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+# DynaFire
+Dynamo Keyboard Shortcuts Extension
+
+This addin should help users add customizable shortucts to DynamoBIM, a visual programing language for the AEC industry. 
+Autodesk is working on the open source project to encourage automation, but they needed a little help adding the shortcut functionality.
+This project was started at the #beyondAEC hackathon, held in Boston.
+
+the solution should compile, and the goal is that if all you want is to add the extension, then the deploy folder should have all you need.
+
+Note, this is very much a work in progress.  At the time of this writing there are known issues which WILL cause Dynamo to crash.
+Use at your own risk, and please contribute.  We all want this project to get better :-)