There has been a bit of strange talk around the social web and some forums lately about whether or not Dynamo is truly useful, and whether it has a real future in the BIM environment. I admit, at the moment it is still leaning to the ‘enthusiast‘ side (but only just), and I think as you read over the posts and resources I have selected below (many of them from the past couple of months), you will see that the momentum and value of Dynamo in our Revit world is accelerating. As usual, full credit goes to original posters and content creators.

The software is hardly at version 0.8 (officially)… just wait for 1 point oh!

1) Tips and Tricks

2) How about renumbering?

3) Auto create sheets…

4) Creating grids…

5) Make doors react to room size and contents…
Dynamo: More Than Grasshopper Lite | CASE

 
6) Auto section box creation…
Revit Dynamite and Ammo: Auto section box – Dynamo style

7) Make topography from images using Dynamo and Mantis Shrimp…
topo tools for dynamo | archi-lab

8) Convert Topography to Polysurface mesh for further use…
 Enjoy Revit: Dealing withTopography in Dynamo

9) Randomize color and materials…
Phil-osophy in BIM: Randomize Color and Material in Revit – Dynamo Style!

 
10) Animate design iterations…
5 Dynamo Custom Nodes that can animate;

  • Number and Length Parameter iterations
  • Element Transparency
  • Camera movement
  • Element Color Ranges

 More at Animate design iterations in Revit with Dynamo | Håvard Vasshaug

11) Rooms in 3D

12) This page has a visual list of all the Built In functions in Dynamo:
http://plevit1.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/examples-for-all-builtin-functions-in.html

13) Using Dynamo for model quality review…


14) Visual programming for Revit
80 minute demo from one of the top conceptual designers in the business…
Dynamo: Visual Programming for Revit from Alfred Huang on Vimeo.
15) And this is more of an amusing one… 🙂

Best result will probably be to copy and paste the links into a download manager, such as DownThemAll with Firefox…

Revit 2016 direct download links:
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/RVT/DLM/Autodesk_Revit_2016_English_Win_64bit_dlm_001_002.sfx.exe
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/RVT/DLM/Autodesk_Revit_2016_English_Win_64bit_dlm_002_002.sfx.exe

(thanks to anonymous in the comments for heads-up on these Revit links)

Autodesk Revit LT 2016
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/RVTLT/DLM/Autodesk_Revit_LT_2016_English_Win_32-64bit_dlm_001_002.sfx.exe
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/RVTLT/DLM/Autodesk_Revit_LT_2016_English_Win_32-64bit_dlm_002_002.sfx.exe

Autodesk Revit Architecture 2016
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/REVIT/DLM/Autodesk_Revit_Architecture_2016_English_Win_64bit_dlm_001_002.sfx.exe
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/REVIT/DLM/Autodesk_Revit_Architecture_2016_English_Win_64bit_dlm_002_002.sfx.exe

Autodesk Revit Structure 2016
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/REVITST/DLM/Autodesk_Revit_Structure_2016_English_Win_64bit_dlm_001_002.sfx.exe
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/REVITST/DLM/Autodesk_Revit_Structure_2016_English_Win_64bit_dlm_002_002.sfx.exe

Autodesk Revit MEP 2016
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/RVTMPB/DLM/Autodesk_Revit_MEP_2016_English_Win_64bit_dlm_001_002.sfx.exe
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/RVTMPB/DLM/Autodesk_Revit_MEP_2016_English_Win_64bit_dlm_002_002.sfx.exe

Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2016
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/NAVMAN/DLM/Autodesk_Navisworks_Manage_2016_Multilingual_Win_64bit_r1_dlm_001_002.sfx.exe
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/NAVMAN/DLM/Autodesk_Navisworks_Manage_2016_Multilingual_Win_64bit_r1_dlm_002_002.sfx.exe
 

Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2016
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/NAVSIM/DLM/Autodesk_Navisworks_Simulate_2016_Multilingual_Win_64bit_r1_dlm_001_002.sfx.exe
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/NAVSIM/DLM/Autodesk_Navisworks_Simulate_2016_Multilingual_Win_64bit_r1_dlm_002_002.sfx.exe

Autodesk Building Design Suite Ultimate English 2016 Win 32 bit 64 bit 
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/BDSADV/DLM/Building_Design_Suite_Ultimate_2016_English_Win_32_64bit_dlm_001_007.sfx.exe 
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/BDSADV/DLM/Building_Design_Suite_Ultimate_2016_English_Win_32_64bit_dlm_002_007.sfx.exe 
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/BDSADV/DLM/Building_Design_Suite_Ultimate_2016_English_Win_32_64bit_dlm_003_007.sfx.exe 
 http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/BDSADV/DLM/Building_Design_Suite_Ultimate_2016_English_Win_32_64bit_dlm_004_007.sfx.exe 
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/BDSADV/DLM/Building_Design_Suite_Ultimate_2016_English_Win_32_64bit_dlm_005_007.sfx.exe 
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/BDSADV/DLM/Building_Design_Suite_Ultimate_2016_English_Win_32_64bit_dlm_006_007.sfx.exe 
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/BDSADV/DLM/Building_Design_Suite_Ultimate_2016_English_Win_32_64bit_dlm_007_007.sfx.exe

 

Oh, on a related note, if you are looking for your Productivity enhancements / Subscription addins, go to this link:
https://accounts-subs.autodesk.com/sp/servlet/download/index?siteID=11564774&id=14499814

Some other BIM-related, Autodesk 2016 software links here (keep in mind these are useful as trials only, unless you have access to legal activation methods through subscription with Autodesk):

AutoCAD 2016:
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/ACD/DLM/AutoCAD_2016_English_Win_32bit_dlm.sfx.exe
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/ACD/DLM/AutoCAD_2016_English_Win_64bit_dlm.sfx.exe

Inventor 2016:
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/INVNTOR/DLM/Inventor_2016_English_Win_64bit_dlm_001_003.sfx.exe
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/INVNTOR/DLM/Inventor_2016_English_Win_64bit_dlm_002_003.sfx.exe
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/INVNTOR/DLM/Inventor_2016_English_Win_64bit_dlm_003_003.sfx.exe

AutoCAD Architecture 2016:
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/ARCHDESK/DLM/AutoCAD_Architecture_2016_English_Win_64bit_dlm_001_002.sfx.exe
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/ARCHDESK/DLM/AutoCAD_Architecture_2016_English_Win_64bit_dlm_002_002.sfx.exe

AutoCAD MEP 2016:
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/BLDSYS/DLM/AutoCAD_MEP_2016_English_Win_64bit_dlm_001_003.sfx.exe
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/BLDSYS/DLM/AutoCAD_MEP_2016_English_Win_64bit_dlm_002_003.sfx.exe
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/BLDSYS/DLM/AutoCAD_MEP_2016_English_Win_64bit_dlm_003_003.sfx.exe

Autodesk Vault Basic English 2016 Win 32/64
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/INVVAU/DLM/VBC2016_ENU_32_64bit_dlm.sfx.exe

Autodesk Vault Basic Server 2016 English Win 64bit
http://trial2.autodesk.com/NET16SWDLD/2016/INVVAU/DLM/VBS2016_ENU_64bit_dlm.sfx.exe