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Autodesk Informed Design connects Architectural design and building component manufacturing.
Building product manufacturers can publish configurable manufacturing models from Autodesk Inventor for use in Revit.
Architectural designers can configure the manufacturing model in Revit and insert a Revit family of the required variant.
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Informed Design Codeblocks
The building component publisher uses Informed Design to design the interface that will be used in Revit to configure the model.
Informed Design uses Codeblocks to build the user input Form and define the allowable inputs.
Learn more: Informed Design: iLogic Vs Codeblocks. Which Rules rule?
In this article, we’ll learn how to use the External Inputs feature to make our Codeblock Logic easier to follow.
Codeblock External and Inline Inputs
Complex logical or mathematical statements using nested inline Codeblocks can become long, extending off the screen and becoming difficult to follow.
Autodesk Informed Design: Inline Vs External Inputs
An easy way to improve readability is to use External Inputs.
External inputs allow Codeblocks to be connected to the host block vertically, rather than horizontally, this shortens the connected blocks in their width.
To use External Inputs, right mouse click on a Codeblock and choose ‘External Inputs’.
Informed Design Codeblocks: External Input option
To revert back to Inline Inputs, right-click on a Codeblock and choose ‘Inline Inputs’.
Informed Design Codeblocks: Inline Inputs option
How to learn more about Informed Design Codeblocks
Here are some resources you can use to learn more about Codeblocks in Autodesk Informed Design:
- Autodesk Learn: Informed Design Codeblocks (Video tutorials)
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