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Jeremy Tammik blogging on the Revit API home archives about topics index source subscribe code forum devguide 3dwc Facebook Google Plus LinkedIn Twitter February 05, 2020 External Communication and Async Await Event async and await external event wrapper! Communicating from outside with Revit is often better replaced by the Forge Design Automation API for Revit. However, it is also possible to make use of Revit as a server in a limited way via an external event – Communicating with another process – Autodesk open positions... Read more → Posted on February 05, 2020 at 11:00 in .NET , DA4R , Events , External , Forge , Job , Modeless | Permalink | 0 Comments Tags: akn_include, Jeremy Tammik, Revit API | | January 30, 2020 Revit WPF Add-Ins and Template The long-standing topic of WinForms versus WPF for Revit add-in user interface seems to be nearing a conclusion – WinForms or WPF? – Revit WPF template – Readme – Build – Customize – Documentation... Read more → Posted on January 30, 2020 at 11:00 in Architecture , Getting Started , User Interface , WPF | Permalink | 0 Comments Tags: akn_include, Jeremy Tammik, Revit API | | January 28, 2020 DevDays Online and Add-In Migration I share a contribution from fellow blogger Eric Boehlke and the announcement of the upcoming yearly DevDays Online presentations – Add-in migration – Update API references – Join us for our DevDays Online webinars... Read more → Posted on January 28, 2020 at 11:00 in 360 , BIM , Cloud , Desktop , DevDays , Events , Forge , Migration | Permalink | 0 Comments Tags: akn_include, Jeremy Tammik, Revit API | | January 23, 2020 Unit Testing and the UsesInstanceGeometry Method Quick notes on two recent interesting Revit API discussion forum threads – Unit testing – UsesInstanceGeometry IFC utility method... Read more → Posted on January 23, 2020 at 11:00 in .NET , AU , Geometry , IFC , Utilities | Permalink | 0 Comments Tags: akn_include, Jeremy Tammik, Revit API | | January 21, 2020 Torsion Tools, Command Event and Info in DA4R As always, interesting topics keep pouring in from the Revit API discussion forum and elsewhere – Torsion Tools GitHub launch and solution overview – Detect command launch – SelectableInViewFilter – Access project location in Forge – Distinguish structural elements and access volume information in Forge... Read more → Posted on January 21, 2020 at 11:00 in BIM , DA4R , Data Access , Events , Forge , Getting Started , RST | Permalink | 0 Comments Tags: akn_include, Jeremy Tammik, Revit API | | January 16, 2020 C# Book, Chinese Revit API Tutorial and Insight I very much enjoyed my quick visit to Swissbau Basel yesterday and meeting so many wonderful people there. Here are some recent getting started tips on various areas: programming in general, C#, the Revit API and Insight – The C# Yellow Book – Chinese Revit API tutorial – Insight into Insight... Read more → Posted on January 16, 2020 at 11:00 in 360 , Analysis , BIM , Events , Getting Started , Insight360 | Permalink | 0 Comments Tags: akn_include, Jeremy Tammik, Revit API | | January 14, 2020 Swissbau Basel and Comparing Family Part Atoms Here is a last-minute announcement that I will be attending the Swissbau Basel on Wednesday, a quick hint to answer a support case that just came in today, a forum thread issue, and a pointer to a drum solo – Attending Swissbau Basel on Wednesday – Comparing families using part atoms – Maximum area rectangle in polygon – Neil Peart drum solo... Read more → Posted on January 14, 2020 at 11:00 in Algorithm , Content , Events , Family , Geometry , Music , News | Permalink | 0 Comments Tags: akn_include, Jeremy Tammik, Revit API | | January 10, 2020 Unit Migration Toggle Imperial and Metric Project Unit I just helped address a wish in the Revit Idea Station. I also started taking a course on AI, designed for absolutely everybody – Single-click imperial and metric project unit toggle – Solution – Elements of AI – crash course for everyone – Zhonghu solo music... Read more → Posted on January 10, 2020 at 11:00 in AI , Getting Started , Migration , Settings , Units , Utilities | Permalink | 0 Comments Tags: akn_include, Jeremy Tammik, Revit API | | January 08, 2020 Extrusion Analyser and 2D Boolean Element Outline Happy New Year to the Revit add-in developer community! My main holiday project was the implementation of an external command to determine the 2D plan view outer boundary of a room in the XY plane, including all its bounding elements’ geometry – How to generate a 2D polygon representing the birds-eye view of an element – CmdExtrusionAnalyzer element outline using ExtrusionAnalyzer – Cmd2dBoolean element outline using 2D Booleans – CmdRoomOuterOutline outer room outline using 2D Booleans... Read more → Posted on January 08, 2020 at 11:00 in Algorithm , Clipper , Element Relationships , Geometry | Permalink | 0 Comments Tags: akn_include, Jeremy Tammik, Revit API | | December 19, 2019 DA4R, FindInserts, Deployment and SplitButton So many interesting things going on in the Revit API discussion forum. Also, the newest DA4R recording is now available online – Forge Design Automation API for Revit recording – Design Automation for Revit supports IFC – What does the FindInserts includeShadows flag do? – Easiest solution to deploy add-in – Always show the same button in SplitButton ... Read more → Posted on December 19, 2019 at 11:00 in DA4R , Deployment , Forge , Installation , Ribbon , User Interface | Permalink | 0 Comments Tags: akn_include, Jeremy Tammik, Revit API | | December 18, 2019 Dashboard, CreateViaOffset and Room Outer Outline An inconclusive struggle to use CurveLoop.CreateViaOffset leads us once again to thank the powers that be for the integer-based 2D Boolean Clipper library, and some thoughts on project dashboards – Extracting data for project dashboard – Specifying a list of offsets to CreateViaOffset – Alternatives to determine room outline including surrounding walls... Read more → Posted on December 18, 2019 at 11:00 in 360 , Algorithm , AU , BIM , Data Access , Forge , Geometry | Permalink | 0 Comments Tags: akn_include, Jeremy Tammik, Revit API | | December 10, 2019 Forge Rooms, Effective Filtered Element Collectors I successfully made it from Switzerland to Paris and the Forge accelerator in spite of the French strikes. My only worry is how to get back again tomorrow. Again, the train I have booked has been cancelled. Meanwhile, let’s take a look at – DA4R room support and new samples – Effective filtered element collection... Read more → Posted on December 10, 2019 at 11:00 in .NET , Accelerator , Algorithm , DA4R , Element Relationships , Filters , Forge , Performance | Permalink | 0 Comments Tags: akn_include, Jeremy Tammik, Revit API | | December 09, 2019 Comparing Symbols and Comparison Operators Family symbols, aka family types, should normally be relied on to be constant. However, since families and types can actually be edited at will, they are sometimes not. Hence, the need to check and compare may arise... Read more → Posted on December 09, 2019 at 11:00 in .NET , Content , Family | Permalink | 0 Comments Tags: akn_include, Jeremy Tammik, Revit API | | December 02, 2019 Cyrillic Lookup, Moving Grids and Combining Edges Topics to start this week – Why SVG? – Internet privacy – Pointless meetings research – Cyrillic characters in lookup tables – Moving a grid – Combining edges... Read more → Posted on December 02, 2019 at 11:00 in Cloud , Dynamo , Geometry , I18n , Python , RME , SVG | Permalink | 0 Comments Tags: akn_include, Jeremy Tammik, Revit API | | November 28, 2019 Design Automation API, Stacks, Collectors and Links The ultimatively painless introduction to the Forge Design Automation API, a solution for creating two stacked ribbon items, reinitialising filtered element collectors and picking a face in a linked file – Forge Design Automation API webinars – Stacking two 24x24 ribbon items – Reinitialising the filtered element collector –...