Launching IExternalCommand from DMU

[Anonymous]

Dear Jeremy Tammick!

First of all, I wanted to thank you for your assistance and articles about Revit API! They really helped me out of building a Revit module template for Technology Designing, but I'm still having  problems that  I was wondering if you could help me solve.

The problem is that I need to use PickObject method from Dynamic Model Updater (DMU), but if I understand correctly, I can't do that from DMU, so I was wondering if I could launch or activate an another IExternalCommand that may contain that method. What would you suggest me to do? Or could you describe me the best and easy way to solve this problem?

I'm using C#

[jeremytammik · Accepted solution]

Thank you for your appreciation!

The advantage of the DMU is that it enables you to add functionality into the same transaction as the modification that triggered the updater.

Therefore, you cannot interact with the user in any way inside the DMU. No PickObject, no external command.

You will have to redesign your add-in architecture accordingly.

Cheers,

Jeremy