Or, ‘How to use RevitLookup to find the right Property’. You can access two kinds of property in your PropertyWizard formulas: Standard Parameter properties. API properties. This post explains how to explore both these kinds of property using RevitLookup.
I’ve been experimenting with PropertyWizard’s Length and Area functionality. The functionality’s fairly limited right now (I have more coding to do), but I wonder what’s possible with the current functionality? Is it possible to fix the area of a wall by controlling the Unconnected Height? Yes, it is!
Property names can contain spaces and other special characters. To use those properties in your PropertyWizard formulas, enclose the property name in square brackets, like this: [Fire Rating] Otherwise, PropertyWizard will show an error message: the name that PropertyWizard identifies in the error message will just be the first part of the name you intended.
This is a quick summary of the main changes included in PropertyWizard_V0-16-0_Beta. There are three main changes: one new feature and two bug fixes. New feature: Views added to Category List Bug fix: Rounding error in Length and Area values Bug fix: Uncatchable errors accessing some properties
Post updated 6 August 2022 with the latest links Revit Lookup is a free, open-source add-in for Revit, which you can use to explore the Revit API. You will find it invaluable if you are using Dynamo or pyRevit, and also if you are using my Revit Add-in, PropertyWizard. In this post, I am goingRead more “How to install Revit Lookup”
Now that PropertyWizard is available for Beta testing, I’d better start showing how to use it. My first PropertyWizard video showed BS1192 sheet numbering. So why not start there? In the UK, drawing sheet numbers are specified in BS 1192. Each number consists of several fields concatenated together with hyphens. Very often, it’s useful toRead more “How to use PropertyWizard for Sheet Numbers”