Stand Alone Application to Convert RVT file to IFC/DWF file using Revit API

[AJU_PETER]

We need to build an application to convert RVT file to IFC/DWF file. 

1. Is it required to install revit application on the machine to access Revit API?

2. If it not required, can you share some sample code to achieve it?

[sahin.ikbal]

No, you can't access Revit API, unless Revit is installed.
Also you have to call it's api from Revit environment only for it to work.

I think it's a intentional limitation.

[jeremy_tammik]

Thank you @sahin.ikbal  for your reply.

Use of the Revit API locally on your workstation requires a licensed Revit installation and a running Revit session.

The Autodesk Forge platform enables another way to read, process and modify Revit RVT files in the cloud:

https://forge.autodesk.com/platform-vision

Conversion to IFC and DWF can easily be achieved using the Forge Design Automation API for Revit:

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

In fact, generating an IFC file from RVT using Forge is even easier to achieve, using the Model Derivative API:

https://forge.autodesk.com/blog/export-ifc-rvt-using-model-derivative-api