Dynamo Sandbox Compatibility and Install

[Ding_Gus_Con]

I would like to test the current Dynamo Sandbox build v3.4.1.
The documentation is a bit conflicting and instructions a bit cumbersome for a novice.
Before I go down the rabbit hole of learning to “Build it from source”, could I get confirmation it should function?

Dynamo Speckle Docs indicates support for Dynamo Sandbox from 2.1 to 2.10

Dynamo | Speckle Docs

Dynamo Connector from Speckle manager indicates “Dynamo Revit” 2020 to 2023.

Previous recent thread response indicates sandbox is supported but not via installer.
What does it entail to “Build it from source”:

Based on Local Development Environment, About Dynamo Connector

Hello, Community! I am currently exploring Speckle in a local development environment to evaluate its functionalities. Among them, I am focusing on the Dynamo Connector, and I would greatly appreciate it if you could provide some clarification on the following points. In the current local development setup, the Dynamo Connector appears to use port 3000 and works with stream URLs in the format: http://<server_address>:3000/streams/<projectId>/branches/<modelName>. I would like to confirm if…

[Ding_Gus_Con]

After running the connector installer from the speckle manager to test the Dynamo for Revit version I receive the following error:

[Ding_Gus_Con]

Still looking for clarity on this. Does Speckle support dynamo sandbox or not? If yes what is the procedure and versions it functions with.

[teocomi (Matteo Cominetti)]

Hi Ding,

Dynamo Sandbox is supported by Speckle, meaning that it can run there - as a matter of fact we use it regularly when developing the connector.
But, as you have already found, we’re not distributing an installer for it. Therefore, the only way to get it up and running is by using Visual Studio, building and running the connector from source code; this is not a task for a novice.

May I ask why you need Sandbox instead of Dynamo for Revit?

@Ding_Gus_Con

After running the connector installer from the speckle manager to test the Dynamo for Revit version I receive the following error:

This error refers to the fact that you have misaligned versions of our connectors on your machine, please use Manager to ensure they are all updated to the latest version.

[Nikos (Nikos Argyros)]

Hey @Ding_Gus_Con,

Can you make sure your connectors have the same version for both Revit and Dynamo and try again:

[Ding_Gus_Con]

Thanks for the reply.
Dynamo Sandbox is preferred as the process I’ve developed is intended to act as an interop between planswift data and speckle via Dynamo. Currently it functions great generating full 3d models from the 2d planswift estimates, but it adds an unecessary layer of complexity as this process is intended for visualization and QC only. This is where speckle comes in. I want to eliminate the need to port things to Revit and its crude families and performance issues with large instantiations of elements. Dealing with sandbox and speckle as simpler geometry nets me the ability to do almost realtime visualzation without the need for estimators to hold a revit license or understand that software.