The Building Coder

Docs, Local APS LLM and Parallel Task Orchestration

RvtDocs online Revit API docs, run free local open-source LLM queries on your BIM, and orchestrate add-in tasks in parallel on multiple servers – Revit parallel task orchestration on the server – Task queue controller – RevitRunner class overview – Creating the manifest – Updating the journal – Implementing the command – Setting up the development environment – Parallel execution on multiple Revit instances – Managing Revit instances – Moore's law for agent autonomy: 7 months – Conversational voice generation... Read more →

Contour Lines, Batch Processor and Dynamo Shapely

Powerful tools and solutions for batch processing, 2D geometric analysis and toposolids – Revit batch processor sample code – Shapely for Dynamo – Retrieve Toposolid contour lines – Internet artifacts... Read more →

RBP, Materials, Their Assets and the Visual API

Two very different aspects of BIM materials, filtering for annotations and a powerful batch processor utility: – GetMaterialArea behaviour varies – Material assets and the Visual API – Filter for annotation families – Revit batch processor RBP... Read more →

CultureInfoChanger and IronPython3

Happy New Year 2023! Topics to begin – Copy as HTML 2022 – Size MEP connector with CultureInfoChanger – Journal files AU class – Bulk reload families with IFamilyLoadOptions – IronPython3, APS and RPS... Read more →

Parameters, Snippets, Batch Mode and Self-Signing

Test run the Revit 2023 parameters service cloud – Roll your own verified publisher – Revit API code snippet repository – Batch processing and monitoring progress... Read more →

Symbol, Instance, Material, Data, Journal, Break

We close this year with an eclectic mix of topics – Symbol vs instance geometry clarification – Create new material with texture – RVT dashboard data access – Marking and retrieving a custom element – Advanced remote batch command processing – Midwinter break... Read more →

The Revit Batch Processor RBP

There are so many truly wonderful pieces of software sitting around there that I am unaware of, real works of art, pinnacles of perfection, that I only happen upon by chance – Revit Batch Processor (RBP) – Latest version – FAQ – Use cases – Features – Unlimited power... Read more →