Installing and Uninstalling Packages

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PRESENTER: In this session, we'll

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walk through the specific steps for installing and uninstalling

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packages inside Dynamo for Civil 3D.

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As newer versions of Dynamo and Civil 3D are released,

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it's important to take note to which packages will work,

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and once installed, where you can access the nodes

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inside the specific package.

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We are now in the second step in the workflow,

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Installing an Un-Instaliing packages inside Dynamo.

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Let's switch over to dynamo and get started.

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I have already accessed the dynamo interface

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by clicking on the Manage tab, Visual Programming panel,

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and clicking on the Dynamo icon.

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I have also already begun my search for packages

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and have decided to install the latest version of the Civil 3D

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toolkit.

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Left click on the arrow to download.

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Click OK to continue.

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The civil 3D toolkit has now been installed.

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You can clear the notifications, exit out of the search window,

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and start a new Dynamo script.

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You'll notice, on the left hand side of the library,

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we have an Add-ons section in the Dynamo library.

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Underneath Autodesk, Civil 3D toolkit,

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I can find the nodes that are associated with the package I

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just installed.

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It's important to note that with newer releases of Dynamo

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in the application, some packages are created based

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on newer versions of Dynamo.

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I am in Civil 3D

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to install another package for sheet set manager.

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Go to packages, search for a package, and type in,

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sheet set manager.

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I expand the package to look at the details.

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I see the developer has added a keyword of 2021,

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but will install to watch the notifications.

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Once I click install, Dynamo provides me

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with a few notifications.

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I will click OK to install the latest version.

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I will click OK to accept that this package contains

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Python scripts.

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And the last notification is to inform me

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that the nodes inside this package

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were created using a newer version.

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I click OK, it shows it downloaded,

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and I can now see the sheet set manager package

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under the Add-on category in the Dynamo library.

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Be careful when using nodes for newer versions

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as you may experience unintended errors in your graph.

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To uninstall a package, under the Package menu,

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click Manage Packages.

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In the Installed Packages dialog box

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click the ellipses on the right to display several options

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including Uninstall.

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Once you click Uninstall, a notification making you aware

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that Dynamo and Civil

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restart before the uninstall takes effect.

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Click OK and Yes, close out of Dynamo and Civil

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Once you relaunch Dynamo, you'll notice that

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under managed packages, the package has now been removed,

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as well as under the Add-ons category in the Dynamo library.