How to change language for annotation text and dimension using api?

[ramabalan.v]

Hi all,

I've changed the Revit language from English to other before opening Revit by right click Revit application and change language in properties.

But, if I'm opening any Revit file, the annotation texts and dimensions are still in English.

Please help me to change the language for the dimensions and annotations in the Revit file using api.

[jeremytammik]

I think the annotation and dimension texts are stored in the Revit model, and Revit neither knows nor cares what language they are in after they have been created and placed.

I do not believe that Revit can translate an existing BIM from one language to another.

Is this a Revit API issue, or an end user question?

Are you doing anything programmatically yourself, or just using the standard Revit user interface?

If you are not doing anything programmatically, this is not the best place to ask such a question.

Please note that this discussion forum is dedicated to programming Revit using the Revit API.

Therefore, you cannot expect an answer to a question such as yours relating to installation, product usage or end user support issues here.

You should try one of the non-API Revit product support discussion forums instead for that:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-api-forum/this-forum-is-for-revit-api-programming-questions-not...

The people there are much better equipped to answer your question than us programming nerds.

If you are doing it programmatically, please be aware that the Revit API hardly ever supports any functionality that is not also available in the user interface.

Therefore, if the UI does not support this, the API will probably not do so either.

So, it will always help to research the optimal manual approach to a solution first, before attacking the task programmatically.

I hope this clarifies.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

Best regards,

Jeremy

[ramabalan.v]

Hi Jere,

Thanks for your suggestion. So, First I'll check with non Revit api forums to change the annotations language manually.

At the mean time, if you heard any ideas please let me know. It is very helpful to me.

Thank You.