topic Re: Linking Status & Revision Data from ACC into Revit Title Blocks in Revit API Forum

Linking Status & Revision Data from ACC into Revit Title Blocks

Jonathon_ClarkXUYEV — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 08:18:15 GMT

Hi All

Has anyone been able to link the ISO19650 Status & Revision attribute data from the collaboration cloud back to Revit models title blocks?

Trying to establish ways to do so

Current option:

Use a drawings schedule export from Revit into the ACC environment for input & use Dynamo to update the sheet's inside of the Master Revit models used for sheets/drawing production.

Re: Linking Status & Revision Data from ACC into Revit Title Blocks

jeremy_tammik — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:07:43 GMT

I would consider this (and suggest addressing it) as two separate questions:

Retrieve data from ACC (and receive notification when it changes)
Update data in Revit Title Blocks

If you want this to happen asynchronously in real time, you will probably need to implement an external event for the second step that gets triggered by something reacting when the source data is updated.

Does that make sense, or am I misunderstanding the issue?

Re: Linking Status & Revision Data from ACC into Revit Title Blocks

Jonathon_ClarkXUYEV — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:22:37 GMT

Hi Jeremy

Yes that's a good way to look at that problem.

A way of working I am considering currently is that we would create design models for just 3D development & then a separate discipline master Drawings/sheets model.

This Sheets model would have the sheets/drawings classified under sheet sets for each area of the project.

The Sheet's model would then be put through a workflow for check/review/approve.

Upon approval I figure that the approver will specify the file/model Status & Revision (ISO19650)

I imagine we will need to export a sheets Schedule that will also be updated via the approver & then relay this back to the sheets?

Do you have any references on methods to automate Updating data in Revit Title Blocks?

Re: Linking Status & Revision Data from ACC into Revit Title Blocks

jeremy_tammik — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:46:31 GMT

> Do you have any references on methods to automate Updating data in Revit Title Blocks?

All you need for this is to update the appropriate parameter value:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-api-forum/how-to-update-parameters-of-title-block/m-p/8754523

In order to drive the modification from outside of the running Revit session, you can use an external event:

https://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/about-the-author.html#5.28

Alternatively, if you are not using Revit on the desktop at all, you can achieve the same in the cloud through APS Design Automation for Revit:

https://aps.autodesk.com/design-automation-apis

Re: Linking Status & Revision Data from ACC into Revit Title Blocks

Jonathon_ClarkXUYEV — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 10:10:01 GMT

Thankyou for the excellent help Jeremy, I will look into this.

Hopefully its something that may become a feature in a newer version of Revit to provide better interconnectivity with ACC in the future.