Novedge Pulse™ of Jeremy Tammik

One of the highlights mentioned in the overview of the Revit 2014 API is the FreeForm element API that enables modification of solid geometry imported from DWG or SAT. Several other new DWG and DXF related features include import of [more...]

Two hot topics for today, especially the first: Updated Revit 2014 SDK Visual debugging tools Updated Revit 2014 SDK An updated Revit 2014 SDK is live on the ADN Open Revit developer page now: www.autodesk.com/developrevit This version includes RevitLookup and [more...]

I enjoyed some wonderful hot sunny days since I returned from New England back to Switzerland. Summer finally arrived. A nice change after the rain and cold both here and in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Talking about rain and sun [more...]

In the past ten days, I migrated The Building Coder samples, ADN training labs, MEP and Structural sample material from Revit 2013 to 2014. In all of these migrations, I lamented the processor architecture mismatch warning MSB3270 saying There was [more...]

In case you have not noticed, I would like to point out one important specialised addition to the Revit 2014 SDK: the new Structural Analysis Software Developer Kit. It lives in its own sub-directory Structural Analysis SDK and consists of [more...]

Here comes the final step of migrating the ADN training material and The Building Coder samples to Revit 2014. The previous steps included: ADN Revit API training labs ADN Revit MEP sample AdnRme The Building Coder samples migration and deprecated [more...]

I am back safe and sound in Europe again, and the pressure to complete my preparations for the upcoming Moscow Revit DevCamp on June 25th and the Revit 2014 API training in Sydney in July is gradually growing. As part [more...]

Do you know very little about scripting and want to get started? Here are some recommendations on getting started with Python and Ruby from Steven Mycynek of the Revit API development team and Saikat Bhattacharya of Autodesk Consulting. I am [more...]

Here is a quick post to remind you of the Revit API wishlist survey and provide the first overview of new SDK samples added in Revit 2014. Revit API Wishlist Survey Reminder I recently mentioned that this year's Revit API [more...]

I completed The Building Coder sample migration to Revit 2014 back in April, but it was still generating 111 warnings due to use of obsolete API calls. After migrating the ADN training lab material last week, I thought I could [more...]

I am still in the USA, visiting my colleague Kevin Vandecar in Goffstown, New Hampshire, returning to Europe on Tuesday. Today we worked in his huge garden, loading a bunch of tree stumps on a truck with a tractor, then [more...]

My colleague Gopinath Taget has started supporting the Revit API as well, and we are very happy he is joining our workgroup. He migrated the ADN Training Labs to Revit 2014, and I cleaned up and documented the results a [more...]

My colleague Miroslav Schonauer of Autodesk Consulting ran into and solved a critical issue to fix the unexpected values reported by the Rotation property on detail components in elevation views. Here are the steps describing the problem and happy resolution [more...]

Today is the day I have been working towards with my cloud-based round-trip 2D Revit model editing project, which I am presenting this afternoon (cf. the 30-minute pre-recorded video). Before I get to that, I would like to pass on [more...]

Below, we will take a look at a Revit multi-project batch PDF printer project driven by the Windows task scheduler and the Revit Idling event. Before getting to that, though, let me share some of my Sunday activities. Contact Impro [more...]

I recently discussed the Google prettify tool that I started using to display colour-coded JavaScript source code in HTML. As I mentioned there, it does a good job for all languages I looked at except C# and VB .NET, where [more...]

Håkon Clausen of dRofus AS published an updated version of RevitRubyShell. In Håkon own words: I have updated the add-in to 2014 and added new docking and idling features. It was all completely modal in Revit 2013, which was a [more...]

Register and mark your calendar now for this upcoming webcast on making the most of the Autodesk Exchange Apps store: "How developers can ride and profit from the Autodesk Exchange Apps adoption wave" There are currently 15 Autodesk Exchange Apps [more...]

After publishing the little sample code snippet yesterday showing how to load and reload an external Revit command from a byte stream to avoid locking the .NET assembly DLL, I realised that this can be combined rather nicely with my [more...]

How to reload an external Revit command without having to restart the Revit session has been a subject of discussion many times in the past, e.g. in reloading an add-in for debug without restart, which lists four possibilities: Set up [more...]

Once again, the time is ripe for another round of API wishlist surveys. This year's Revit API wishlist survey is now open. Please take a moment to participate and complete this survey and let us hear your feedback. It will [more...]

Today we proudly present an exciting and powerful extensible storage utility class library by Victor Chekalin. I'll also add some other assorted items at the end: Extensible storage extension Example 1 – save integer value to an element Example 2 [more...]

I more or less completed the research for my cloud-based round-trip 2D Revit model editing project. I'll describe some parts of that, and also address Three aspects of life and programming Room editor navigation Nested asynchronous database call-back functions Roomedit [more...]

I have been asked a couple of times how you can integrate multiple Revit add-ins from different sources together into a single ribbon panel. This topic has also been discussed on the web, e.g. towards the end of whether to [more...]

Nature abhors vacuum, and every disk fills up. This Mac has a 500 GB SSD, which is great, but gradually getting cramped. Looking around for some disk space management tools, I also happened to stumble across Monolingual and made immediate [more...]

As you know, I format my source code to pretty short lines in order to avoid having them truncated by the narrow blog post view column. I also like to present the code colour coded, as it appears in Visual [more...]

I updated my Visual Studio Revit add-in wizards and am taking the time to publish them today, which is Ascension Day and a holiday in Neuchâtel. That also gives me some extra time to prepare for the June 3-4 Tech [more...]

Here is a detailed description of one of the most exciting Revit 2014 API features that you should have heard about by now and promises numerous uses, prompted by a question from a developer on duplicating views from one document [more...]

Here is a very nice little sample on using the new Revit 2014 dockable panels by Håkan Wikemar of AEC, Sweden. In Håkan's words, it is close to the DockableDialogs SDK sample but easier to follow. The DockableDialogs SDK sample [more...]

Continuing the research and development for my cloud-based round-trip 2D Revit model editing project, here are some issues I tackled since my last report: Updated project description and status CouchDB SVG editor implementation Home page: list all models and select [more...]

Here is a recent query from a developer that led to a nice succinct overview of transactions, sub-transactions and transaction groups by Arnošt Löbel. This makes a change from the recent rash of monster posts. The last ten posts were [more...]

Here is one post that I prepared well for in advance, by publishing the previous 'What's New in the API' sections two months back: What's New in the Revit 2010 API What's New in the Revit 2011 API What's New [more...]

Here are some notes on the small issues I encountered compiling the Revit 2014 SDK: Compile and install RevitLookup Set up the Revit API assembly paths First compilation run causes expected errors Set up the RevitAddInUtility assembly path PointCurveCreation Office [more...]

Continuing the research and development for my cloud-based round-trip 2D Revit model editing project, I now implemented the first of the next steps mentioned at the end: Separation of symbol and instance data in my add-in and database structure: currently [more...]