The Building Coder

Modeless Add-Ins and PDF Printing Speed

Topics discussed in the past week – Simultaneous add-in and Revit interaction – Limited PDF printing speed – Family instance code samples – Apple intelligence foundation language models – LLM arena... Read more →

Hotfix Resolves Export and Print Issue

Here is just a quick note to begin the week with the good news that the Revit 2018 issue reported in the Revit API discussion forum thread on Revit 2018, DWF, shaded views, and Windows explorer bug is resolved by the hotfix to handle the product crash when communicating with licensing server. It can apparently also occur when exporting or printing views... Read more →

Index, Debug, Curves, Distance, Deleting PrintSetup

Here is another bunch of issues addressed in the Revit API discussion forum and elsewhere in the past day or two – The Building Coder blog source text and index – Reloading add-in DLL for debugging without restart – Drawing curves from a list of points – Determining the distance of a family instance to the floor or elevation – Deleting a PrintSetup or ViewSheetSetting... Read more →

Revit 2016 SP1 and Sheets Missing from Print Dialogue

Today, I can present the explanation and prophylactic measure required to prevent a problem of sheets missing from print dialogue. It was only occasionally reported, and I finally heard about the fact and its resolution last week. In brief, when creating sheets programmatically, only create one sheet per transaction! Before looking at that in more detail, I'll just mention that the Revit 2016 service pack 1 was automatically installed for me when I started up Revit today. First of all,... Read more →

Automating Large Scale Waste Recycling and Sustainability

Today we take a forward look at new solutions for the seemingly unrelated issues of waste recycling and sustainability, using rail-mounted robots and 3D printing technology in combination with novel materials: Sustainability 3D Printing Robots on Rails Recycling Waste into Insulation and Curtain Walls Autodesk Sustainability Workshop Sustainability As you know, Autodesk is leading the way in sustainable design, was commended for its tremendous leadership in corporate sustainability metrics, and BIM is one of the main tools enabling the detailed... Read more →

Tech Summit and More AutoExport Considerations

Today is the day I have been working towards with my cloud-based round-trip 2D Revit model editing project, which I am presenting this afternoon (cf. the 30-minute pre-recorded video). Before I get to that, I would like to pass on the following thoughts and suggestions on yesterday's auto PDF batch printing system from Constantin Gherasim of Genivar Inc. on a similar project of his own, up in use and running for over a year already, expanding on what he already... Read more →

Auto PDF Print from Revit 2014

Below, we will take a look at a Revit multi-project batch PDF printer project driven by the Windows task scheduler and the Revit Idling event. Before getting to that, though, let me share some of my Sunday activities. Contact Impro Jam and Tech Summit Arrival From the Fells, I continued along the Mystic Valley Parkway and stopped to enjoy the beautiful Mystic Lakes on my way to the weekly Sunday contact improvisation jam in the Arlington Center, followed by a... Read more →