The Building Coder

Satellite Images and Instance Transforms

I hope you are doing well and remaining healthy! Topics for today – Transforming symbol geometry to instance placement – Importing and displaying satellite images – Free time? Learn! Free code camp... Read more →

Autorouting and Reference for CreatePipeConnector

Today we pick up two recent MEP related discussions, on creating a new pipe connector for a hydraulic fitting family and on automatic pipe system routing, and a couple of other odd items – The names they are a-changin – Getting a ReferencePlane for CreatePipeConnector – Auto-routing a pipe system between plumbing fixtures – Handling dialogue and failure messages – Retrieving a geometry reference... Read more →

Command Binding Conflicts and Face UV Coords

Today, let's pick up two recent discussions on the UV coordinate space on a face and the replacement of add-in command bindings – Understanding the Face BoundingBoxUV – Handling add-in command binding conflicts... Read more →

Splitting a Duct in More Depth

We recently shared a brief note on using the BreakCurve API for splitting a pipe. Matt Taylor now pointed out a much more comprehensive discussion asking, is there any API available to split a duct programmatically? That is not just an example, but an entire tutorial, so I think it is very useful to share here as well for all to enjoy.. Read more →

Panel Schedule Slots and Changing Room Level

An amazing solution to move existing rooms between levels while retaining all their information, some thoughts on managing slots in panel schedules, and a couple of useful JavaScript debugging console hints – Moving rooms to other levels – Slots in panel schedules – JavaScript debugging console commands... Read more →

Split Pipe

A short note on splitting pipes... Read more →

Another Async Await, REX + Structural Analysis SDK

Here are two important utilities, one eagerly awaited, the other a nice surprise: the updated REX and Structural analysis SDKs and a powerful async and await wrapper for the Revit API external event – REX SDK and Structural Analysis SDK 2020 – Revit.Async – Background – Standard approach – Revit.Async approach... Read more →

Coding, Interior Elevations and Command Line Opts

Another inspiring guide to getting started with the Revit API, creating interior elevations and revisiting the Revit command line switches – Learning to code with interior elevations – Revit command line switches updated – World-wide connectivity... Read more →