Design Options API

[josh_moore]

Hello, I'd love to suggest and ask for the support from the community to provide an API for Design Options.  There is SO MUCH that can be done with Design Options from the development community to help make the usage easier for designers and open up doors to leverage Revit more and more in early design phases, for example, Interior Test Fits.  I'd suggest the following initial functionality:

• Create / Delete New Option Set
• Create / Delete Option within Option Set
• Rename Option Set
• Rename Option
• Switch Active Design Option in Active Design Option Dropdown
• Set Primary Option with Option Set
• Set Design Option for each option set in the Design Options Tab of Visibility/Graphic Overrides
• Add and Remove objects from Design Options

Would love for other members of the community to chime in on other major areas this could be exposed in the API.

[patrice.lefebvre]

+1 -- I can't believe this hasn't been made available yet!

[_Chris_McNamara]

It would be great if the command to 'finish editing' (switch back to Main Model) was available for keyboard shortcut assignment - Pick to Edit is fantastic, but still need to go into the menu or dialog to get back to Main Model.

[Thyrum2]

+1 -- How can such a critical feature still be missing?!

[BobbyC.Jones]

In addition to Josh's excellent list, also need the ability to read Design Options applied to views.

[accounts-payable7HRV7]

This is why people use open-source software: simple, basic features going unimplemented for 5 years.

[BobbyC.Jones]

@accounts-payable7HRV7  wrote:

This is why people use open-source software: simple, basic features going unimplemented for 5 years.

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It's been longer than 5 years.  I've been asking for this since 2009.  I think it's safe to say this request isn't happening.

[josh_moore]

Bumping this again!  So much opportunity here and quite a bit of community support over the last few years.  Sorely need an API here.

[pieterschiettecatte]

I would love at least the functionality to

- switch primary

- accept primary

[BobbyC.Jones]

Bump for one of the top voted wishlist items.

[bahaa_barakat5ECZ3]

This would be a game changer...

[bahaa_barakat5ECZ3]

If this ever happens, in additional to all the features listed in the post and the comments, I'd also love to to see support for changing the "Design Options Visibility  Overrides" for views.

[Osama_Talha]

That would be awesome, please Autodesk help us with that

[BobbyC.Jones]

I've been asking for this since 2009.  The ferocity with which Autodesk is ignoring this is baffling.

[ghada_salahH4NZG]

it would be helpful to us 

[BobbyC.Jones]

2025 annual bump 😞

[josh_moore]

Thanks for the bump @BobbyC.Jones .  Interestingly, it appears this is now the top voted item still in "gathering support" in the API request category.

[BobbyC.Jones]

@josh_moore , you bet!  Honestly though, I have zero hope it will ever get done, no matter how highly it gets voted.  It was a top voted item when I brought it up with Jim and Mikako a couple of years ago at AU.  I don't see it in the public roadmap and no one at any level at Autodesk, other than sales, is willing to discuss it.

[james_tran]

why is the API for Design Options so limited? We're in 2025 and still nothing from Autodesk?

[BrookePeterson]

Do we need to start begging?

[BobbyC.Jones]

@BrookePeterson begging, bribing, whatever it takes!