What is going on in Rhythm?
I wanted to go ahead and take a moment to write a post updating everyone on the status of my Dynamo package Rhythm.
The reason for this is because I have been doing quite a bit of work which has resulted in a few questions. Notably, my good friend Carl Storms was prepping for a presentation and realized I removed some nodes he was using. Not exactly the most fun experience! (Sorry Carl)
Since the beginning of the year, I have had a goal of learning C# to enhance my Dynamo and Revit programming journey. This all started with a nights and weekends boot camp, which was really fun. This forced me into visual studio and expanded my thinking. During this time, I met up with my other buddy, Marcello. He offered to show me some of the nodes he was building with C# for his custom Dynamo package simplex.
This caused me to want to take a second look at Rhythm. Initially, when I started the Dynamo package, I used OOTB nodes in clever ways. Along the way, I added python nodes and the count quickly rose. Within this, I had some useful nodes for setting and getting parameters.
The problem with the methods I originally used is, to put it bluntly, they are slow. Like really slow. Which is not very fun either. Converting this stuff to C# results in huge speed upgrades.
Currently, I have migrated most of Rhythm to this new type of nodes and will push an update later next week. That means, that if you have a presentation coming up, download the latest and let me know if you have any questions. The speed increase is worth it I promise!
As always, reach out to me if you need anything! @60secondrevit, sixtysecondrevit@gmail.com
-johnP
