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You have to add ajax commands to the ajax response, using the unrendered render array:
$response->addCommand(new ReplaceCommand('#form-container', $renderable));
BTW you can only return a Drupal ajax response if you have triggered an ajax request via ajax.js. Outside of form submits you usually do this by adding the class use-ajax to a link. For custom ...
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You can trigger Ajax in custom javascript. See How to Trigger Existing, Non-Form Ajax from JavaScript Event
In your case an Ajax dialog:
var ajaxSettings = {
url: '/node/1',
dialogType: 'modal',
dialog: { width: 400 },
};
var myAjaxObject = Drupal.ajax(ajaxSettings);
myAjaxObject.execute();
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