Workflow: Create a Dynamo Graph as a Study Type

When the Revit designer (architect or engineer) identifies a design challenge that will benefit from the generative design process, they can collaborate with a Dynamo author to design a new study type for Generative Design in Revit.

This workflow describes collaboration between the Revit designer and the Dynamo author. It assumes that a Dynamo author is creating the graphs, and someone else is using them in Revit. Both roles may, in fact, be performed by the same person.

1. The Revit designer works on the building model, developing it until they encounter a design challenge where they want to use generative design to iterate possible solutions.
2. The designer collaborates with a Dynamo author to define goals, constraints, constants, and variables.

   They also identify the types of information (outputs) that they want to know for each outcome.

   See About Design Criteria for a Study and Generative Design Primer: Anatomy of a Good Generative Design Process.

3. The Dynamo author does the following:
   1. Creates a Dynamo graph to generate outcomes that address the design challenge.

      See Dynamo Primer: Dynamo for Revit and Generative Design Primer.

   2. Tests and refines the graph.
   3. Uses the graph to create the study type for use with Generative Design in Revit.
   4. Provides the resulting DYN file and its Dependencies folder to the designer, or copies them to a mapped network drive that the designer can access.
4. The designer copies the files to a folder on their local computer or makes sure they have access to the mapped network drive. See Add a Study Type.

The Revit designer then uses the new study type to create a study.