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RevitLookup and DevDays Online API News

Unprecedented exciting information to share with you today! DevDays Online recordings are available right now, before the product launch! Furthermore, we are proud to present another little update of the revamped version of RevitLookup – Forward-looking DevDays Online API news – Revit API news for the next major release – Revit API news slide deck contents – Must do – New functionality – Revit roadmap – RevitLookup enhancements... Read more →

Revit API Connecting Desktop and Cloud @ TUDa

The RTC Revit Technology Conference Europe and my stay here in Porto is nearing its end – Wrapping up in Porto – Connecting BIM and Cloud @ TUDa – Creating a Revit add-in with one single click – Connecting Revit and Forge in 55 minutes... Read more →

MacroManager, Materials and Getting Started

I am answering Revit API discussion forum threads and developer cases like crazy. Instead, as usual at this time of the year, I should be focussing and putting higher priority on the exciting upcoming events. I keep promising myself to do so and stop answering cases. Then I address just one more... Here are some of the upcoming events and recent Revit API issues – Events – Forge Accelerators, DevDay, RTC and AU – Accessing the MacroManager to Delete Document Macros – Getting Started and Changing the Colour of a Wall – Getting Started and Using the Visual Studio Revit Add-In Wizard Auto-Installer... Read more →

Exchange Apps Webinar Recording and Resources

As you certainly know by now, the Autodesk Exchange Stores provide an efficient means to showcase and distribute your applications addressing a large world-wide audience. Furthermore, it is very easy. As krispy just said in this Revit API forum thread on creating an installer for a Revit application, "You can just zip up the files they require (dll, addin, etc.) and upload that... the exchange app team will create the installer for you. They are pretty good with telling you... Read more →

Exchange App Videos and DevTV YouTube Channel

I recently mentioned the Exchange App Portathon event at which you can Earn $100 Submitting an App. To further support and simplify this task, my colleagues Mikako Harada and Gopinath Taget have lately been busy creating a series of videos showing exactly how to publish apps to the Autodesk Exchange Store for Revit. The videos are also accessible from the Autodesk DevTV YouTube channel as part of the Publish Your Revit Apps to Autodesk Exchange Store playlist. Topic Length (min:sec)... Read more →

Preparing for a Hands-on Revit API Training

Question: I have registered for a hands-on Revit API Training, but I have little experience in programming, and almost none in .NET or C#. How can I prepare for it to make best use of this opportunity? Answer: This is actually all described in the discussion on getting started with the Revit 2012 API. Still, let's highlight some of the points and put them in proper order for you. The first of the following items is of interest for anyone... Read more →

VendorId, DevTV, and My First Plugin

Here is a simple issue from a discussion with Stephen LeCompte of FKP Architects, Inc. that several other people people also recently ran into: Question: I followed the steps provided in 'DevTV: Introduction to Revit 2011 Programming - Part I' and incorporated them in my Revit Architecture 2012 64-bit version, but there is a problem. When I start up Revit 2012 it displays the following error message saying 'Failed to initialize the add-in "RevitNETAddin3.addin" because the add-in registration is missing... Read more →

Revit 2011 DevTV

The Revit DevTV recordings are probably the absolutely most efficient learning resource for quickly getting a hands-on experience of programming Revit. They include Overview of the SDK Installation of samples Creating your first add-in Iterating over database elements Selecting an element Extracting element parameter data ... And much more! The first version was created for Revit 2008, and that was reused for the Revit 2009 training material as well. Augusto Gonçalves of Autodesk Brazil created an updated version for Revit... Read more →

DevTV Add-In Templates

Here are the add-in templates prepared by my colleague Augusto Gonçalves of Autodesk Brazil for the upcoming DevTV presentations. I really love both the implementation and the description, both are so short and sweet and yet complete! They save you a lot of typing and clicking when setting up a new add-in, and especially help avoid all the potential errors that insist on creeping in when you set things up manually. Support is provided for both external commands and external... Read more →

Updated DevTV Introduction to Revit Programming

The Revit Developer Center proudly presents an updated version of the DevTV Introduction to Revit Programming for Revit 2010, which is now available in both English and Portuguese: English: View online | Download. Portuguese: View online | Download. Oh dear, Saikat just pointed out that the online viewing links apparently do not work here, they only work when selected on the Revit Developer Center page. Sorry about that. The original version was created based on Revit 2008, and we reused... Read more →