The Building Coder tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1713650 2009-12-02T09:00:00-08:00 Jeremy Tammik blogging on the Revit API TypePad Crop 3D View to Room tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553e16897883301287600b692970c 2009-12-02T09:00:00-08:00 2009-12-02T15:23:40-08:00 In case you have heard enough about both climbing and AU and AUv in the last few posts and would prefer to read about the Revit API and nothing but the Revit API, here is something for you. This is... Jeremy Tammik http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2009/12/crop-3d-view-to-room.html AU Begins tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553e168978833012875f8e03c970c 2009-12-01T09:00:00-08:00 2009-12-01T09:49:14-08:00 I left the desert and the climbing in Red Rock and entered the air conditioned world of conference land. My first task Monday morning was the one I found most challenging, the recording session for my virtual class on the... Jeremy Tammik http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2009/12/au-begins.html Handle Category Name Change tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553e168978833012875e9da93970c 2009-11-29T18:00:00-08:00 2009-11-29T18:00:00-08:00 Here is a little note I wrote sitting in Washington Dulles airport and did not get around to posting until now, to point out the importance of using language independent category comparisons: Question: Apparently at least one category name changed... Jeremy Tammik http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2009/11/handle-category-name-change.html AU Virtual free for ADN Members tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553e168978833012875ec07d8970c 2009-11-29T08:00:00-08:00 2009-11-29T08:00:00-08:00 Kean Walmsley just announced that a free Premier Pass to Autodesk University virtual is available for members of the Autodesk Developer Network. Please join us there. We are presenting at both AUv and the non-virtual AU: Kean's F# sessions. AutoCAD-related... Jeremy Tammik http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2009/11/au-virtual-free-for-adn-members.html Visible Elements tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553e168978833012875e9b314970c 2009-11-28T18:00:00-08:00 2009-11-29T08:07:01-08:00 I am sitting here cramped up in an economy seat crossing the Atlantic Ocean as I write this. I should urgently be practicing and preparing for my sessions at AU, but somehow it feels as if writing a blog post... Jeremy Tammik http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2009/11/visible-elements.html Select Model Elements 2 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553e168978833012875d73e75970c 2009-11-25T02:00:00-08:00 2009-11-25T02:00:00-08:00 We already had several stabs at the topic of selecting all model elements, i.e. all elements in a Revit BIM which contribute to the building geometry. Their main characteristic is that they have a non-null geometry which is visible on... Jeremy Tammik http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2009/11/select-model-elements-2.html Solid Material tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553e168978833012875b8aad1970c 2009-11-24T02:00:00-08:00 2009-11-24T02:00:00-08:00 Here is a simple question with a simple answer on materials and solids: Question: Is there a way to retrieve the material of the solid geometry object of a Revit Element, like the door leaf of a door element? Answer:... Jeremy Tammik http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2009/11/solid-material.html New Project Document tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553e168978833012875c9924e970c 2009-11-23T03:30:00-08:00 2009-11-23T03:30:00-08:00 A short and simple question from Nadim on the NewProjectDocument method: Question: I am using Document doc = app.NewProjectDocument( string templateFile ); Revit shows that it is loading the template as it does usually when it creates a new document;... Jeremy Tammik http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2009/11/new-project-document.html Change Family Parameter Value tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553e168978833012875b8b758970c 2009-11-23T02:00:00-08:00 2009-11-23T02:00:00-08:00 Here is another issue dealing with family parameters, after the notes on how to read the values of family parameters and looking at the family parameter values via the part atom export. Question: I'm using the AutoParameter SDK example to... Jeremy Tammik http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2009/11/change-family-parameter-value.html Nested Family tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553e1689788330120a6b6d5fe970b 2009-11-20T02:00:00-08:00 2009-11-20T02:00:00-08:00 Here is another interesting question that came up on the creation of a nested family. Question: Can you help me to create a nested family via the API? I have a column family and a shelf family stored in RFA... Jeremy Tammik http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2009/11/nested-family.html