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Using dictionaries in Dynamo

Using dictionaries in Dynamo

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Using dictionaries in Dynamo

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- [Instructor] This week, I want to talk to you about a relatively new feature in Dynamo, the ability to create dictionaries. So a dictionary is similar to a list, it's kind of list, it's just more accessible because you define keys within the dictionary and then you can reference objects at the key directly by name as opposed to having to try and figure out what index that item lives at. So to demonstrate dictionaries, I'm going to use a really simple example, and I've got the Revet sample project open on screen here. So this is just available with the software. You can go to File, Open, and then Sample Files, and it's this file right here, the Rack Advanced sample project. You should have access to that, it should be part of your system. But if you don't, you can open any model at all to follow along. Next, I'm going to go to Dynamo. So I'm going to go to the Manage tab here, click Dynamo, and that will launch…

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