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Macro to determine if a Family is In-Place (with output to Text and Excel Files)
A recent post at whatrevitwants mentions some tools that can be used to find in-place families. Here is a tiny macro to do the same public void findInPlaceFamilies() { string info = ""; Document doc =...
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How to Not Open a Local File’s Central File
The last post about errors when synchronizing with the central file got me thinking about how the API might be used to run checks in the central file before saving. At first, it seems like it should be...
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Opening a local file’s central file – Attempt #2
public void OpenCentralFile() { Autodesk.Revit.ApplicationServices.Application app = this.Application; Document doc = this.ActiveUIDocument.Document; // Get an instance of the ModelPath class...
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Getting Data From the Central File While Working in the Local File
A while back I was thinking about using the API while working in a local file to collect data about the central file. This came from Steve’s post about warnings after Synchronize with Central if rooms...
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Search the Uniformat file & Set the Parameter
Steve makes a good observation in this post: It would be nice if we could search for keywords when attempting to assign the parameters for both Omniclass and Uniformat. Sometimes the best category to...
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Logging data when opening Revit files
Here’s a prototype of a new tool to track data about your Revit files, who opens them, how long the open takes, if they need to be upgraded, and more. Please leave a comment if you like this or have...
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