Dynamo BIM vs. National Instruments LabVIEW

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Dynamo BIM
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Dynamo is an open-source software platform for computational design and building information modeling (BIM). Through a visual interface, construct logic routines to smooth and automate workflows, find optimum solutions, and sift through design options. The commercial product Dynamo Studio is discontinued and will be excluded from Autodesk's suite of products (capabilities of Dynamo Studio now appear as part of Revit itself). However, Dynamo’s open-source version still works with Autodesk Revit…
$0
LabVIEW
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
National Instruments headquartered in Austin offers LabVIEW, a systems engineering software platform and toolkit.
$407
per year
Pricing
Dynamo BIMNational Instruments LabVIEW
Editions & Modules
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LabView Base
$407
per year
LabView Full
3,206
per year
LabView Professional
5,344
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Dynamo BIMLabVIEW
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
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Computer-Aided Design Software
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Dynamo BIM
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Ratings
National Instruments LabVIEW
8.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Rendering and Visualization00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Parametric Design00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Collaboration and Sharing00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Compatibility with other software and formats00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Assembly Design00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Simulation and Analysis00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Documentation and Annotation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Customization and Extensions00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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User Testimonials
Dynamo BIMNational Instruments LabVIEW
Likelihood to Recommend
Autodesk
Dynamo is the main tool for making BIM automation very well . By using Dyanmo our work take less time to complete. After correct Dynamo script applying in Revit most of the time work take less time to complete in a smart way . I think coding and Dyanmo will make a better combination in BIM field.
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NI (National Instruments)
LabView is a great tool to connect your sensors to your data aquisition hardware. It makes it really easy to set-up a data acquisition routine that meets your individual requirements. I, as an engine researcher, find it very well suited for engine experimentation. For any other programming needs, i.e. not data acquisition, I would not recommend using LabView because of its graphical programming architecture. The architecture makes it a great tool for Data Aquisition but puts at a disadvantage when it comes to other computational tasks, e.g. making a thermodynamic engine model. For those applications having text-based programming is better suited
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Pros
Autodesk
  • I create a Dyanmo script for placing a light family in all over model in a single click with maintaining a standard.
  • I can create a Dyanmo script for PDF creation of my all 2d sheets .
  • I can create a Dyanmo script to cut my whole pipe in a standard pipe length in a single click .
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NI (National Instruments)
  • Being a graphical programming language, it is a little easier for a layperson to understand than text based programming languages.
  • The program has very good debugging features.
  • Support is good.
  • There are a variety of tutorials which make it easier to do something that you aren't sure about.
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Cons
Autodesk
  • For making a dyanmo script we should do alot of work and I think this news to be smart.
  • Dyanmo with navisworks is require
  • Dynamo free tutorial is to be shared by company.
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NI (National Instruments)
  • improve the management of pc resources to use the minimum amount of resources
  • add a utility for zooming in the block diagram window
  • Improve management of complementary applications, such as real time module or dsc
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Alternatives Considered
Autodesk
I think Dyanmo is a basic to advance version of automation in BIM Industry so we choose Dynamo against any other software. Many of our people knows about the software so training of this software is become easy for organisation. On YouTube we have found many videos about Dyanmo. Most important it take less money and save very much time of our employees.
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NI (National Instruments)
We chose LabVIEW over MATLAB due to the integration with hardware and the graphical programming interface. Also, the ability to use LabVIEW with FPGAs and real-time processors without having to make large changes to the code base or swapping to a separate programming environment was a big benefit since we don't know what hardware will be suitable for each customer application.
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Return on Investment
Autodesk
  • Positive impact is it will save our employees time to do his job
  • It will create an automation in BIM industry
  • Not take too much money for licence
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NI (National Instruments)
  • We use NI's data acquisition hardware as well which has made it possible to get whatever experimental data we need to get for our studies.
  • LabView has made it possible for us to post-process and tailor the raw data to our specific needs.
  • With a responsive customer support team, NI allows us to expand our data acquisition and post-processing capabilities to carry out the kind of research projects that we would want.
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