Find and Replace

[GuyR]

We'd all appreciate it if you could post your source as well once it's been updated.

Of course.

[jltraino]

I tried to use this with Revit 08 and the external tool option appears, but does nothing. I didn't understand the bit about "recompiling" for later versions. Do I need to do that for Revit 08? Any other items that might be causing this not to work?

Description:
I use my tools pull down, go to external tools - find and replace and absolutely nothing happens.

[Danny Polkinhorn]

Check here for the Revit 2008 version. Not sure what you downloaded. If you downloaded the correct one, then confirm that the syntax is correct in your Revit.ini and that you don't have duplicate [ExternalCommands] sections.

[GuyR]

In terms of the new functionality mentioned by Danny, what additional categories would people like to see F&R search? Walls, familyInstances,roofs,floors,rooms etc or maybe select from a list?

Guy

[Danny Polkinhorn]

Couldn't the items you mention be handled with Select Similar? Even if it's easy to add that sort of functionality, I think the real value in this simple app is the text search since there are tools to handle the other items.

[GuyR]

Danny, I was just thinking about how to implement this requested feature:

An option to search parameters (which would update tags as well)

Maybe I didn't word the question well enough. Or rather than categories what about some common parameters like description, name, etc?

Guy

[Danny Polkinhorn]

Ah, right. Misunderstood. Sounds like you're on the right track.

[GuyR]

Ok, finally got around to looking at this. rewrite in C# (just can't groke VB) and beginning of added functionality and is RAC2009 only.

This is a work in progress but is functional. I've only started to implement new features so the UI will change. It currently just works with Text Notes but this is going to be expanded in a future update.

Cheers,

Guy

[gpekmezi]

Any chance you can post the C# source?

[GuyR]

Will post the code once I've finished implementing new features and documented code.

Cheers,

Guy