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    I've used VBA and VB 6.0 to develop programs for AutoCAD, but with Revit I'm not qute sure where to start. Can anyone point me to some basic tutorials for programming in Revit? I'd prefer VB.net since I'm more familiar with VB, but I'm not opposed to learning C#.

    Also, are there free compilers for VB.net and/or C#? I remember (years ago) I had to purchase VB 6.0 to compile my programs. I'm hoping I can get something that's free.

    Thanks in advance!
    Matt

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    1) download Revit SDK from Autodesk website, lots of documentation / samples / etc.
    2) download Microsoft Visual Studio Express version which is free

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    Hey Matt,
    I was also a heavy VB/VBA user when I made the switch to .NET. I started with VB.NET and then switched to C# as I found it much easier to break the bad coding habits that I'd picked up from VB/VBA by making a complete break from the VB languages. But pick the language that suites you best, there's little to no functional differences between C# and VB.net.

    As for compilers, you can download the .net sdk and get a command line compiler. I don't recommend that, however. Instead download a free version of the Visual Studio IDE. There are other free IDE's out there, but I've only used Visual Studio.

    Here's a couple of places to start,

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/default.aspx
    http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/

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    Thanks guys! Much appreciated!!

    Matt

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    Scroll towards the bottom of this site and you'll find a usefull tutorial. It has some video which comes in handy.

    http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet...112&id=2484975

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    Thanks!!

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    Rod posted a great starter tutorial that helps alot! http://www.rodhowarth.com/storage/re...%20Howarth.pdf

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    You can also start with VSTA which is Microsoft's replacement for VBA and is embedded in Revit. It does have some functional limitations, however it did give me a good change to play with the API until the company managed to get a copy of Visual Studio purchased and much of the IDE is the same so your time spent learning it will be mostly transferable.

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