I’m having a similar problem Revit 2017 Dynamo 1.2.1.3083.
It can read my nodes in the root folder of the node path I put in but none of the packages. Packages are in folders under that folder.
The packages are listed when I go to Manage Packages, but don’t appear in the sidebar of nodes.
Uninstalling and reinstalling packages makes no difference.
Moving the node path to other locations makes no difference (I’ve tried Documents, local hard disk, network share location). I’ve checked permissions of folders.
@Antony_Mcphee can you post the path to your packages? I had a similar issue and it was due to someone installing a second version of archilab, clockwork, and bakery (and all dependent packages) on a shared network location, effectively making dynamo try to add them to your browser twice which appears to be a no-go.
I resolved my issue by removing all installed packages from my dynamo version (felt naked), removing all package paths, closing dynamo, renaming every package path to ‘old packages’ and then opening dynamo and remapping to a new folder where I did clean installs of the versions we wanted.
some old packages still work with the 1.2 core but in the 1.3 version of Studio the core is the 1.3. That could be a reason why the package is not working.
I had the same problem and turns out that the uninstallation section of my dynamosettings.xml had the faultive package in it.
I removed them manually and it;s been ok for a while now
I uninstalled all packages (some I had to delete manually).
Made sure all were deleted in Node folder.
Re-installed.
All installed.
Folders are there in node path.
But NO packages in sidebar, nor when I try and list contents.
However when I use ‘Show root directory’ it goes to the correct directory.
Path is:
\ridleyco.local\userdata\sydUserData\amcphee\Documents\SUPPORT\Dynamo\Nodes
What I don’t get is why can Dynamo find my nodes, but not the package nodes?
@erfajo - The packages that contain zero-touch nodes that use the Revit API will fail to load at compile time if the Revit API is not present. That means that these packages will not show up in the library.
Depending on which client and version you use, the default folder for where the packages are installed to and called from vary:
For D4R, the default package folder is Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Dynamo\Dynamo Revit\D4R-version\packages
For Dynamo Studio, the default package folder is Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Dynamo\Dynamo Core\Dynamo Core version\packages
Please note that you can always add more paths for each client (D4R or Studio) to search for packages in, you can do this using the dialog found in Settings > Manage Node and Package Paths…
Lastly, just to clarify about version numbers, etc. If you have both Dynamo for Revit and Dynamo Studio installed on your machines, the following 3 items will be installed on your machine:
Autodesk Dynamo Studio 2017
Dynamo Core
Dynamo Revit
Each of these 3 programs will have their own version number. Sometimes they might even look like the same number. When both D4R and Studio are installed on your machine, they will share a common Dynamo Core.
For specific questions about your particular setup, it would require providing the team about those 3 version numbers, what version of Revit you have installed, what paths you are pointing to in the Manage Node and Package Paths dialog. We would need those in order to determine if a bug exists or if something is missing with the setup.
I don’t have Dynamo Studio Installed.
l changed the path in Manage Node and Package paths (my path is the only one listed).
I have tried using path c:\Dynamo
But l’II give the default path a try.
What I don’t understand is why it can find my nodes but not the packages.
Hi @erfajo - Definitely, I agree there is room for improvement. Just to clarify, its not the presence of the .dll that is causing some packages to fail. If the package contains calls to Revit API functionality and the system can’t call the Revit API, it is possible that the loading of the entire package will fail.
I just installed the bakery package…for some reason the installation creates an empty “dyf” folder with just the installation script .
a nested folder inside this folder( extra/dyn) contained all scripts…I copied and pasted those and voila all scripts are available!
…just saying a a bloody dynamo beginner.
