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Stable Parameter Identifier and WebView2 Plans

Embedded browser plans are maturing further, and what to use for stable parameter identification – Move from CefSharp to WebView2 – Stable parameter identifier for use in formula – CrowdStrike outage – Ai models trained on AI-generated data collapse – Open source AI is the path forward... Read more →

News Reel, Roadmap and RevitLookup Updates

More news and updates related to Revit 2024, and some little titbits on AI and literature: – News reel and AEC roadmaps – Revit API training – RevitLookup 2024 updates – Free Dolly open-source instruction-tuned LLM – Websites powered by AI – Walkaway by Cory Doctorow... Read more →

Roadmap AmAs and Handling Multiple Updaters

Recordings of the roadmap presentations, handling updaters and worksharing – Community conversation roadmap AMAs – Platform Services Parameters API – Handling multiple updaters – WorksharingUtils help check element status – Chuong Ho is featured Speckle developer... Read more →

New Roadmaps, Dark Theme Possibility Looming

Happy New Year of the Rabbit, xīnnián hǎo, 新年好! Pondering the looming possibility of a dark theme in the Revit UI and API – Dark theme switching – API – icons – Code example: handling themed ribbon icons – New public roadmaps... Read more →

Corridor Skeleton, Copy and Paste API

An urgent request for feedback from the Revit development team and an especially interesting thread from the Revit API discussion forum – Copy and paste API Feedback – Corridor skeleton... Read more →

Hiding Edges, AU, Roadmaps and Vasa

Numerous exciting announcements leading up to AU this week – Revit roadmap update and AMA at AU – Structural news at AU – Revit category guide – How to hide internal edges of solids – VASA 3D voxel-based architectural space analysis... Read more →

Revit Roadmap, API and DA4R Survey

Opportunities to provide feedback on the Revit product, the Revit API and the Forge Design Automation API for Revit – Revit public roadmap update – Revit and DA4R API survey 2021 – MacOS Big Sur upgrade – The Economist on ransomware and cybersecurity... Read more →

Roadmap Today and Sorting Non-Planar Curve Loops

Very short notice on the Ask Me Anything session taking place later today, and a vastly enhanced method for sorting curve loops – Today: Inside the Factory, Ask Me Anything – Sorting non-planar curve loops... Read more →