Revit Ideas - Page 2

Ryan_Williams-MRB · ‎01-22-2026

For preselection and left to right cross selection, ignore hidden geometry, ignore reference planes extending past visible geometry to the extents of hidden geometry, (maybe) ignore subfamilies. The user just wants to interact with what they see! For example, I have a clear floor space family that has side reach range parameters that can be toggled on. Even if those reach ranges are off, the extents of the family still recognize where the hidden reach ranges are when trying to select. You get nuisance pre-selection when trying to pick other objects, and you can't left to right cross select tightly around the visible portion of the object.

Etienne.DeKockVSHGN · ‎12-10-2025

The Metric Generic Model Adaptive is the only template I use now. The flexibility and power within this template is infinite. There are no constraints as there are in the Metric Generic Model. I work for a global infrastructure company and it's getting very frustrating when the only Category I can use is the "Generic model category" there are project requests to place the families on specific categories. which.... there are no options available in the adaptive template. This is not an idea or an enhancement this a basic system Revit API coding that needs to be added to the adaptive template. Please Autodesk !!!! add all the categories into the adaptive template.

CorneSep · ‎12-04-2025

Don't know ready asked in a different post. but i know that in the copy/move/mirror/rotate command there are temporary override keys (shift, CTRL and ALT) to toggle the option copy etc. in the align tool you have the t/o for multiple alignment but can find/discover a t/o for the lock command. I work in models bur also make families, most of the families do have size parameters, thus i do lock the extrusions etc. to reference line's. now i switch the setting manually or i use spacebar. but if i switch the setting on it stays on till i turn it off, sometimes i forget this and lock some alignments in my models/buildings which is 99% of the time a total disaster! is there some way? kind regads, Corné Sep mechanical engineer sewage, ventilation and water systems

Rockit_for_Revit · ‎12-03-2025

Hello, While there is a util 'ReferenceableViewUtils.ChangeReferencedView' it does not work on view references. Please crate a util to allow api changes to existing view references to change the View Type and the Target View.

MarryTookMyCoffe · ‎12-03-2025

8 years waiting for this to be possible to set using api.

baleti3266 · ‎11-18-2025

right now KeyboardShortcuts.xml is only generated when user modifies a shortcut in revit given that this file is the only programmatic way to set shortcuts in revit (no other api exists) developer should always expect it to be in user directory a bit more on that topic: jeremytammik.github.io/tbc/a/1285_keyboard_shortcut.htm

Ryan_Williams-MRB · ‎11-18-2025

When developing a family, it is often mid-project that enhancements may be needed. I often update the origin of a family for convenience when placing further instances. A light fixture may want a center / center origin, but a countertop may be more sensible in a corner so you can place accurately based on wall layouts. When you change which reference planes define the origin of a family and reload, all instances move so the new origin point is in the same spot in the model as the original origin point. This results in families moving to a location you didn't originally place, requiring a subsequent move exercise to fix the previously placed families. I propose an option when loading the family to either move all instances or maintain locations of all instances. Maybe the option based off the major reference planes to account for updates to family geometry as well. Eg: Maintain Front / Center / BACK and LEFT / Center / Right

hani.karam · ‎11-07-2025

Summary In Revit 2023 and earlier, the Electrical API exposed PanelScheduleSheetInstance.Create() (and related functions) that allowed developers to programmatically place PanelScheduleView objects onto sheets. Starting with Revit 2024, this method remains present in the API but no longer produces a visible sheet instance. As a result, automation tools that previously generated panel schedule sheets (for example, “one sheet per panel schedule”) no longer function in Revit 2024 – 2026. Impact Electrical teams can no longer automate large batches of panel schedule sheets. Firms migrating from Revit 2023 lose parity in their automation toolsets. Developers must resort to non-native workarounds (PDF export + image placement) that break BIM data linkage and increase file size. Request Please re-expose a supported API endpoint that allows a PanelScheduleView to be programmatically placed onto a ViewSheet. This could be a reinstatement of PanelScheduleSheetInstance.Create() or a new public method such as PanelScheduleView.PlaceOnSheet(ViewSheet, XYZ). Maintain backward compatibility with the 2023 behavior so existing Dynamo, pyRevit, and custom C# tools continue to work. Example use case “Our electrical models contain 200 + panel schedules. In Revit 2023 we automated creation and placement of each panel schedule onto a new sheet. After upgrading to 2026, the same script still creates sheets but they remain blank. A restored or replacement API would re-enable this workflow.” Benefits Restores feature parity between Revit 2023 and later versions. Saves hundreds of manual placement hours per project. Keeps schedule content native and data-linked instead of using exported images. Tags: Revit API / Electrical / Panel Schedules / Automation

LukeKPFCD · ‎10-30-2025

Put the arrange by date modified back in the file browser. Honestly.

toddbeyer · ‎10-22-2025

Our workflow consists of modeling sites and buildings separately. As a result, we link our site to our building model. It would be beneficial to be able to utilize Hidden Lines while using the LINKED toposolid as the obscurer element.

adaversa · ‎10-22-2025

I would like a GetViewElementIds method for FileExportingEventArgs similar to what is provided in DocumentPrintingEventArgs. This would enable plugins which subscribe to the printing process for preflight checks or document modification to apply those checks or modifications to only those views being exported, rather than the entire model.

bdavis6MHM7 · ‎10-20-2025

I often find myself wanting to schedule curtain walls separately from basic walls which can easily be done by filtering by family. That being said, when it comes to assigning parameters to curtain walls I am forced to assign it to the entire "Walls" category which seems to me like a massive waste of resources. There are significantly fewer curtain wall families in a project than there are basic wall families. It would be nice for it to be possible to assign parameters separately by adding a new "Curtain Walls" subcategory to walls similar to Wall Sweeps that captures only Curtain Wall Family Types. A standard use case for this additional subcategory would be adding head/jamb/sill details to a storefront/curtain wall schedule similar to a door details sheet. I have no need for these parameters on basic walls as they are typically the host to these curtain wall families.

dfoth · ‎10-17-2025

Current Situation: When working in the Revit Family Editor, geometric constraints (alignments, locks, etc.) between family elements are managed internally by Revit's constraint solver. These constraints are only visible to users when: Attempting to modify constrained geometry (which may fail with constraint errors) Breaking constraints, which generates a warning dialog listing all affected constraints and elements Problem: There is currently no way to programmatically query these constraint relationships through the Revit API. The constraint information shown in warning dialogs (see attached screenshot) is not accessible via FilteredElementCollector, GetDependentElements(), or any other API method. Use Case: Family authors need to audit and document constraint relationships in complex families without manually breaking each constraint. Current workflow requires: Selecting each element Breaking its constraints Noting the warning message Undoing the operation Repeating for every element This is time-consuming and error-prone for families with dozens or hundreds of constrained elements. Requested API Enhancement: Expose family geometric constraints through the API, similar to how the warning dialog displays them. Suggested implementation: python # Proposed API usage element = doc.GetElement(elementId) constraints = element.GetGeometricConstraints() for constraint in constraints: constraint.ConstraintType # e.g., "Alignment", "Lock", "Equality" constraint.ConstrainedElements # List of ElementIds involved constraint.References # Reference planes or faces involved Expected Benefits: Enable automated constraint auditing tools Facilitate family documentation Help identify over-constrained geometry before errors occur Improve family quality control workflows Reference: This information is already computed and displayed by Revit (as shown in constraint violation warnings), but is not currently exposed through the API.

birhanzl · ‎10-13-2025

Please add the count formula to the family parameter. This function should be able to count the number of nested elements or families in the main family. For example, I have the xx.rfa family loaded 15 times in the main family. I will create a parameter called "Count of XX" (integer) and assign the formula =count(xx.rfa) to it. This parameter could then be displayed in the main project (shared parameter). In the main project, I would just display "Count of XX=15".

lionel.kai · ‎10-02-2025

I was recently creating another Repeating Detail (RD)-related tool, and found myself wondering if there's an Enumeration in the API for the layout values for this parameter: elementType.get_Parameter(BuiltInParameter.REPEATING_DETAIL_LAYOUT); Google showed my previous post (finding and modifying Repeating Detail type), LOL, which gives the integer values: // 1=Fixed Distance, 2=Fixed Number, 3=Maximum Spacing, 4=Fill Available Space But I was hoping for something a little more robust/official. Searching the API gave: SpacingRuleLayout Enumeration with the same names/values except for 4 (MinimumSpacing vs FillAvailableSpace), though that has a similar meaning in this context. Member name Description None No points or lines will be created. FixedDistance Points or lines are separated by a fixed distance. FixedNumber Fixed number of points or lines with uniform distance between them. MaximumSpacing Points or lines are separated by at most the max distance. MinimumSpacing Points or lines are separated by at least the minimum distance. Also, that Enumeration seems to be for a DividedPath, whatever that's used for, so I don't think using it over hard-coded integers would give me any real benefit (and would introduce an issue if that were to change).

B.I.Smith · ‎09-26-2025

I'm working on a project with complex phasing. Currently, there is no way to migrate the data for the "Phase Description" without manually copying and pasting, which can lead to inconsistencies across models. It would be nice to include this in the Revit API so that it can be exported with add-ins or mapped with Dynamo.

p_brianXNTJJ · ‎09-10-2025

You're in the middle of a command. You just finished drawing a line or modeling a revolve. What do you do? You hit 'Escape' 2-3 times to make sure you're out of the command. But you didn't hit 'Escape'. You hit 'F1'. Congratulations. You now have 2-3 new tabs pop up on your screen because you just asked Autodesk for some help. A help button is great. Just please move it almost literally anywhere else. Maybe make it a combo macro so that regardless of where it is, it will never be accidental. Control + Shift + '1' sounds good to me!

mwagnerfrey6 · ‎09-05-2025

Users should be able to create a filter that references other filters. Sometimes we make filters that would rely on a base filter but have to manually enter the conditions again. This not only leads to complicated logic, but if the base filter ever needed to be updated, the logic currently needs to be updated in every filter. This idea would only require updating the base filter. There should be a special "#Filter" property dropdown, the options "Is True" and "Is False" in the comparison dropdown. Then in the value dropdown, it should list all compatible filters. A compatible filter is one that is a superset of the categories you are currently filtering on. So if you are filtering for [Conduits, Conduit Fittings], a filter that filters [Conduits, Conduit Fittings, Cable Trays, Cable Tray Fittings] would be compatible. This would all work in the current form factor:

ViviNyehuusAndersen · ‎09-05-2025

What about fixing all Revit versions so that texts remain readable when using the checkbox Keep Text Readable. Readable means horizontal text — not vertical or in any other direction.

GaryOrrMBI · ‎09-04-2025

A search for "link display settings" yields 50 results, with 40+ of those all along the same lines with "link visibility settings" hitting similar numbers, IE: We need a better way to handle this tedious and time consuming task. What task? Setting Visibility settings for links. Some of those are for API access to these settings (which was partially implemented, but setting visibility by Category falls short across the API as a whole for both host categories and link categories as neither allows for toggling Category "Groups" as a whole as can be done in the UI and the new option for links doesn't even touch category visibility, just by host view or by linked view). So let's look at the problem. There is no way to preconfigure, in a model or a template, what will be visible or not visible by default for a project before a link is attached or even afterwards for that matter. This needs to be changed. It could be set up similar to the option for default visibility of a workset IE: visible in all views or hidden in all views by default, although with RVT Links it would be more like the VG settings that you get for views: Just give us the ability to set the values as the default for all views and view templates for all links prior to actually linking in a model (and preferably being able to do so in a project template). In most projects in our firm we want all Categories of the Annotation categories group to be off in all of our documentation views as well as most other views with them being set to "Show" in a very small number of views for coordination. Similarly, we rarely want to see the Categories of the "Analytical Model Categories" group from a link except for very rare occasions. Just setting these two groups to be hidden on half a dozen links in dozens of views and view templates can take a considerable amount of time. These presets need to show every Category group that could possibly be within a link with the notable exceptions of Worksets and Design Options (since those will be named and used differently in every model and can't realistically be pre-configured). But even those that can't be pre-configured should have the option of configuring them as defaults for all views and view templates within the host project model for each link instead of having to set them for each link in each and every view and/or view template. Furthermore, the API, both for direct host models and for links, needs access to these groups to be able to set them as groups instead of having to set each category of each group individually. Moderators, can all of those votes for all of the different versions of this request be combined so that a realistic number for the underlying need can be taken into consideration? -Gary

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Change Preselect and L>R Cross Select Behavior

Metric Generic Model Adaptive

Align lock t/o key

Allow view reference values to be changed in the api

Conditional Formating in schedule in Api

always generate KeyboardShortcuts.xml even if no shortcuts were modified cmon

Add option to move or maintain placed families when reloading a family that has a new origin

Restore public API support for PanelScheduleSheetInstance.Create() (programmatic placement of PanelScheduleView on sheets)

Arrange by Date Modified

Hidden Lines with LINKED Toposolids

API - File Exporting Event Args

Allow Parameters to be Assigned to Curtain Walls Separately from Basic Walls

API Access to Family Geometric Constraints

new formula - count of nested elements or families reported as a family parameter

Enumeration for Repeating Detail Layout values (API)

Include the Phase Description in Revit API

Don't make F1 the Help Button

Filter Condition Based On Other Filters (Nested Filtering)

Keep texts readable - actually remain readable

RVT Link (Visibility) Settings... defaults for links in Templates

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