The Orchid Dynamo Package

Orchid is a must have Dynamo package. It contains a large variety of powerful nodes that can scale your potential in Dynamo.

For example, use this orchid node “FamilyDocument.Current” to get the current active family you are editing.

Pair the above with the Orchid node “SharedParameter.Add” to add a shared parameter to the family.

Orchid nodes often replicate out-of-the-box Dynamo nodes though they are slightly different and often require connecting to other Orchid nodes. While this may seem like a limitation, their comprehensive selection likely has the solution you need.

How to get this package?

The Orchid package is not installed through the typical “Search for a package” tool in Dynamo. While there is an Orchid package there, the description states in bold “ORCHID MUST BE DOWNLOADED FROM GITHUB”. Use the following steps to download and install the Orchid package from GitHub.

1. Go to GitHub https://github.com/erfajo/OrchidForDynamo/blob/master/Builds/OrchidForDynamo.exe
2. Click the download button on the right
   
3. Save the file to your computer and install.
4. During the install you will a blue pop-up. Don’t worry this file is safe. Click More Info, then Run Anyway.
   

   

5. Select all versions of Revit (Recommended)
   
6. You may install for Sandbox if you are also using the standalone Dynamo Sandbox, otherwise installing for Revit is typical.