Revit API: How to Verify Families Before Loading Them
Some time ago, I proposed that to maintain consistency in project data, loading families from unknown sources should be ...
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Revit API: How to Display the Nearest Grid Intersection Points
When working on a project, communicating through grid positioning is often necessary. The common approach is to select t...
Revit API: Converting Pipe Fittings for Accurate Pipeline Length Calculation
In Revit, the pipeline length calculated represents the actual length of the pipe itself. In contrast, traditional calcu...
Getting Started with Revit API: Building a Simple Add-In
Creating a Simple Revit External Command Program (Revit 2017 + VS 2015) Open Visual Studio (VS2015 in this example). Cli...
Revit Customization: How to Export Screenshots and Images
The Revit API provides a method called Document.ExportImage() that allows you to export one or multiple views as image f...
Revit API: How to Retrieve Filter Colors in View Visibility Settings
In Revit’s View > Visibility/Graphics settings, you can change the color of a specific component type by applying ...
Revit Plugin Development: Automated Grid Alignment Made Easy
During project development, meshes are often flipped or selected incorrectly, resulting in unattractive meshes. To addre...
Advanced Revit Customization: Automating Grid Dimension Annotations
When working with Revit for drawing, annotating the grid is an essential task. Below are some insights and development t...
Revit API Development: Creating Custom Forms
In Revit, users often need to input specific data before executing a program. To implement forms in Revit, you can use t...
Revit Secondary Development: Creating Thumbnails for Inconsistent Regional Elevations
When working with Revit to create drawings, it is common to encounter inconsistencies in the elevation levels of a proje...
Revit Secondary Development: Testing Model Lightweight Conversion from RVT to JSON
Recently, the author has been exploring methods to display lightweight Revit models on web pages. After extensive resear...
Revit Customization: How to Export DWG Files Efficiently
The author recently explored exporting files in different formats using the Revit API and started by testing the export ...
Revit API Tutorial: Managing Hidden Elements in Elevation Views
Recently, I have been working on the sectional drawings for a project. Anyone who has experience with such projects know...
Revit API Development: Managing Database Operations Using MySQL
Recently, I have been researching how to quickly convert CAD data into Revit data. CAD drawings often contain a wealth o...
Revit Plugin Development: 3D Measurement with Ray Casting Technique
Navisworks and Tabletop’s cloud browsers both offer user-friendly 3D measurement tools. However, measuring the dis...
Dynamo Simple Clock Design
It’s been a while since I last used Dynamo, so let’s create a simple gadget. We will leverage Dynamo’s...
Revit Secondary Development: Mapping BuiltInCategories to Corresponding Categories
During development, it is essential to use the BuiltInCategory values for all model and annotation categories. To facili...
Dynamo_Space: A Guide to Linear Numbering Systems
A friend recently asked how to use Dynamo to number parking spaces. After some research, he documented a method for numb...
Dynamo Parking Lot Number
In my previous post, I discussed linear numbering of parking spaces. I also introduced a method to number parking spaces...
Transforming Family Dynamics Through Dynamo Change
As of Dynamo version 1.3.3, there are no built-in nodes available to change the family type directly. To address this, a...
