The Building Coder

Custom Parameters and Tile Packing

Parameter changes and tile packing using the Revit API and AI, plus some other notes on Forge and general stuff – Parameter type changes to Custom – Determining cut tiles in room – Optimal banana sandwich slice packing with AI – Forge solution showcase – Effect of home office on meeting culture – Motivating kids can be harder than business success... Read more →

RevitLookup Continuous Integration and GraphQL

Let's start the week with a look at the new RevitLookup CI system and a GraphQL interface for Revit – RevitLookup CI on GitLab – GitLab CI YAML – GraphQL for Revit – The Tamm Tree... Read more →

Compile and Compare Revit 2021.1 SDK Samples

I document my compilation, adaptation and installation of the Revit SDK samples and the RvtSamples external application loading them all – Compiling the Revit 2021.1 SDK samples – Architecture mismatch warning and RvtSamples.txt – New SDK sample CivilAlignments... Read more →

Revit 2021.1 SDK and What's New

The updated SDK (Software Developer's Kit) for the Revit 2021.1 update release is now available from the Revit developer centre – The Revit 2021.1 SDK – ConnectorType API – Export API – Save As API – API additions – Civil Alignments API – Dimension API – Shared Coordinates API – Reset Shared Coordinates – Clipped state of BasePoint – MEP API – Building and Space Type – Zone additions... Read more →