Should architects learn Python, and why?

Covering a popularly requested topic today. Enjoy!

0:00 Intro
0:49 Python and Dynamo
3:10 ghPython and Grasshopper
4:08 Python shells
4:59 External Python / ML
6:27 pyRevit
7:28 Other languages
8:46 Applying versus knowing
9:52 Outro

I hope you enjoy the session and learn something new! Feel free to comment any feedback/questions below, or follow my channel if you enjoyed this.

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[HyunWooKim_EnjoyRevit]

If you are good at Revit, You are not good enough before you know Dynamo.
If you are good at Dynamo, You are not good enough before you know Python.
If you are good at Python, You are not good enough before you know API.
Thanks for the video. :)

[mattylindemann]

Awesome down-to-earth overview. Thanks a bunch, Gavin

[nhanvohoang]

Tks Gavin, your python course is awesome, at first I just use python for dynamo, now I can apply to AutoCAD, excel, pdf, word and stock analysis LOL. Keep up the great work.

[shamila]

That was a great summary and it answered a lot of questions. Thanks !!

[Elisandro_]

Great video. Your channel is amazing! Thanks a lot!!!

[hxviz]

Well said Gavin!
I am sure subscribing to your channel.

[ciljoy]

Looking forward to your pyRevit tutorials!

[dykodesigns]

The question is, do Architects like programming? Most Architects I've met are not the most computer savvy or the most technical in that regard. Structural engineers on other hand, are quite computer savvy and tend to like programming. My father is an electronics hobbiest so programming is something I was exposed to from an early age. In the 80's Basic was the goto language, nowerdays Python has kind of replaced it's role. I think programming can empower people in understanding how software works and why it works a certain way.

[MFM_ALJ]

Thanks for the info. Which laptop are you using?

[damirces]

Very interesting and educational video as usual.
Last week working on the Dynamo graph I used one of the custom nodes package "Genius Loci" and was curious to look inside one of the node. It was written in Python and it was so logical written as easy to understand so that makes me wonder to check Python on Internet. Also found that they're connecting Python directly with AI and that is the language of the future...
Maybe we could say like this. Learning Python can help you to make your Dynamo scripts shorter and preparing ourselves for the outcomes in future...
Aussie, what about Data Bank storages, in which language are they running?

[DavidGoshadze]

Thanks Garvin, really useful video. One question that I have - If a big AEC company is looking for creating a Revit plugin, would you recommend going with C# with installer or do you think it would be sufficient to use pyRevit and just create a tab wrapper for python scripts. Thanks!

[asiab]

Yup Python is like third hand while speeding up my work:)

[ahmedabdelsalam]

Hello Gavin,
Is there any way to Join Architecture Walls with Beams in Revit Structure Link ?

[mazrisbimdiary]

I commented several times but I can't see my comments :/ Thanks for your effort!

[DonSkarbeck]

Hello! Thanks for this video, but I don't think you really explained "why", more "how".