How to access NavisworksExportOptions

[Anonymous]

Hi all, 

I'm writing a Revit plugin to export NWC files. Before exporting I need to access NavisworksExportOptions to get the current option in Revit. How can I do that ?

Thanks,

Cuong

[jeremy_tammik]

Create a new instance using the constructor:

https://www.revitapidocs.com/2021.1/49a74067-e7da-903b-83ea-fe51274cbd32.htm

[Anonymous]

Hi Jeremy,

I mean I'm developing a custom Navisworks Settings screen, basically it's the same with the Navisworks Options Editor when user want to export NWC file. I want to take the current Navisworks Options set by user and this options will be populated in my custom setting screen

   This is Navisworks Options Editor

  This is my custom settings, I want to take the settings from above screen and show in my screen when I run my own Revit plugin.

Any idea is appreciated

 

  

[jeremy_tammik]

I am not aware of whether these settings are stored anywhere. What does the Export button do?

[Anonymous]

Hi Jeremy,

Below the function Export NWC

 

I don't know where these values are stored so I'm unable to retrieve them.

 

 

 

[jeremy_tammik]

I asked the development team for you.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Jeremy

[RPTHOMAS108 · Accepted solution]

That interface is not inherent to Revit, comes with Navisworks install or exporter. 

For the 2021 version there is a settings text file named:

C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Revit\Addins\2021\revit_exporter2021.Addin.bundle\nwexportrevit2021\nwcreate_data18\nwexportrevit.cfg.

If there is no better way you'd have to see if you are able to decode the content of this so you can parse it.

I spent a lot of time replicating UI settings for Navis and other forms of export. I would rather have just said 'use this named configuration'. For IFC you can do this since it has named configurations i.e. leave the settings UI to what people are familiar with and just pick the saved configuration in your interface.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the clarification

[RPTHOMAS108]

If you are reading that file make sure the path is found relative from:

Autodesk.Revit.ApplicationServices.Application.AllUsersAddinsLocation

and not hardcoded.

[Anonymous]

Thank you

[jaymee.manglicmot]

Hello @Anonymous @RPTHOMAS108 , are you able to get the current settings of the users from the cfg file (C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Revit\Addins\2021\revit_exporter2021.Addin.bundle\nwexportrevit2021\nwcreate_data18\nwexportrevit.cfg) When I try to update the Navisworks settings in Revit, the config file is not being updated. Are there other config files where Revit is looking or do I need to do/configure something else. I am also building a tool which aims to export to NWC and get the current user settings first before exporting. Thank you.

[RPTHOMAS108]

No actually more likely to be in registry settings such as:

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\Navisworks Exporters x64\18.0\GlobalOptions\file_readers\nwexportrevit

Perhaps noted file is for initial values etc.

[Anonymous]

This cfg file is only for the initial values. I create a xml file to store the current setting.

[jaymee.manglicmot]

Thanks for the quick response. Is there an API to do the export of settings from the Navisworks Options Editor in Revit?

[Anonymous]

https://www.revitapidocs.com/2019/1b9538a9-a76b-0a40-2aed-e02f6974a43a.htm

[jaymee.manglicmot]

I mean this one, wanted to also export the settings into xml first and then get the current user settings before exporting to nwc.

[Anonymous]

I use XmlDocument for parsing / writing setting.xml file (the file I use to store the current optiopns)

[jaymee.manglicmot]

Thanks @Anonymous , I mean how do you get the current options/settings? How do you generate the "setting.xml" file? I can't seem to find a way via the API to get what the user has checked or not checked in the Navisworks Options Editor.