Instant Autodesk Revit 2013 Customization with .NET How-to

A supercharged guide to creating your own plugins, add-ons, and customizations for Revit with .NET

Overview

• Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
• Master the fundamentals of programing with the Autodesk Revit 2013 API.
• Customize your own ribbon controls according to personal preference.
• Save time and effort by learning how to manipulate elements and their data.

In Detail

Autodesk Revit is a Building Information Modelling software designed for architects and engineers. Extending the features and power of a BIM application such as Revit can increase personal productivity, speed up basic drafting tasks, and aid cross-team collaboration.

"Instant Autodesk Revit 2013 Customization with .NET" is a hands-on guide to getting up and running with the Autodesk Revit 2013 API through a series of plugins and add-ons that are extremely useful in your everyday tasks.

This book takes you through several of the Autodesk Revit 2013 API features in an easy to follow, step-by-step process using powerful code samples. Tons of great tips and solutions are provided throughout this book to help you get the most out of Revit 2013.

Using practical code samples you will also learn the new Autodesk Revit 2013 API features such as floor plan creation, schedule creation, and analysis display of custom analysis results.

If you've ever wanted to learn how to customize Autodesk Revit but were intimidated by any perceived difficulty or complexity, this book will give you what you’ve been looking for.

What you will learn from this book

• Fundamental concepts of the Autodesk Revit 2013 API.
• Learn how to customize your own ribbon.
• Create, load, and place content in your models.
• Read and write data as well as add and remove parameters in your models.
• Create plan views, place them on sheets, and create custom schedules with ease.
• Analyse walls by length and display the resulting data using the colourful analysis display styles.
• Subscribe and unsubscribe to document level events.

Approach

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. Get the job done and learn as you go. "Instant Autodesk Revit 2013 Customization with .NET How-to" is written in a friendly, practical style with an introductory chapter that walks through everything in detail to get you going with your very first add-on.

Who this book is for

This book is for anyone that has an interest in customizing or automating Autodesk Revit 2013. A very basic level of programming experience is assumed but not necessarily required.

一本關於使用.NET在Revit中創建自己的插件、附加組件和自定義的超級指南。

概述：
- 快速學習新知識！一本短小、快速、專注的指南，能立即產生效果。
- 掌握使用Autodesk Revit 2013 API進行編程的基礎知識。
- 根據個人喜好自定義自己的功能區控制項。
- 通過學習如何操作元素及其數據，節省時間和精力。

詳細內容：
Autodesk Revit是一款專為建築師和工程師設計的建築信息建模軟件。擴展Revit等BIM應用程序的功能和能力可以提高個人生產力，加快基本繪圖任務的速度，並促進團隊間的協作。

《Instant Autodesk Revit 2013 Customization with .NET》是一本實用指南，通過一系列在日常任務中非常有用的插件和附加組件，幫助您快速上手並運行Autodesk Revit 2013 API。

本書以易於理解的、逐步指導的方式介紹了幾個Autodesk Revit 2013 API功能，並提供了強大的代碼示例。本書中提供了大量的實用技巧和解決方案，幫助您充分利用Revit 2013的功能。

通過實用的代碼示例，您還將學習到新的Autodesk Revit 2013 API功能，例如創建平面圖、創建時間表以及顯示自定義分析結果。

如果您曾經想過如何自定義Autodesk Revit，但對其難度或複雜性感到害怕，本書將為您提供所需的內容。

本書的學習重點：
- Autodesk Revit 2013 API的基本概念。
- 學習如何自定義自己的功能區。
- 在模型中創建、加載和放置內容。
- 讀取和寫入數據，以及在模型中添加和刪除參數。
- 輕鬆創建平面視圖，將其放置在圖紙上，並創建自定義時間表。
- 通過長度分析牆壁，並使用豐富多彩的分析顯示樣式顯示結果數據。
- 訂閱和取消訂閱文檔級事件。

方法：
本書充滿了實用的、逐步指導的說明和清晰的解釋，以完成最重要和最有用的任務。在進行工作的同時學習。《Instant Autodesk Revit 2013 Customization with .NET How-to》以友好、實用的風格撰寫，其中的引言章節詳細介紹了所有內容，讓您能夠立即開始使用第一個附加組件。

本書適合對自定義或自動化Autodesk Revit 2013感興趣的任何人。假設讀者具有非常基本的編程經驗，但不一定是必需的。