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Custom Error Messages

Revit is very beneficial in several ways, but I found it lacks specificity in its error messages. A lot of the time, I do not understand what the error is referring to. Through normal actions within Revit, This is not a problem. The messages are simple and to the point. The problem lies in component manipulation. Components have several intricate parts. Receiving an error referring to one component, that you may or may not know what it is, that is extremely vague is frustrating. Most of the time, I have no idea what the problem is. General the message tells me what it cannot do and does not identify the problem or cause.

 

My idea is to allow the component creator to edit the general error message to provide more detailed information on what the problem is, what the cause may be, and possibly how to fix it or avoid it.

 

For example, When you have a curved extrusion and you extend the length too great, you receive the error "Cannot create sweep". The problem arises because the curve radius exceeds that of the length-width ratio. The idea is to allow the creator to add or edit that message for more insight of the end-user.