topic Re: Pop-Up Dynamic Indication in Revit API Forum

Pop-Up Dynamic Indication

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 19:07:20 GMT

Hi All,

For a while, I've been wondering if there is a way to create a pop-up indication in Revit like there is in AutoCAD:

I wonder, is it possible to create this object anyhow through the API, so the end-user could see more precisely the actions needed to continue with the program? This is to avoid the user to constantly see the lower bar of the screen that shows what "transaction" is on:

I found this on youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2-BkSuVVIY.

It is a Radial Menu that follows the cursor and you can assign to it some actions. If this is possible, maybe what I'm looking for is not that far, right?

Any tip of advice will be very well received.

Best regards!

Re: Pop-Up Dynamic Indication

mastjaso — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 22:09:45 GMT

Jeremy implemented a tooltip similar to this quite a while back that you can find a slightly updated version of here:
https://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2017/01/uiview-windows-coordinate-referenceintersector-tooltip.html

Re: Pop-Up Dynamic Indication

jeremytammik — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 16:17:09 GMT

Dear Jorge,

Thank you for your query, and thanks to mastjaso for jumping in with a helpful suggestion.

Yes, just like in the blog post he points out, the Windows API enables you to implement all those things you mention.

The blog post also shows how to translate the cursor coordinates from the Windows screen device coords to the Revit model coords, which is important to determine what Revit element is under (or at) the cursor position.

I hope this helps.

Best regards,

Jeremy

Re: Pop-Up Dynamic Indication

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 16:20:41 GMT

Thanks @mastjaso and @jeremytammik .

I'll give it a try following your recommendations.

Regards!