We recently got a question about how to install lunchbox to work with the version of Dynamo that ships with Alias.
Lunchbox installs to %appdata%\Dynamo\Dynamo Core\2.0\packages
But Alias looks in other directories.
The simplest way to get lunchbox working with the Alias distribution of Dynamo is to add the first path to the node and package paths.
You can do this from the Dynamo top menu > Settings > Manage Node and Package Paths… > and use the + to add “%appdata%\Dynamo\Dynamo Core\2.0\packages” to the list of paths.
Hi,
Unfortunately when I try to install it doesn’t let me choose “dynamo” (i have the alias version) and I cannot find it into the appdata folder.
Any suggestions?
I already did that some time ago, but we couldn’t really figure out how to solve this, as even when the Alias folder structure was the same what lunchbox was expecting, it did work for Dynamo 1.3, but not for 2.x. I will have another look at this, and let you know the outcome soon.
Hi @alaskalex,
I was able to install the lunchbox Plugin on Dynamo/Alias. And yes it is tricky…
Can you please use/download the Lunchbox version from the website.
Install Lunchbox afterwards.
On the left side below the available tools should be a + to select plugins.
Click on the +
Choose this path C:\Users"COM_NAME"\AppData\Roaming\Dynamo\Dynamo Core\2.6\packages\LunchBox for Dynamo\bin
choose the Lunchbox.dll file.
Lunchbox should be visible in the List afterwards.
Hi, i tryed to install for Dynamo 2.3. The installion was success/ is completed, but in Dynamo there is no lunchbox package visible/installed.
Info: I have no Grasshopper installed.
Hi,
Can you be more specific on how you installed Dynamo? There should be no need to install it explicitly, as it comes “natively” with installing Alias?
Thanks,
GG