Dynanimator

An animation package for the Dynamo visual programming environment, developed as part of the Dynamo Hackathon at Autodesk University 2014.


Samples

Follow the links below to see some animations created using Dynanimator:

• Sample animations for all Dynanimator nodes
• Animate design iterations in Revit with Dynamo (First post about Dynanimator after AU2014 by Håvard Vasshaug)
• Dynanimator released: Animating Data Changes in Revit with Dynamo (Package release announcement by Håvard Vasshaug)
• Dynam(o)ite Your Design goes … D-I-S-C-O (Animation of parameter values by Dieter Vermeulen)
• Dynam(o)ite Your Design with Dynanimator (Animation of camera path by Dieter Vermeulen)

Features

This package was developed for animating several aspects of a Revit model:

• Camera (and target) position of perspective views
• Design options
• Element parameters
• Element surface color
• Element transparency
• Phases
• Solar studies
• Analysis data [partially done]
• Displacement sets [under review]
• Family parameters [planned]
• Solar radiation analyses [planned]
• Combinations of the above [partially done] - Post wishes for other combinations here
• ...

The results could be exported in a number of formats:

• Images
• Photorealistic/Illuminance Cloud Renderings
• Revit models [planned]
• SAT files [planned]
• ...

Installation

This package is available through Dynamo's package manager, so installation is quite simple - just use Dynamo's built-in package manager and search for Dynanimator. Please note that this package has dependencies - currently, during installation it will also install the Clockwork package. There may be more dependencies in the future.

Collaborate

If you want to animate other parts of a Revit model using Dynamo, please contact us - either by creating a feature request or (better yet) by forking this repository and adding your code via pull request. Best start by reading our guide on how to build your own Dynanimator nodes.

Team

• Julien Benoit (original Hackathon team member)
• Andreas Dieckmann (original Hackathon team member)
• Fabian Ritter (contributor)
• Ian Siegel (original Hackathon team member)
• Håvard Vasshaug (project lead, original Hackathon team member)