The Building Codertag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-17136502012-01-27T02:00:00-08:00Jeremy Tammik blogging on the Revit APITypePadThe Performance Adviser APItag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553e1689788330167610d8f5a970b2012-01-27T02:00:00-08:002012-01-27T03:01:39-08:00Unbelievable as it may seem, there are still a number of new areas of functionality added in the Revit 2012 API that we have not even got around to covering here yet at all. One of these is the performance...Jeremy Tammikhttp://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2012/01/the-performance-adviser-api.htmlChinese New Year Impressionstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553e1689788330163001a621d970d2012-01-26T02:00:00-08:002012-01-26T08:42:23-08:00On Monday I mentioned the Chinese New Year of the dragon. In fact, the whole of this week is a holiday in China and our offices there. Here is a special post just to share some impressions of the Chinese...Jeremy Tammikhttp://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2012/01/chinese-new-year-impressions.htmlSynchronize with Centraltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553e1689788330168e6011fcb970c2012-01-25T02:00:00-08:002012-01-25T02:00:00-08:00Developers have often asked how to programmatically synchronise with central, which is currently not supported by the Revit API. I discussed this issue once again recently with Erik Eriksson of White Arkitketer AB, and he tested and verified that yet...Jeremy Tammikhttp://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2012/01/synchronize-with-central.htmlPoint Cloud Feature Extractiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553e168978833016760f50c83970b2012-01-24T02:00:00-08:002012-01-24T02:00:00-08:00I discussed point cloud unit conversion just yesterday. We can immediately follow up with some more hot news on point clouds: The free technology preview of a point cloud feature extraction tool for Revit has been released on Autodesk Labs....Jeremy Tammikhttp://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2012/01/point-cloud-feature-extraction.htmlPoint Cloud Unit Conversiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553e1689788330162ffe3c576970d2012-01-23T02:00:00-08:002012-01-23T02:00:00-08:00Happy New Year of the Dragon! Top: Happy New Year! Bottom: Lucky Peace! The Chinese dragon is the symbol of emperor and power. Thanks to Joe Ye and nipic.com for the image and translation! Besides programming Revit and climbing mountains,...Jeremy Tammikhttp://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2012/01/point-cloud-unit-conversion.htmlCurved Analytical Model Approximation and Etabs Linktag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553e168978833016760cf998e970b2012-01-20T02:00:00-08:002012-01-20T08:13:43-08:00Here is a note on how to retrieve approximate straight line segments for the analytical model of curved structural elements, and on a free Revit Structural link tool to the Computers and Structures, Inc. (CSI) ETABS building analysis and design...Jeremy Tammikhttp://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2012/01/curved-analytical-model-approximation-and-etabs-structural-link.htmlThe Genesis of Revit and its APItag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553e1689788330168e5b0d751970c2012-01-18T02:00:00-08:002012-01-18T02:00:00-08:00I wanted to end the last year with a look back, far back, all the way to the origins of time. Revit time, that is. It ended up taking a bit longer than planned, so here it comes now at...Jeremy Tammikhttp://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2012/01/the-genesis-of-revit-and-its-api.htmlDrag and Drop to Revittag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553e1689788330168e57b5dae970c2012-01-16T02:00:00-08:002012-01-16T02:00:00-08:00Tim Hoffeller of CAD-Development Tim Hoffeller presents DragDropRevitExample, a nice little stand-alone sample application which prompted us to document how to populate the suitable drag and drop data to cause Revit to load a family and prompt the user to...Jeremy Tammikhttp://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2012/01/drag-and-drop-to-revit.htmlTimer Code for Benchmarkingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553e1689788330168e56a1c79970c2012-01-13T02:00:00-08:002012-01-13T03:22:57-08:00Two topics today: Benchmarking add-ins Hands-on training Benchmarking Add-ins Just like most programming issues, many Revit API tasks can be achieved in numerous different ways. The optimal approach often depends on your individual needs. The only way to find out...Jeremy Tammikhttp://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2012/01/timer-code-for-benchmarking.htmlPreparing for a Hands-on Revit API Trainingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553e1689788330167606815fa970b2012-01-12T02:00:00-08:002012-01-12T06:54:06-08:00Question: I have registered for a hands-on Revit API Training, but I have little experience in programming, and almost none in .NET or C#. How can I prepare for it to make best use of this opportunity? Answer: This is...Jeremy Tammikhttp://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2012/01/preparing-for-a-hands-on-revit-api-training.html