topic Re: How to access NavisworksExportOptions in Revit API Forum

How to access NavisworksExportOptions

Anonymous — Mon, 31 May 2021 03:48:18 GMT

Hi all,

I'm writing a Revit plugin to export NWC files. Before exporting I need to access NavisworksExportOptions to get the current option in Revit. How can I do that ?

Thanks,

Cuong

Re: How to access NavisworksExportOptions

jeremy_tammik — Mon, 31 May 2021 20:13:59 GMT

Create a new instance using the constructor:

https://www.revitapidocs.com/2021.1/49a74067-e7da-903b-83ea-fe51274cbd32.htm

Re: How to access NavisworksExportOptions

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 04:12:44 GMT

Hi Jeremy,

I mean I'm developing a custom Navisworks Settings screen, basically it's the same with the Navisworks Options Editor when user want to export NWC file. I want to take the current Navisworks Options set by user and this options will be populated in my custom setting screen

This is Navisworks Options Editor

This is my custom settings, I want to take the settings from above screen and show in my screen when I run my own Revit plugin.

Any idea is appreciated

Re: How to access NavisworksExportOptions

jeremy_tammik — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:19:21 GMT

I am not aware of whether these settings are stored anywhere. What does the Export button do?

Re: How to access NavisworksExportOptions

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:34:13 GMT

Hi Jeremy,

Below the function Export NWC

I don't know where these values are stored so I'm unable to retrieve them.

Re: How to access NavisworksExportOptions

jeremy_tammik — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:42:07 GMT

I asked the development team for you.

Re: How to access NavisworksExportOptions

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:43:41 GMT

Thanks Jeremy

Re: How to access NavisworksExportOptions

RPTHOMAS108 — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 10:38:29 GMT

That interface is not inherent to Revit, comes with Navisworks install or exporter.

For the 2021 version there is a settings text file named:

C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Revit\Addins\2021\revit_exporter2021.Addin.bundle\nwexportrevit2021\nwcreate_data18\nwexportrevit.cfg.

If there is no better way you'd have to see if you are able to decode the content of this so you can parse it.

I spent a lot of time replicating UI settings for Navis and other forms of export. I would rather have just said 'use this named configuration'. For IFC you can do this since it has named configurations i.e. leave the settings UI to what people are familiar with and just pick the saved configuration in your interface.

Re: How to access NavisworksExportOptions

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 10:41:40 GMT

Thank you for the clarification

Re: How to access NavisworksExportOptions

RPTHOMAS108 — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 21:09:21 GMT

If you are reading that file make sure the path is found relative from:

Autodesk.Revit.ApplicationServices.Application.AllUsersAddinsLocation

and not hardcoded.

Re: How to access NavisworksExportOptions

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 23:30:32 GMT

Thank you

Re: How to access NavisworksExportOptions

jaymee.manglicmot — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 15:03:14 GMT

Hello @Anonymous @RPTHOMAS108 , are you able to get the current settings of the users from the cfg file (C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Revit\Addins\2021\revit_exporter2021.Addin.bundle\nwexportrevit2021\nwcreate_data18\nwexportrevit.cfg) When I try to update the Navisworks settings in Revit, the config file is not being updated. Are there other config files where Revit is looking or do I need to do/configure something else. I am also building a tool which aims to export to NWC and get the current user settings first before exporting. Thank you.

Re: How to access NavisworksExportOptions

RPTHOMAS108 — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 20:13:53 GMT

No actually more likely to be in registry settings such as:

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\Navisworks Exporters x64\18.0\GlobalOptions\file_readers\nwexportrevit

Perhaps noted file is for initial values etc.

Re: How to access NavisworksExportOptions

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 01:35:39 GMT

This cfg file is only for the initial values. I create a xml file to store the current setting.

Re: How to access NavisworksExportOptions

jaymee.manglicmot — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 01:58:28 GMT

Thanks for the quick response. Is there an API to do the export of settings from the Navisworks Options Editor in Revit?

Re: How to access NavisworksExportOptions

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 02:15:38 GMT

https://www.revitapidocs.com/2019/1b9538a9-a76b-0a40-2aed-e02f6974a43a.htm

Re: How to access NavisworksExportOptions

jaymee.manglicmot — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 02:19:45 GMT

I mean this one, wanted to also export the settings into xml first and then get the current user settings before exporting to nwc.

Re: How to access NavisworksExportOptions

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 02:47:27 GMT

I use XmlDocument for parsing / writing setting.xml file (the file I use to store the current optiopns)

Re: How to access NavisworksExportOptions

jaymee.manglicmot — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 06:12:37 GMT

Thanks @Anonymous , I mean how do you get the current options/settings? How do you generate the "setting.xml" file? I can't seem to find a way via the API to get what the user has checked or not checked in the Navisworks Options Editor.