.NET for Revit

[valejandro_ibarra]

Hi all,

i want to begin learning programming for revit, i know a little of LISP but i want something that i can use with revit, anyone recommends any tutorials or books specifically for revit .NET or which do you recon is better for revit?

Thanks in Advance

[Wanderer]

Hi there, I've moved this from the programming forums over to the revit area, as I believe you might get a better response here.

Cheers.

[BlackBox]

Hi all,

i want to begin learning programming for revit, i know a little of LISP but i want something that i can use with revit, anyone recommends any tutorials or books specifically for revit .NET or which do you recon is better for revit?

Thanks in Advance

If .NET development for Revit is anything like .NET development for AutoCAD, I'd strongly suggest you first spend +/- a year becoming adept at .NET development concepts, Windows development, and even Visual Studio *before* you ever start digging into the Revit API.

I've personally found Andrew Troelsen's books on C# to be well written, and easy to understand.

Cheers

[valejandro_ibarra]

Thanks, im going to look for books of Andrew



Regards
Alex

[aaronrumple]

First, skip VB.Net. It would seem to be the first choice as VB used to be simple to pick up and implement. However, you'll find most of the code examples in C#. That will be your preferred language when working with Revit. Plenty of examples to learn from and plenty of support. Converting code from C# to VB.Net isn't straightforward.

Second, download and install Visual Studio Express. VS 2013 does have some tweaks you'll need to get familiar with. Older versions were a little simpler to set up for Revit so you might want to see if you can install an older version.

Third, read everything at http://adndevblog.typepad.com/aec/jeremy-tammik.html There is plenty of sample code and discussion there to get you started. You'll definitely want to download Jeremy's sample tools including Snoop DB from Github. It will help you learn the underlying structure of the Revit objects and API.

[BlackBox]

First, skip VB.Net. It would seem to be the first choice as VB used to be simple to pick up and implement. However, you'll find most of the code examples in C#. That will be your preferred language when working with Revit. Plenty of examples to learn from and plenty of support. Converting code from C# to VB.Net isn't straightforward.

Second, download and install Visual Studio Express. VS 2013 does have some tweaks you'll need to get familiar with. Older versions were a little simpler to set up for Revit so you might want to see if you can install an older version.

Third, read everything at http://adndevblog.typepad.com/aec/jeremy-tammik.html There is plenty of sample code and discussion there to get you started. You'll definitely want to download Jeremy's sample tools including Snoop DB from Github. It will help you learn the underlying structure of the Revit objects and API.

1+

This parallels my own experience with AutoCAD .NET API - I believe Microsoft now calls it Visual Studio Community in lieu of Express, if you're having trouble finding a pre-2013 release.

Cheers

[valejandro_ibarra]

So Visual Studio Express is the way to go .
Thanks

[lester.grace700573]

Certainly start out with the Autodesk Revit API tutorial on the Autodesk Developers Network website. There you will find a number of tools and that of the Revit SDK which has a number of samples to get you started. There are also a number of blogs but the one I get alot of great information from is Jeremy Tammik's "The Building Coder" located at https://shar.es/1rfB1R. Good luck and be patient it will come in time.

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[hugh.69031]

So Visual Studio Express is the way to go .
Thanks

Unless you have a copy of VS 2012 Professional.

As mentioned, the API examples on the ADN website are a good intro, as is Jeremy's blog, especially the project wizard mentioned here:
http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/wizard/#3 - both will save a ton of time getting something going within Revit.

Installing something of interest from the SDK and watching how it works before tweaking it is a good way to see some of the moving parts.

Also the Revit API CHM help file is a pretty good reference.

Good luck.