Plug-in that displays Revit's 3d window content

[jerrud]

Similar to how Forge (not too familiar) or Dynamo can display Revit content in their own window:

• Could a Revit plug-in display a copy of what the Revit current 3D view window is displaying?
  • example: you rotate the model in revit, the plug-in's 3d view rotates its model view just the same
• Could a plug-in display a 3d view from the 3d views in a project?
• What kind of viewer would be required, or is more of a Forge thing?
  • Could I use Helix toolkit as a viewer or another 3rd party or am I way off base here?

Thank you, thank you

[jeremytammik · Accepted solution]

Answers to your questions:

• Yes.
• Yes.
• Yes.

Here is the proof:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-api-forum/using-a-geometry-viewer-in-a-revit-addin-to-preview-r...

[jerrud]

Very timely with the other post!

Thank you very much.

[BobbyC.Jones]

Looks like Dynamo uses Helix and could be a source of sample code.