Re: Drawing Sheet Automation
Interesting, I will to looking into this further. Would there be a way of running several scripts concurrently (ie multi threading) to speed up the process for very large drawing sets.
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Nope, not really. The Revit API is single threaded only. Non-Revit-API functionality can be multi-threaded, but the actual sheet creation requires Revit API calls and therefore cannot.
View ArticleRe: How to change Parameters with Shortcut
Yes, a macro could be used to address this. A macro can obviously fulfil all three requires steps on a pre-selected element: read parameter value, increment or decrement an integer, and write parameter...
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Can you access saved selections via revit api?
I don't like how Edit Selction dialog won't let you delete multiple "saved selections" in one go and I wanted to create a custom dialog that would, but can't find a way to access saved selections via...
View ArticleFiltering Geometry based On CAD Layers
I need to filter the geometry in my cad file based on the layer (layer name).I have tried previous examples in which GeometryObject had the property of GraphicStyleId. But the name of the GraphicStyle...
View ArticleRe: Can you access saved selections via revit api?
ok, claude AI has done it: https://0x0.st/8KYO.bin looks like it's called "SelectionFilterElement"just as I was about to give up...
View ArticleRe: Filtering Geometry based On CAD Layers
There is not even a material associated to the geometries so that they can be filtered
View ArticleRe: How to open/close workset in a linked revit programmatically
Same problem. Looks like the only way of doing this is to open ALL the models from the beginning. No other way until now.Thanks for replying
View ArticleAuto Join and lock walls
Is Auto Join and lock walls a new feature released in Revit 2025 also to be a method in the 2025 Revit API? if it is nto already?
View ArticleRe: Can you access saved selections via revit api?
Thank you Daniel for a very nice interesting item and good research. I was previously not aware of the SelectionFilterElement. The sample code in the method documentation is interesting as well....
View ArticleRe: Auto Join and lock walls
Hmm. I see an IFC AutoJoin property in the API, but that is for a different use case: https://www.revitapidocs.com/2015/abf3e142-3f21-9161-e799-7a6b6e3c30b0.htm You can set the join type at each end...
View ArticleRe: Filtering Geometry based On CAD Layers
I asked Gemini for you, as I described in the blog, and it replies: Let's dive into filtering CAD geometry by layer in Revit 2025. You're right, relying on GraphicStyleId alone won't work directly...
View ArticleRe: WebView2 throws System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: 'The...
Thank you for sharing this interesting challenge and solution. I added it to the blog and hope it helps others as well:...
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Re: Revit 2025 Toposolid vs Topography - Link Topography Accuracy
Exactly, even in revit 2025 it's worse... Screenshot of surface in C3D: Result in Revit 2025.4 The Surface also looks fine in ACC after publishing from Civil 3D. So the issue is really a Revit...
View ArticleCollect Eleemnts that are NOT inside any room
I have a very huge model with hundreds of rooms. I want to collect elements that DO NOT belong to (or inside) any room. I have tried extracting room solids and check with each element using...
View ArticleRe: Collect Eleemnts that are NOT inside any room
Good question. Yes, easy to solve, but tricky to optimise. Also, the answer will always depend on the model, and detailed properties on the elements. Also, what exact elements are you interested in? If...
View ArticleRe: Can you access saved selections via revit api?
thank you Jeremy, please see a demo below - I believe it's useful because I couldn't delete multiple saved selections in the default revit dialog in one go, which was slowing me down when creating 8-10...
View ArticleRe: Collect Eleemnts that are NOT inside any room
Dear @jeremy_tammik Thanks for the quick response..! I wish to ask a couple of questions. In my case, I am not targeting only FamilyInstances. It could be, well, any 3d element. Including system...
View ArticleRe: how to connect conduits in one conduitrun
hi, could you please re-upload the script with the solution implemented? can't get my head around how to implement it.
View ArticleRe: Can you access saved selections via revit api?
by the way I'm still working on a collection of such helper scripts, hopefully will finish writing documentation soon...
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