eStorage for Revit - update for 2014 versions

eStorage for Revit - update for 2014 versions

m.vallee
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eStorage for Revit - update for 2014 versions

m.vallee
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Hi all,

 

I really would like to try eStorage for Revit - the June 2012 ADN plugin of the month.

Is it available for 2014 versions of Revit ? 2013 version of the DLL doesn't work on 2014 products...

 

Thanks a lot for your help.

 

Best regards.

 

Maxime

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scott-sheppard-autodesk
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Unfortunately a newer version of this does not exist in the Autodesk Exchange Apps site. The Labs version did come with the source code so perhaps an ADN member could be contracted to port it for you?


Scott Sheppard
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Autodesk Labs
Autodesk, Inc.
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m.vallee
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Contracted ?

 

Do you mean we would have to pay for it ?

 

Maxime

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scott-sheppard-autodesk
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Exactly. Autodesk Labs made plugins of the month available to show people how easy it was to develop their own applications. That's why each ADN plugin of the month included the source code. You are free to take that source code and adapt it to work with Revit 2014 or you can contract that to a 3rd party or Autodesk consulting. Our aim was never to provide free perpetual eStorage for Revit functionality. I am glad you found the functionality valuable though.



Scott Sheppard
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Autodesk Labs
Autodesk, Inc.
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m.vallee
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@Anonymous wrote:

Autodesk Labs made plugins of the month available to show people how easy it was to develop their own applications


How easy ? Not so sure about that, if you have no skills in programming at all.

 

 

 

@Anonymous wrote:

You are free to take that source code and adapt it to work with Revit 2014.


This is what I did. And it works.

 

 

 

@Anonymous wrote:

Our aim was never to provide free perpetual eStorage for Revit functionality.


I just don't understand how you choose which apps you want to maintain and propose freely on the Apps exchange platform, and which ones you simply let down.

 

 


@Anonymous wrote:

I am glad you found the functionality valuable though.


Yes, and I am improving it.

 

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scott-sheppard-autodesk
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When the plugins were on the Labs site, it was about the source code so people could use them as examples. Some ADN partners like JTB World have since picked them up and are supporting and offering them in the App Exchange.


Scott Sheppard
Program Manager
Autodesk Labs
Autodesk, Inc.
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jeremytammik
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Dear Maxime,

Thank you for your query.

I see your discussion with Scott and that you say you have added new features to the add-in.

In that case, you can obviously compile it yourself, and therefore obviously have access to the source code.

The migration from Revit 2012 to 2014 is pretty trivial.

Can you please state what your problem is, if you still have one?

Thank you!

Best regards,

Jeremy



Jeremy Tammik
Developer Technical Services
Autodesk Developer Network, ADN Open
The Building Coder

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m.vallee
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Hi Jeremy,

 

I managed to upgrade the plugin without a problem indeed.

 

I am just trying to add a new functionnality based on what you did : StoreOnFile, which would allow only one file (typically a .log file) to be stored on the Revit file.

I didn't find a way to create an uninstanciated element to e-store the file on...perhaps you have an idea 🙂

 

Thanks.

 

Maxime

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jeremytammik
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m.vallee
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Thanks a lot, Jeremy.

 

I managed to do what I wanted ! A Family object is an Element, so no problem, indeed.

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