Insert Revit Link to a specified Coordinates

[Ta7a]

Hello,

I hope you're doing well. I have a quick question about using the Revit API.

Is it possible to insert multiple Revit link files into a host file and position each one at specific coordinates? These coordinates could either be provided by the user or retrieved from an Excel file.

If this is feasible, what's the recommended way to get these insertion points? Should I use the ProjectLocation class or perhaps doc.PublishCoordinates()?

I appreciate any insights you can provide.

Best, AbdElftah Tarek

@jeremytammik  

[jeremy_tammik]

In a previous discussion of the same question, @bhprest answers:

Have you worked through the My First Revit Plug-in tutorial, or read through the documentation about macros ?

I would start there if you haven't. After that, you'll need to look through the API documentation to find which functions need to be called. Here is the documentation on the RevitLinkType class, and the RevitLinkInstance class, which I think would be good starting points for what you're looking to achieve.

[jeremy_tammik]

Actually, before pointing to the previous discussion, I can answer your direct questions:

> Is it possible to insert multiple Revit link files into a host file and position each one at specific coordinates? 

Yes.

> what's the recommended way to get these insertion points?  

Do you mean get or set? How to get them from Excel or some other external source is completely up to you.

You can set the link instance location by using the Move method as described in the Revit API developers guide on Revit Links:

https://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2024/ENU/?guid=Revit_API_Revit_API_Developers_Guide_Advanced_Topi...

[Ta7a]

Thank U