ExportSampleImagesViewExtension

Export Sample Images for Dynamo

ExportSampleImages (ESI) is a View Extension for Dynamo which allows you to create images from Dyanmo graphs. The resulting image is a combination of the graph workspace combined with the geometry output view. The workspace will be 'cleaned-up' before the export resulting in a nice and tidy looking images. The extension supports multiple graphs and sports a basic, although informative UI showing the names of the Graphs to be exported, the progress and final result. You can refer to the images below for a brief introduction to ESI.

Workflow

Exporting Images

Single Graph Export

Building

Recommended Build Environment

• VisualStudio 2022
• .Net Framework 4.8

Build Process

• Fork or download the repository
• Build the soluition
• Manifest File (tell Dynamo where to find this Extension) - Open the ExportSampleImages_ViewExtensionDefinition.xml located in the manifest folder and change the path to the ExportSampleImagesViewExtension.dll by providing the correct path inside the <AssemblyPath></AssemblyPath> tags (the file should be in the bin\Debug of your solution)
• Copy the ExportSampleImages_ViewExtensionDefinition.xml file from the manifest directory to the viewExtensions folder of Dynamo (this can be under the bin\Debug folder if you are working in Sandbox environment, or the C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Revit 202x\AddIns\DynamoForRevit\viewExtensions for Dynamo Revit). -- Alternatively under the Build Events section of your solution, remove the 'REM' infront of the Post-build event command line, and replace the [YOUR_DYNAMO_SANDOX_LOCATION] with the location of your Dynamo Sandbox solution (REM copy /Y $(SolutionDir)ExportSampleImagesViewExtension\manifest\*.xml [YOUR_DYNAMO_SANDBOX_LOCATION]\Dynamo\bin\AnyCPU\Debug\viewExtensions)

If you have done eveything correctly, you should see 'Show Export Sample Images Extension' under the Extensions tab in Dynamo.

Debugging & Testing

In order to debug or run/create Unit Tests, you will have to take a few additional steps.

Debugging

• Download DynamoCoreRuntime 2.16.0 (or higher) from https://dynamobuilds.com/. Alternatively, you can build Dynamo from Dynamo repository and use the bin folder equivalently.
• Copy all contents of the DynamoCoreRuntime to ExportSampleImagesViewExtension\ExportSampleImagesTests\bin\Debug\. If you are building Dynamo locally, copy all contents of Dynamo from Dynamo/bin/AnyCPU/Debug to ExportSampleImagesViewExtension\ExportSampleImagesTests\bin\Debug\
• Copy ExportSampleImages_ViewExtensionDefinition.xml from ExportSampleImagesViewExtension\ExportSampleImagesViewExtension\manifests\ to ExportSampleImagesViewExtension\ExportSampleImagesTests\bin\Debug\viewExtensions\
• Open the copied ExportSampleImages_ViewExtensionDefinition.xml and change the assemply path to ..\ExportSampleImagesViewExtension.dll
• Remove Export Sample Images from your Dynamo packages folder if you have it installed from package manager (otherwise ExportSampleImagesViewExtension.dll will get loaded twice).
• Launch DynamoSandbox.exe, then click View-> Open Export Sample Images and use start debugging as you normally would.

Testing

• Install NUnit 2 Test Adapter from VisualStudio->Extensions->Manage Extensions->Online.
• Open Test Explorer from VisualStudio->Test->Test Explorer. Now you should see a list of TuneUpTests.
• *If you are running Visual Studio 2022 and you are having issues, try using ReSharper and the test module it provides instead.
• Make sure you are using 64bit Testing architecture by going to Test->Processor Architecture for AnyCPU Projects->x64
• Click the target test to run or run them all.

Known Issues

• Runing graphs under Dynamo or Revit could trigger Notification Dialogs (prompts) which will interrupt the flow.
• In rare circumstances, graphs could cause silent crash. In these scenarious, try utilizing the 'log.txt' file saved in the root folder of your Target location. The Extension would allow you to attemt and Resume your run from the last recorded graph