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luisnuinezpeleta says:

February 2, 2015 at 5:23 am

Hello Harry,

I am trying to run a macro to copy one view template from one project into another in RVT14. But, an unexpected error that I don’t know how to fix comes up every time I run the macro. It states that “revit failed to execute the macro”.

I don’t know where the error can lay in, as I don’t have experience with API and the macro compiles with no errors.

Thank you.

Luis

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- harrymattison says:
  
  February 2, 2015 at 10:31 am
  
  What is the full text of the error? There could be an exception that is encountered when the macro runs. This is a different problem than an error that SharpDevelop can find during compilation.
  
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- harrymattison says:
  
  February 2, 2015 at 10:32 am
  
  You might try Step Into (instead of Run) to go through the execution of the macro line-by-line to see where it goes wrong
  https://boostyourbim.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/stepping-into-your-macros-and-is-this-an-import-or-a-link/
  
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Rodrigo says:

November 6, 2018 at 8:32 pm

a question
you can filter the Drafting Views
that have CADlink elements
I appreciate the information
regards

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- harrymattison says:
  
  November 8, 2018 at 4:54 pm
  
  Thanks for the question. I’ve added a lecture showing how to do this to the Boost Your BIM Revit API course at Udemy – http://bitly.com/revitapi
  
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Eddy says:

May 21, 2020 at 4:07 pm

buenas tardes, tengo un problema con una macro que en la version de revit 2018 se deja montar perfectamente ahora en la version 2020 y 2021 no me deja montarla…. aqui les dejao la macro para ver si alguin me puede ayudar, esta macro es para obtener las coordenadas de cualquier elemento….

public void FijaXYZShared()
{
String ParametroX=”PosicionX”;
String ParametroY=”PosicionY”;
String ParametroZ=”PosicionZ”;
int copiados=0;
int errores=0;
Boolean dialogo=true; // Muestrame el resultado

UIDocument uidoc = this.ActiveUIDocument;
Document doc = uidoc.Document;
Selection selection = uidoc.Selection;
ICollection selectedIds = uidoc.Selection.GetElementIds();

ProjectLocation projectLocation = doc.ActiveProjectLocation;

using(Transaction t = new Transaction(doc,”Fijando XYZ”))
if (0 == selectedIds.Count){TaskDialog.Show(“Revit”,”No hay selección, ningun elemento a fijar coordenadas.”);}
else
{
// Inicio transaccion…
t.Start();
// Recorro elementos
foreach (ElementId id in selectedIds)
{
Element elem= doc.GetElement(id);
if (elem==null){continue;}

LocationPoint loc = elem.Location as LocationPoint;
XYZ pos= loc.Point;

ProjectPosition position = projectLocation.get_ProjectPosition(pos);

var Parametro1 = elem.LookupParameter(ParametroX);
if (Parametro1==null){continue;} // Si no tiene lo descarto
var Parametro2 = elem.LookupParameter(ParametroY);
if (Parametro2==null){continue;} // Si no tiene lo descarto
var Parametro3 = elem.LookupParameter(ParametroZ);
if (Parametro3==null){continue;} // Si no tiene lo descarto

try{ // Si estoy aqui es que existem ambos parámetros!. Trato de copiarlos
double X=position.EastWest*0.3048;
double Y=position.NorthSouth*0.3048;
double Z=position.Elevation*0.3048;
//Parametro1.Set(trans.X.ToString());
if (X>0){Parametro1.Set(“+”+X.ToString(“0.000”));}
else{Parametro1.Set(X.ToString(“0.00”));}
if (Y>0){Parametro2.Set(“+”+Y.ToString(“0.000”));}
else{Parametro2.Set(Y.ToString(“0.00”));}
if (Z>0){Parametro3.Set(“+”+Z.ToString(“0.000”));}
else{Parametro3.Set(Z.ToString(“0.00”));}
copiados++;
}
catch{
errores++;
}
} //foreach
doc.Regenerate();
t.Commit();
} // else

if (dialogo){
TaskDialog.Show(“Fija XYZ Shared”,
“Elementos Seleccionados: “+ selectedIds.Count.ToString() +
“\nElementos Modificados: “+ copiados.ToString() +
“\nNo Modificados: “+ (selectedIds.Count-copiados).ToString() +
“\nCon errores: “+ errores.ToString()
);
} // dialogo
} //FijaXYZShared

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Eddy says:

May 21, 2020 at 4:09 pm

good afternoon, I have a problem with a macro that in the revit 2018 version lets itself mount perfectly now in the 2020 and 2021 version does not let me mount it … here I leave the macro to see if anyone can help me, this macro is to get the coordinates of any element ….

public void FijaXYZShared()
{
String ParametroX=”PosicionX”;
String ParametroY=”PosicionY”;
String ParametroZ=”PosicionZ”;
int copiados=0;
int errores=0;
Boolean dialogo=true; // Muestrame el resultado

UIDocument uidoc = this.ActiveUIDocument;
Document doc = uidoc.Document;
Selection selection = uidoc.Selection;
ICollection selectedIds = uidoc.Selection.GetElementIds();

ProjectLocation projectLocation = doc.ActiveProjectLocation;

using(Transaction t = new Transaction(doc,”Fijando XYZ”))
if (0 == selectedIds.Count){TaskDialog.Show(“Revit”,”No hay selección, ningun elemento a fijar coordenadas.”);}
else
{
// Inicio transaccion…
t.Start();
// Recorro elementos
foreach (ElementId id in selectedIds)
{
Element elem= doc.GetElement(id);
if (elem==null){continue;}

LocationPoint loc = elem.Location as LocationPoint;
XYZ pos= loc.Point;

ProjectPosition position = projectLocation.get_ProjectPosition(pos);

var Parametro1 = elem.LookupParameter(ParametroX);
if (Parametro1==null){continue;} // Si no tiene lo descarto
var Parametro2 = elem.LookupParameter(ParametroY);
if (Parametro2==null){continue;} // Si no tiene lo descarto
var Parametro3 = elem.LookupParameter(ParametroZ);
if (Parametro3==null){continue;} // Si no tiene lo descarto

try{ // Si estoy aqui es que existem ambos parámetros!. Trato de copiarlos
double X=position.EastWest*0.3048;
double Y=position.NorthSouth*0.3048;
double Z=position.Elevation*0.3048;
//Parametro1.Set(trans.X.ToString());
if (X>0){Parametro1.Set(“+”+X.ToString(“0.000”));}
else{Parametro1.Set(X.ToString(“0.00”));}
if (Y>0){Parametro2.Set(“+”+Y.ToString(“0.000”));}
else{Parametro2.Set(Y.ToString(“0.00”));}
if (Z>0){Parametro3.Set(“+”+Z.ToString(“0.000”));}
else{Parametro3.Set(Z.ToString(“0.00”));}
copiados++;
}
catch{
errores++;
}
} //foreach
doc.Regenerate();
t.Commit();
} // else

if (dialogo){
TaskDialog.Show(“Fija XYZ Shared”,
“Elementos Seleccionados: “+ selectedIds.Count.ToString() +
“\nElementos Modificados: “+ copiados.ToString() +
“\nNo Modificados: “+ (selectedIds.Count-copiados).ToString() +
“\nCon errores: “+ errores.ToString()
);
} // dialogo
} //FijaXYZShared

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- harrymattison says:
  
  May 22, 2020 at 11:41 am
  
  https://www.revitapidocs.com/2018.2/d8e0d449-98fc-6a08-8d88-54f68cdfeb3c.htm
  
  The ProjectPosition.ProjectLocation property was deprecated in Revit 2018. The API help says to use ProjectLocation.Get/SetProjectPosition() instead.
  
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