Save command code

[Anonymous]

Hi All,

Apologies for the very very basic question but i have never really done any coding before and i am trying to teach myself C# to program Revit API.

I have gone through the first plugin guide and the Hello world guide and both of these have helped.

For my next task i want to modify the hello world code to make revit do a file save before the pop up box.

Could anyone please give me an idea of what code i need to write to make Revit save?

After this i would like to look into doing a command which reloads all of the Revit links in the project. Do you think this would be possible?

Many thanks

Mike

[akira.kudo]

There are some methods for saving,  you can use Document::Save() for instance like below. If you need to use the SaveAsOptions, there is a sample code in the SDK help. Please find the attached jpg.

And for reloading rvt links, you can use the RevitLinkType::Load() like below. it uses for load or reload a Revit link from disk.

<code_begin>

        public Result Execute(

          ExternalCommandData commandData,

          ref string message,

          ElementSet elements)

        {

            UIApplication uiapp = commandData.Application;

            UIDocument uidoc = uiapp.ActiveUIDocument;

            Application app = uiapp.Application;

            Document doc = uidoc.Document;

            View view = uidoc.ActiveView;

            using (Transaction tx = new Transaction(doc))

            {

                tx.Start("reload link");

                FilteredElementCollector collector = new FilteredElementCollector(doc);

                         IList<Element> elementos = collector.OfClass(typeof(RevitLinkType)).ToElements();

                         foreach (Element e in elementos)

                         {

                                       RevitLinkType linkType = e as RevitLinkType;

                    Debug.Print(linkType.Name);

                    // Loads or reloads the Revit link from disk. The link will be loaded from its currently-stored path. 

                    linkType.Load();

                }

                tx.Commit();

            }

            doc.Save(); //Saves the document.

            // Save(SaveOptions) // Saves the document.  

            // SaveAs(String) // Saves the document to a given file path.  

            // SaveAs(String, SaveAsOptions) // Saves the document to a given file path.  

            // SaveAs(ModelPath, SaveAsOptions) // Saves the document to a given path.  

            Debug.Print("Hello World");

            return Result.Succeeded;

        }

<code_end>

Please find an attached sample project in the zip. And please let me know if it does not match with what you want to do.

I hope this helps.

PS... I am working on your question for 2013 now . Please hold on.

[Anonymous]

Akira,
Thanks for your support.
Look forward to the 2013 Solution!

Mike

[akira.kudo]

Again Mike-san,

I am really sorry for delay due to our events.

Unfortunately we do not expose any direct methods that third-party developers can reload the revit link model in Revit 2013 via API.

A workaround we have now is that you delete the Revit linked model, and its corresponding Revit link type. Then create a new Revit link type by using the updated Revit model file, and finally create a revit linked model in the same place.
However, this would be time-consuming process.

Please let me know if you need further assistance or if I may close this case.

Best Regards,

Akira Kudo