Today Jeremy posted that he had ported his "Building Coder Samples" to Revit 2013. That got my attention. He has samples? Yes - not only does he write posts on his blog, he keeps a running set of working samples to capture his work! And he provides it free to the Revit community with the source code! Now THAT'S brilliant!
When loaded, a RvtSamples panel is added to the Add-ins tab. It contains two pulldown buttons, one labeled A-M and the other N-Z.
I couldn't find a handy listing of the sample commands on Jeremy's blog so I wrote a quick little VB.net app to strip them out of his include file. Here are the rather extensive results (command names followed by descriptions):
Analytical Model Geometry
Retrieve analytical model geometry
Azimuth
Calculate azimuth
Bounding Box
Retrieve Element Bounding Box
Cannot Create Railing Instance
Cannot create a new railing instance
Categories
List document and built-in categories
Change Linked File Path
Change linked RVT file path
Close Document
Close active document by sending Windows message
Collector Performance
Benchmark Revit 2011 API collector performance
Coords Of View On Sheet
Retrieve coordinates of view on sheet
Copy Wall Type
Duplicate a system type from on project to another to partially transfer project standards
Create Area
Create a new area element
Create Beam Type and Instance
Create a new beam type and insert an instance of it
Create Column Type and Instance
Create a new column type and insert an instance of it
Create Gable Wall
Create gable wall specifying non-rectangular wall profile
Crop 3D View to Room
Set 3D view crop box to room extents
Curtain Wall Geometry
Retrieve curtain wall geometry
Cylindrical Column
Determine whether column is round
Detail Curves
Create detail curves
Dimension Two Walls Finding References
Create dimensioning elements between opposing walls by using FindReferencesByDirection
Dimension Two Walls Iterating Faces
Create dimensioning elements between opposing walls by iterating over their faces
Disallow Join
Allow or disallow join at wall ends
Duplicate Elements
Duplicate selected elements
Edit Floor
Generate a new floor element from the curve array of an existing one
Element Materials
Retrieve building element materials
Elliptical Arc
Create a new elliptical arc geometry object with a given start and end angle
Extract Part Atom
Extract part atom from family file
Family Parameter Guid
Determine familt parameter IsShared and GUID properties using System.Reflection
Family Parameter Values
List family parameter values defined on the types in a family document
FilledRegion Coordinates
Retrieve FilledRegion coordinates
Floor Boundary Polygon Areas
Determine floor slab boundary loop polygon areas
Get Transformed Coordinates
Determine transformed vertex coordinates for family instance symbol geometry
Idling
Subscribe to the Idling event
Imports in Families
List all imported symbols in all families in project
Install Location
Determine Revit product install location
LandXML Import
Import LandXML data and create TopographySurface
Library Paths
List existing and update application options library paths
Linked File Elements
List elements in linked files
Linked Files
Determine linked files and their full path
List Marks
List all door marks
List Railing Types
List all railing and stair types
List Shared Parameters
List all shared parameters defined in document and saved on wall instances
List Views
Determine all all the view ports of a drawing sheet and vice versa
List Walls
List wall lengths and areas
MEP Element Shape
Determine element shape
Mirror Elements
Mirror selected elements
Mirror List Added
Mirror selected elements and list the resulting new elements added to the database
Nested Families
List nested family files and instances in a family document
Nested Instance Geometry
Determine nested instance geometry and structure
New Blend
Create a new blend using the NewBlend method
New Dimension Label
Create a new dimension label in a family document
New Duct System
Create a new duct system via the NewMechanicalSystem API call
New Lighting Fixture
Insert a new lighting fixture family instance
New Line Loads
Create a new structural line load elements
New Project Document
Create a new project document
New Spot Elevation on Beam
Insert a new spot elevation on top surface of beam
New Sprinkler
Insert a new sprinkler family instance
New Swept Blend
Create a new swept blend element
New Wall Layer
Create a new wall type with a new compound structure layer
Pick Point in 3D
Set active work plane to pick a point in 3d
Place Family Instance
Call PromptForFamilyInstancePlacement to place family instances and use the DocumentChanged event to capture the newly added element ids
Plan Topology
List plan topology and its rooms and circuits with no rooms
Preprocess Failure
Suppress warning message by implementing the IFailuresPreprocessor interface
Press Keys to Launch Command
Press keys to launch 'Create Similar' and other Revit commands
Preview Image
Display the element type preview image of all family instances
Purge TextNote Types
Delete all unused TextNote types
Rectangular Duct Corners
Determine the corners of a rectangular duct
Relationship Inverter
Determine opening > wall host relationships and invert them to wall > opening
Remove DWF Links
Remove DWF links
Remove Imported Images
Remove imported JPG image files
Room Data Access
List properties from all rooms
Room Wall Adjacency
Determine part of wall face area that bounds a room
Rotated Beam Location
Determine rotated beam location
Set Room Occupancy
Set room occupancy via built-in parameter ROOM_OCCUPANCY
Set Tag Type
Create a wall
Shared Parameters
Create shared parameters for Doors
Sheet Data Export
Export sheet data to XML file
Sheet Size
List title block element types and title block and view sheet instances and sizes
Sketch Elements
Retrieve sketch elements for a selected wall
Slab Boundaries
Determine polygonal floor slab boundary loops
Slab Sides
Determine floor slab side faces
Sloped Wall
Create a sloped wall
Space Adjacency
Analyse and report space adjacencies
Status Bar Text
Set the status bar text using Windows API
Steel Stair Beams
Create a series of connected mitered steel beams for a steel stair
Unit Converter
Test ParameterUnitConverter on all floating point valued parameters on a selected element
Unrotate North
Transform element location back to original coordinates to cancel effect of rotating project north
Update Referencing Sheet
Update 'Referencing Sheet' parameter value displayed in section view header
Wall Bottom Face
Determine the bottom face of a wall
Wall Dimensions
Extract wall solid and list all its dimensions
Wall Footing
Determine wall footing from selected wall
Wall Layer Volumes
Calculate compound wall layer volumes
Wall Layers
List and determine position of all wall compound layers
Wall Neighbours
Determine wall neighbours
Wall Profile
Determine wall elevation profile boundary loop polygons
Wall Profile Polygon Areas
Determine wall elevation profile boundary loop polygon areas
Wall Top Faces
Retrieve top faces of selected or all wall
Window Handle
Determine Revit window handle and display a modeless form
The Building Coder Samples for Revit 2013 can be downloaded from near the bottom of this blog post.
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