topic Re: Revit Custom File Properties in Revit API Forum

Revit Custom File Properties

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 10:56:53 GMT

Hi, does anyone know how to access read/write to Revit file custom properties using vb.net & Rrevit API?

All the best

Steve

Re: Revit Custom File Properties

jeremytammik — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 13:15:46 GMT

Dear Steve,

These look like properties associated with the specific project document.

You should try to find them using RevitLookup.

That would show you how to access them progrmmatically from your own add-in as well.

Cheers,

Jeremy

Re: Revit Custom File Properties

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 14:33:53 GMT

Hi Jeremy,

Using Revit LookUp 2014 was unable to locate the rvt custom file properties!

Any ideas as to how I can read write to these propeerties would be welcome.

All the best

Steve

Re: Revit Custom File Properties

jeremytammik — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 16:30:53 GMT

Hi Steve,

Sorry about the totally wrong initial answer I gave.

The question came up again now on Stack Overflow, with some more useful answers.

I published a summary of the results here:

http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2015/09/lunar-eclipse-and-custom-file-properties.html#3

Cheers,

Jeremy

Re: Revit Custom File Properties

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 09:20:02 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Hi Steve,

Sorry about the totally wrong initial answer I gave.

The question came up again now on Stack Overflow, with some more useful answers.

I published a summary of the results here:

http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2015/09/lunar-eclipse-and-custom-file-properties.html#3

Cheers,

Jeremy

Hi Jeremy,

Thanks for the link

In the end I used the Revit Project Properties to store the information.

Had to revise the code for Revit 2015 due to the API changes.

More than happy to show/share my add-in if you are interested.

It's a SaveAsTool for BIM, It uses the properties to store Metadata.

All the best

Steve

Re: Revit Custom File Properties

jeremytammik — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 09:35:54 GMT

Dear Steve,

Congratulations on solving it and publishing your tool!

That is a perfectly viable way to go as well, of course.

The Revit way, in this case 🙂

Thank you for the offer!

Cheers,

Jeremy

Re: Revit Custom File Properties

Keith_Wilkinson — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 10:35:42 GMT

Is there any way to search for this info within Windows explorer? I'm looking to add a classification system to some of our families and having it as a file property that was searchable would be extremely helpful...

Re: Revit Custom File Properties

jeremytammik — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 10:56:27 GMT

Dear Keith,

Sure you can.

Take a look at the Windows Search functionality:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa965362(v=vs.85).aspx

You can program additonal search fields for specific file types, e.g. for RVT.

Cheers,

Jeremy

Re: Revit Custom File Properties

Keith_Wilkinson — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:11:16 GMT

Thanks Jeremy, however I should add that although this is the Revit API forum I know very little about programming! Sorry!!

Within the file properties I have the ability to add a field and an associated value. However this doesn't show up in the list of fields available in Windows Explorer - is this something that would be easy to resolve and give all of our company users access to search?

cheers

Re: Revit Custom File Properties

jeremytammik — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:19:53 GMT

Yes, absolutely.

And it requires programming (I imagine).

Ask any Windows programmer.

Good luck!

Re: Revit Custom File Properties

Keith_Wilkinson — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:23:26 GMT

So not easy then... ;o)