Dynamo Extension for Advance Steel

This repository contains the source files for the Dynamo Extension for Advance Steel.

Dynamo Extension for Advance Steel has different branches for different versions of Advance Steel. For example, to run it on Advance Steel 2020 you must use AS2020_2.1.0 branch.

How to build and use this extension:

1. Prerequisites needed:
   • Advance Steel 2026;
   • Visual Studio 2022;
   • Dynamo Core 3.4.2 runtime from http://www.github.com/DynamoDS/Dynamo;
   • .NET 8 SDK from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/visual-studio-sdks
2. Update the paths from \src\Config\user_local.props with the ones on your machine
3. Build the DynamoAdvanceSteel.sln solution in Release configuration.
4. Copy all files and folders from "Dynamo Core 3.0.3" build to .\bin\AnyCPU\Release\steel-pkg\bin\Core
5. (Optional) On Windows 10 version 1709 and later, run the the PowerShell command Get-ChildItem *.* -Recurse | Unblock-File inside .\bin\AnyCPU\Release\steel-pkg\bin\Core otherwise Dynamo can fail to load under Advance Steel. This is due to newer Windows blocking .NET assemblies downloaded from the internet.
6. Register DynamoAdvanceSteel.dll as an addon for Advance Steel (see "Register addon" section from Advance Steel online help)

To build the installer:

1. Prerequisites needed:
   • Wix v3.11 or newer;
2. Build DynamoAdvanceSteel.sln solution in Release configuration;
3. Build DynamoAdvanceSteelInstall.sln solution in Release configuration;

List of available nodes:

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