this topic around Dynamo 2.13 is about). I will also note that producing a robust enough system to cover all the features and combinations of use cases which this opens up bring a LOT of complexity with it; that complexity leads to issues of it’s own. A fully robust system would require something like 150-200 nodes by my initial estimates. The Synthesize Toolkit package from @Karam_Baki does a very good job navigating some of those issues and has some awesome nodes for this type of work - worth a look for anyone who isn’t familiar.

Thanks for the tag @jacob.small And for anyone willing to dive into this, there are 2 main nodes to handle Dynamo to Revit geometry -K-Family Insert It gets your geometry into Revit as a family, and it has vast variety of options to alter. Subcategories, Materials, Is Void or not, …etc [image] -Dynamo Geometry To Revit Compatibility It does exactly as the above, but the geometry you’ll get could be a FreeForm or ImportInstance, and it also have lots of other options to alter. [image] The defaults of both of the above is good enough, you can simply plug in your Geometry, (or SAT file) it understands both. Also, it works differently based on Revit version, as it harnesses the best of each version, and is continuously improving in each alteration of ShapeImporter Class Finally, it can also bring some “illegal” stuff, like Loaded Roof, yeah you heard it, a Loaded Roof that you can use to attach your walls with. You may also use it to mess with other stuff, like converting a whole stairs into Roof, so you may attach your building elements on it. [image] And if you’re willing to dive deeper, you can also bring Loaded Walls, and parameterize it then load it into a Window that can perform section auto wrapping and other nasty details that are needed for construction projects. [image] As for @Marcel_Rijsmus image for bending mullions, well it was a result of an extremely complex geometry handling via another set of nodes, called K-Paneling You may also find and use them in the extra folder of the toolkit: -Family.K-Paneling Data Import -Family.K-Paneling Frame -Family.K-Paneling Glazed By Intersects -Family.K-Paneling Glazed By Voronoi -Family.K-Paneling Glazed -Family.K-Paneling Solid By Intersects -Family.K-Paneling Solid By Voronoi -Family.K-Paneling Solid -FormIt.K-Paneling Frame -FormIt.K-Paneling Glazed By Voronoi -FormIt.K-Paneling Glazed -FormIt.K-Paneling Solid By Voronoi -FormIt.K-Paneling Solid -Sandbox.K-Paneling Data Process [K-Paneling-Blog] They also work with formIt [fvoro] And Sandbox Dynamo, (But not the latest 2.13 yet, as I have to run through the headache of Python 3) [image] Hope all the above could help someone who’s struggling with such issues.

Out of curiosity: do you have a public Github or similar for issue reporting, coding help, and the like?

I’m happy @jacob.small took the bait and mentioned you @Karam_Baki and you responded beautifully. You deserved some extra credits :slight_smile: -marcel-

Well, I have private channels, but not a Github yet But am able to receive bug reports through whatsapp with the SOS script :innocent: [102329370_3723272211018594_8475907280967271308_n] [102655025_3723272221018593_5967821750223648472_n] And planning to create a notion later on, after I organize the nodes in Synthesize along with it’s dyn graphs to match the latest standards (Descriptions, Preview Images…etc), that’ll take a year of work. @Marcel_Rijsmus haha thanks man :joy:

The headache of python 3, huh? I was wondering if the next installation of Dynamo would still support order versions. I’m guessing that Dynamo 2.13 may ship with the next hot-fix of Revit 2022. I’m starting to wonder if I should hold off before upgrading. Not all Package Authors may be ready for it and I’m using a lot of thier nodes.

Thanks Sol, re - interface I found Dynamos GUI really nice in its simplicity / use of color compared to, say GH or Marionette (Vectorworks). With the xmls I tried to adjust some settings, but I didn’t succeed; I was hoping to get the Nodes a bit more simplified again and ditch the rounded corners: [nodes] [guis]

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