Re: FamilySymbol with Family property == null?
Dear Erik, The development team took a look and respond: Could you please add the macro to the file? Please ensure that you always submit a full reproducible case:...
View ArticleRe: BuiltInParameterGroup - how to get only values shown in UI
The development team are discussing how this could be exposed in the API... Cheers, Jeremy
View ArticleRe: 2015 to 2016 grid line reference problem
Removing the view from the geometry options might make it work for you.
View ArticleRe: Maintaining references when element moves?
Dear Erik, Thank you for the sample material! Could you please integrate the external command as a macro into the RVT? The development team do not have an add-in environment installed, so they prefer...
View ArticleRe: Missing method on some machines but not others
Another thing to consider is that the .addin files are loaded by Revit in alphabetical order. If you prefix the name of your .addin file with something like an underscore, number or some other...
View ArticleRe: BuiltInParameterGroup - how to get only values shown in UI
The development team discussions led to a suggestion: We have this: void CRSAPI getUserAssignableParamGroups(ElementIdArr &arr); Ha! Which is exposed: bool...
View ArticleRe: BuiltInParameterGroup - how to get only values shown in UI
Hi Jeremy, Thanks for the suggestion. My code is running in a Project, not Family, so that would be a bit awkward to use. (I guess I could create a new family, run that test on all parameters, then...
View ArticleRe: BuiltInParameterGroup - how to get only values shown in UI
Dear Harry, Just as you suggested, you could implement code to run in a family once only to autogenerate the enum for you to use elsewhere forthwith. Cheers, Jeremy
View ArticleRe: Pdf filename
Has this been solved yet in Revit 2016? I just want a short filename of just like AutoCADs publish tool allows.Dan
View ArticleRe: Batch Plotting with Sheet Numbers as PDF File Names
Is there a tutorial somewhere to make this work? What is the SDK? what is an API? Why do I need to be a programmer to leverage a few simple (and pretty standard) parameters to set a file name when I pdf?
View ArticleRe: Missing method on some machines but not others
What was the point of the subscription updates anyway? Why not just put it all into the main stream? Im my experience most users didn't even know that the subscription only updates existed.
View ArticleRe: Maintaining references when element moves?
For a straight edge on a planar face i would store the end points as XYZ fields along with the offset vector from the element's location so that you can always calculate where the edge should be. If...
View ArticleRe: How can I access Visibity/Graphic Overrides -> Filters, through API ?
Thank you, Charles. But how can I get the color of the lines and patterns ? This class FilterElement dont have this properties.
View ArticleRe: How can I access Visibity/Graphic Overrides -> Filters, through API ?
I think I got it: SnippetDocument doc = App.ActiveUIDocument.Document; Autodesk.Revit.DB.View vista = doc.ActiveView; ICollection<ElementId> lstFilterView =...
View ArticleRe: Titleblock Schema and Store Data
In case anyone is interested my solution was to add the data schema to a FamilySymbol which added it to all my titleblocks.
View ArticleRe: blank Revit.exe titled dialog when calling SubmitPrint()
I've seen similar blank revit error messages. I think they sometimes have a warning or an error icon on them, so I'm not sure I've seen that exact one. Are you sure that one isn't being generated by...
View ArticleRe: Create Ramps via VS.Net
Dear Tom, Thank you for your update and sample file. I passed it on to the development team and received a lot of interesting feedback for you: We recently implemented a new mode for creating swept...
View ArticleSupport for BCF API
Can anyone answer if Revit supports the BCF API to allow for third party integrations?
View ArticleConvert local family instance coordinate of selected Edge to project coordinates
Hello,I am trying to get the global coordinates? (Revit model space coordinates?) of the start and end points of an Edge (selected by the user).I can get the points just fine if the selected edge is a...
View ArticleChange Linestyle parameter?
Is it even possible to change the linestle parameter of a line via the API? For example, change a detail "Line Style" from Centerline to Hidden. I can change the color, but that is not what I want to...
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