Loading Revit Add-In into BIM 360

[juanquis_avila]

Hi Devs, I hope you all are doing well 😄

I'm wondering if there is a way to load my plugins into BIM 360 in order to use the Add-In in this platform. I'm working with collaborated revit files so it would be easier to run my code on BIM 360 rathen than a local file.

Thank you for your attention 😄

Best Regards.

[jeremytammik]

BIM 360 is a web platform, whereas a Revit add-in is a .NET assembly executed by Revit.exe on the Windows platform.

Therefore, they are obviously not simply interchangeable.

However, Autodesk has indeed implemented a possibility to access an environment, the Forge platform, that enables you to run your Revit add-ins in a web environment, enabling a tight integration with BIM 360:

https://forge.autodesk.com

So the answer to your questions is:

Yes, you can run your Revit add-in in BIM 360 by converting it to Forge Design for Automation for Revit, or DA4R:

https://forge.autodesk.com/en/docs/design-automation/v3/developers_guide/overview

The Building Coder has discussed some such conversions:

https://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/about-the-author.html#5.55

Please address all further questions regarding DA4R to the official Forge help channels, not this forum:

https://forge.autodesk.com/en/support/get-help

Best regards,

Jeremy

[Rockit_for_Revit]

I've seen a few Revit apps now calling dialogs to list the available Hubs and models, so some people know how to do it, trying for years to do this. Wish I could find a simple example to interact with BIM 360 in a Revit app using Autodesk.Forge api.

[moturi.magati.george]

Hi @Rockit_for_Revit,

You can have a look at the step-by-step guide on how to create a simple viewer and hubs browser using dot Net or Node Js here. Hope it helps. 
https://tutorials.autodesk.io/tutorials/hubs-browser/