How to create a SwitchSystem in Revit API?

[mourajrn]

Hello, everyone,

I want to connect OST_LightingFixtures with OST_LightingDevices but I couldn't find a method for creating the system.

How can I create a SwitchSystem in Revit API using C#?

Thank you in advance.

[ricaun]

You couldn't find it because there is no method to create a SwitchSystem using the Revit API.

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[mourajrn]

Thanks for the reply, Luiz.
I always watch your videos on YouTube. Congratulations on the content.
Is there any workaround for creating SwitchSystems? Or is it really impossible?

[ricaun]

I tried PostableCommand but does not work, the only way I found is by clicking on the Switch button on the Create Systems ribbon using System.Windows.Automation.

I did the same in Power to force open the Voltage/PhaseNumber UI selection.

I implemented the plugin ElectricalUtils to add a shortcut to make it easy to create circuits inside the shared family.

The only problem is that the plugin needs to wait for the Revit UI and then I could click on the button using Windows Automation, to wait for a DocumentChanged to get the Switch...
Everything works in an async way, which is kinda hard work...

Still waiting for Autodesk to add something like:

var switchSystem = MEPSystem.CreateSwitch(document, elements);

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