Revit API Automation

Production knowledge translated into dependable software.

I build focused C# tools around the way architectural teams actually deliver projects—reducing repetitive setup, protecting standards, and making complex Revit workflows easier to execute consistently.

Discuss a workflow Why my approach is different

RevitCommand.cs

[Transaction(TransactionMode.Manual)]
public class BuildProjectCommand : IExternalCommand
{
    public Result Execute(...)
    {
        using (Transaction tx = new Transaction(doc))
        {
            CreateViews(doc);
            BuildSheets(doc);
            PlaceStandards(doc);
        }
        return Result.Succeeded;
    }
}

MODELReady

VIEWSCreated

SHEETSPlaced

What it changes

Less rebuilding.
More project intelligence.

The goal is not automation for its own sake. The goal is to move skilled people away from repetitive setup and toward coordination, judgment, and design decisions.

Project setup

Create standardized views, sheets, callouts, browser organization, and production-ready starting conditions.

Drawing intelligence

Organize sheets, place views, resolve detail numbering conflicts, manage revisions, and standardize output.

Model interaction

Collect, filter, validate, and transform Revit elements according to real project rules and exceptions.

Team usability

Wrap complex API logic in clear controls so the tool is understandable, testable, and repeatable for production teams.

Selected systems

Tools designed around real delivery pressure.

Public descriptions stay intentionally high-level. The value is the underlying method: understand the workflow, formalize the rules, and build the safest useful automation around it.

Model Setup Engine

Turns a newly created or received model into a coordinated production starting point with predefined views, sheets, callouts, and standards.

View generation
Sheet creation
Content placement
Rerun-aware logic

Sheet Intelligence

Uses spatial and documentation logic to organize information consistently while preserving the designer's control over the final drawing set.

View placement
Detail renumbering
Revision workflows
Output naming

Production Toolkit

A ribbon of focused commands that removes high-frequency manual steps without turning the workflow into a black box.

One-click commands
Clear feedback
Failure handling
Team consistency

Technical foundation

C# and the Revit API, structured for maintainability.

The ribbon is only the visible surface. Underneath it, I separate startup logic, commands, services, data collection, transactions, validation, user feedback, and logging so each system can grow without becoming fragile.

01IExternalApplication

Creates the ribbon, panels, and command entry points when Revit starts.

02IExternalCommand

Receives each button click and begins a controlled command workflow.

03Services

Contain reusable project logic rather than forcing everything into Execute().

04Transactions

Protect model changes and make success, cancellation, and failure explicit.

A workflow worth automating?

Start with the production problem—not the code.

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