The Building Coder

Managing SDK Samples

As mentioned in the previous post, the Revit SDK samples provide the biggest knowledge base on how to solve any specific programming task in Revit. The API documentation RevitAPI.chm lists the available classes and their properties and methods, and the API diagram in 'Revit API Diagram.dwf' shows their class hierarchy, but there is no information there about how they work together to provide specific functionality. The getting started document 'Getting Started Revit API 2009.doc' does provide some background information about... Read more →

The Revit SDK Contents

The Revit SDK or Software Developer Kit is included in every Revit product installation CD. You can search the installation for a file named *sdk*.zip. In Revit 2009, it is named 'Revit 2009 SDK.zip' and located in a subdirectory 'Utilities\Common\Software Development Kit'. It can also be downloaded from the public Revit developer center which can be reached via www.autodesk.com > Communities > Developers > Products & Technologies > Revit Architecture and Revit Structure, or from the members-only ADN web site... Read more →

Getting Started with the Revit API

The Autodesk Developer Center includes a good overview over the basic resources available for getting started with the Revit API, or Application Programming Interface. You will also find this page by searching for the keywords "revit devtv". The DevTV Introduction to Revit Programming is a self-paced video tutorial demonstrating how to get started developing with Revit. This page also points to the public Revit API discussion group and the possibility to join ADN, as well as providing links for downloading... Read more →

Introduction to DevTech

I'm very pleased to be part of a great team at Autodesk: DevTech, the Developer Technical Services team. Our focus is on providing high quality services to members of ADN, the Autodesk Developer Network. Aside from providing technical support for programming-related questions, we also write technical solutions, which we call DevNotes, present at technical conferences, provide API training and mentoring, i.e. short-term consulting, and liaise regularly with our engineering teams. The team is spread around the world, so we have... Read more →

Welcome

Welcome to The Building Coder, a blog dedicated to programmers working with the Revit API. My name is Jeremy Tammik and I work in the DevTech team, Autodesk's Developer Technical Services. We provide technical services to members of ADN, the Autodesk Developer Network. This includes programming support, consulting, training and evangelism. I'll be using this blog to share technical information about the use of the Revit API, i.e. its Application Programming Interface. I am part of the AEC workgroup in... Read more →