I am new to Dynamo and not sure where to begin. I have always wanted to find a way to hit a button and have every piece of mechanical equipment selected or chosen from a menu; to draw the duct and pipe connections out to say 5’ from there current location. This would help in modeling duct and pipe a…

Hello George, I did give it a quick go by trying to create a duct or pipe from equipment, but I can’t seem to get it to connect to each other in the same Dynamo run. So as it stands I would say it is not possible.

Certainly not impossible but for a newcomer to Dynamo it might prove a bit challenging. I would suggest starting with easier stuff, but once you’re confident enough I would suggest you take a look at my ‘MEPover’ package, it has a few nodes for creating and connecting pipes/ducts/cable trays. [ima…

Thanks for your reply. I am starting to work on the basics and understanding. I will post an update a little later on.

Is it possible for you to share the first image you posted showing off the rest of the tree? I have downloaded your package but I am struggling to understand how to use it properly.

[image] kalineg: Is it possible for you to share the first image you posted showing off the rest of the tree? @kalineg if you watch the watch node 1 it is clearly shows that “Default” is a Mechanical Equipment and watch node 2 is the list of elements (Ducts,Pipes) which @T_Pover is connecting…

Hello George, What you see in the picture is a single air terminal and 5 pieces of pipe/duct. To be able to connect them you need to input the air terminal 5 times (once for every piece of pipe/duct). When you have multiple terminals you could use list.Cycle to match inputs like this: [image] C…

Below is a crude way to show what I am trying to accomplish. None of what you see works but it was an attempt. The DRAW DUCT DRAW PIPE node is just there for an example of what I am trying to do. I have no python skills other than slightly following already written code. [image]

@T_Pover I played around with the file you attached and realized that the connectinto node is the opposite of what I am trying to accomplish. What I am looking for a to connectoutof node. If you have a few minutes check my post above and let me know if you think it is possible to do without a custo…

Using dynamo to model duct and pipe from Equipment

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