Revit Secondary Development: How to Create a Custom Tab After Launch

In Revit, the user interface (UI) for a typical plugin is usually created during Revit’s startup process, utilizing the UIControlledApplication type within the OnStartup method of the IExternalApplication interface.

However, upon reviewing the SDK, I discovered that the UI can also be created using the UIApplication type. Through testing, I confirmed that it is possible to add UI elements after Revit has already launched.

Consider the following example code:

   public class TestCommand : IExternalCommand
        {
            public Result Execute(ExternalCommandData commandData, ref string message, ElementSet elements)
            {
                UIApplication uiapp = commandData.Application;

            RibbonPanel rb = uiapp.CreateRibbonPanel(uiapp.CreateRibbonTab("Capol"), "NewRibbonPanel");

            return Result.Succeeded;

        }

    }

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