i-drop Enhancer Extension Developer

[#1]

Hi

I have the i-drop thing working for Autocad and 3D studio. I thought let's just try and modify the xml file for revit. But that didn't work out yet.

can anyone tell me what file or code I should change to get i-drop working with revit?

(I used the standard schema file from autodesk website.)

I was trying to i-drop a chair.rfa into a project in revit.
this was the code from the xml file that belongs with chair.rfa;

(I removed all the < on purpose, otherwise it won't show in the post)

?xml version="1.0"?>
package xmlns="x-schema:idrop-schema.xml">
proxy defaultsrc="chair.gif">
dataset defaultsrc="chair.rfa">
datasrc clipformat="CF_IDROP.max">
datafile src="chair.max"/>
/datasrc>
datasrc clipformat="CF_IDROP.dwg">
datafile src="chair.dwg"/>
/datasrc>
datasrc clipformat="CF_IDROP.rfa">
datafile src="chair.rfa"/>
/datasrc>
/dataset>
/package>

[#2]

We're starting to build out our library to have revit drag-drop capability, but we have only pulled over DWG files successfully. I'll try to get back to you when we start implementing *.rvt files.

I haven't read that it will work with RVT files, but we're going to try.

We're planning to use CF_IDROP.RVT

[#3]

We're providing the RFA detail file via CF_IDROP_RFA but have only successfully drag-dropped the DWG in. I'm not sure if the Right-Click-Drag-Drop gives the new options in Revit or not.

[#4]

I do not have Revit.

But from my understanding it is possible by changing some line of code and it might work.

But I am not 100% sure since I did not test on Revit.

sem

[#5]

Revit has a different way of accessing "library items". You need only to provide a public/internal download for the users to bring data into Revit via a http://intranetsitename/revit/libraryname/libraryitem.rfa no XML etc needed. That's how were currently operating.

[#6]

If it does not have XML file it means It is not working on i-drop

Sem

[#7]

Correct.

iDrop isn't a real requirement for Revit to access the rfa. With it's builtin browser you can browser to an intranet or library and download an rfa directly into a project.

We have both for compatibility, but most of our Revit users access library files directly from internal browser and don't use the idrop.

[#8]

Doesn't providing a direct link to the RFA file only open that family in Revit, not load the family into your current project?

What I like about a web page/site that has Revit content is the ability to add extended information like descriptions and specifications, as is currently displayed on the Autodesk Seek site. This is currently something that browsing directly from Revit can't do.

I can't get RFA files working with i-Drop either.

[#9]

I don't think I-drop actually works with RFAs. Looking at Autodesk Seek, you'd even think it does. Try I-dropping something from Seek into a Revit project and nothing happens. If anyone could get it to work, Autodesk could, right?

It would be nice if I-drop was implemented for Revit families. Anyone attempting a browser-based Revit library would benefit.

[#10]

I had some kind help from an Autodesk employee to get RFA's working. I had everything defined correctly in the XML schema, it's just that I wasn't running it on a HTTP server running on port 80. Once I did this everything ran just fine.
The funny thing is, using the downloadable Autodesk iDrop example files, at first I could get that running fine, but not with a Revit file. Using RFA's seemed a little particular.