topic Re: Revit developer starter pack in Revit API Forum

Revit developer starter pack

nice3point — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 09:35:51 GMT

Starting to develop an add-in for Revit can be quite time-consuming, and mastering the process can take a significant amount of effort. To simplify and streamline this journey, I've created a collection of libraries aimed at automating many of the development processes.

Revit templates

https://github.com/Nice3point/RevitTemplates

RevitTemplates offer a variety of templates specifically tailored for Revit add-in development.
They are compatible with popular IDEs such as Visual Studio, Jetbrains Rider, and CLI as well.
What's more, they fully support all Revit versions, from 2020 to 2025, within a single solution.
These templates also support key development practices such as MVVM, Dependency Injection, and Logging.
One of the highlights is the inclusion of optional features, allowing you to customize your project according to your specific needs.
For enterprise-level development, the templates even provide a comprehensive build system, installer creation, and a bundle for seamless publishing to platforms like the Autodesk Store or Design Automation

Template description: https://github.com/Nice3point/RevitTemplates/wiki/Templates

Examples created with these templates: https://github.com/Nice3point/RevitTemplates/tree/develop/samples

Revit multi-version support: https://github.com/Nice3point/RevitTemplates/wiki/Multiple-Revit-Versions

Step-by-step guide: https://github.com/Nice3point/RevitTemplates/wiki/Step%E2%80%90by%E2%80%90step-Guide

Revit toolkit

https://github.com/Nice3point/RevitToolkit

This package offers implementations of interfaces commonly used in Revit development.
By integrating this toolkit into your project, you can streamline your codebase, reduce infrastructure code and enhance dependency resolution.
Notably, it includes implementations for IExternalEventHandler, facilitating the creation of modeless applications and the execution in async context.

Revit extensions

https://github.com/Nice3point/RevitExtensions

RevitExtensions are designed to reduce the burden of writing repetitive code in Revit projects, and also help you write chained methods.
You don't have to write huge code to add a button to a Revit ribbon or remember all Utils classes, everything is available at your fingertips.
Just try.

Revit API

https://github.com/Nice3point/RevitApi

The RevitApi package serves as a dependency package for add-in development.
Instead of relying on local references, it is recommended to use Nuget for correct project dependency restoring and support for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD).

RevitLookup

Lastly, I'm also the developer of RevitLookup, a tool designed to facilitate quick analysis of the Revit database. It's an invaluable resource for anyone working with Revit.
You can find the latest version of RevitLookup here https://github.com/jeremytammik/RevitLookup

By leveraging these resources, you can significantly enhance your Revit development workflow, saving time and effort while ensuring consistency and efficiency in your projects.

Re: Revit developer starter pack

rawava1350 — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 11:00:55 GMT

Incredibly, Templates helped me easily move to using my project in the Revit 2025 without any struggles! Thank you for your contribution to Open Source

It would be great if Autodeks update this step by step guide using these templates, templates really handy and there is nothing better yet
https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/tsarticles/ts/7I2bC1zUr4VjJ3U31uM66K.html

Re: Revit developer starter pack

Ramoon_Bandeira — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 12:44:51 GMT

Hello, i`m having an issue using the templates provided.
When i created an application from the from the Revit Addin application, when i attempt to run
the code, i get the following error on all revit versions:

System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException: 'External component has thrown an exception.'
It happens on the class SxSActivationContext at the dispose method

Re: Revit developer starter pack

nice3point — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 13:19:22 GMT

SEHException usually occurs when exceptions are thrown by Revit API in user code. Can you show your code?

And try to run any sample https://github.com/Nice3point/RevitTemplates/tree/develop/samples

A simple video from Mike on how to create a project:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mikem615_revitapi-csharp-revit-activity-7170896001287737344-nBEW

Re: Revit developer starter pack

jeremy_tammik — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 13:23:42 GMT

Thank you for sharing this useful toolkit. I shared a pointer to it on the blog:

https://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2024/04/revit-2025-and-revitlookup-2025.html#5

Re: Revit developer starter pack

nice3point — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 13:26:59 GMT

Thank you Jeremy for sharing it.
I think it will help a lot of developers with supporting their add-ins for multiple versions of Revit, including 2025

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-api-forum/optimal-add-in-code-base-approach-to-target-multiple-revit/td-p/12532755

Re: Revit developer starter pack

jeremy_tammik — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 13:33:25 GMT

Yes, I agree. I thought I would point out the new release first, and tackle the multi-version add-in strategies next week.

Re: Revit developer starter pack

moj — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 12:53:34 GMT

I get this error when I try to test my plugin. The DLL file is in the right place?

Do you what I am missing?

Re: Revit developer starter pack

george1985 — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:05:57 GMT

Brilliant @nice3point !
Thank you for all the brilliant work you shared with the public for free!
We owe you a ton!

Re: Revit developer starter pack

moj — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 08:46:23 GMT

I've figured out that the error occurs depending on what I name my project in Visual Studio. If the project is called 'SMTools', the error appears, but if I name the project 'RevitAddInSMTools', it works fine. Why does this happen?

Re: Revit developer starter pack

nice3point — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 09:33:41 GMT

A thread with this problem https://github.com/jeremytammik/RevitLookup/issues/269. You have installed plugins with outdated library versions. And depending on the name, either the old one is loaded (which causes errors) or the new one (works without errors). Download DependenciesReport.zip and check the status of dependency conflicts between your plugins. You can also run fixing of outdated DLLs in the same zip

Re: Revit developer starter pack

nice3point — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 09:38:17 GMT

Many thanks George

Re: Revit developer starter pack

moj — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 07:19:03 GMT

Isn't it a bit vulnerable? I've tried running the "Dependencies Report," and it gives me a long list of DLL files. But I don't really know the program and I'm not sure what I should be looking for. It certainly hasn't fixed anything for me.
Aside from that, you've made some really great templates, and they're really easy to use once you understand how everything works. So thank you very much for that.

Re: Revit developer starter pack

JeremyvU2GS6 — Thu, 15 May 2025 09:22:00 GMT

Great template. I've been building in 23 and thought I'd test a build in 25. It worked. But going back to 23 and building it cant seem to locate my main window UI anymore. Supposedly the different .nets can affect the casing when its initializing after? I was having great success building stuff with AI but I'm not a coder to understand what's happened between builds. Cleaned everything including obj and bin files but not sure what to do if you know anything 🙂 Ow also just building in Revitaddinmanager for quick testing.