build the DLL from a build server

[avpBS7DE]

Dear RevitAPI,

I currently build my solution (external application kind of addin) on the same computer where Revit 2021 is installed. Either from VS or dotnet build.

If I delegated this build on a windows server (or windows docker image) .... what .DLLs would I need to do it ? or what should I install over there ? Is there a light version of Revit install - just for build servers ?

Thank you

[jeremy_tammik]

All you need are the Revit API .NET assembly DLLs.

They all live in the same folder as Revit.exe, and most if not all of them are named *API*.dll.

You can simply check your add-in .NET references to see which Revit API .NET assembly DLLs it is using.

All you need to do to compile your add-inis to copy those DLLs to the build server.

Nothing else is needed.

[perry.swoboda]

We run our addin build in GitLab and created a nuget package with AdWindows.dll, RevitApi.dll, RevitAPIIFC.dll, and RevitAPIUI.dll, locally hosted it with jFrog, and then had our addin reference the nuget package.  A little work to set up, but now we cloud build.

And we have to occasionally update our Revit nuget when Autodesk updates the dlls.  Overall worth the effort.

[jeremy_tammik]

Yes, that makes total sense. I believe several other developers are doing the same, and some such NuGet packages containing the Revit API .NET assembly DLLs are publicly accessible. I am in discussion with the Revit development team, asking them to implement some official access.