Revit API - Materials

Name: Revit API - Materials
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How to work with Materials when programming the Revit API

Created byHarry Mattison

Last updated 3/2019

English

What you'll learn

How to use the Revit API to work with Materials

Course content

1 section • 7 lectures • 59m total length

How to change value of parameters of materials in revit api3:29
Discover how to change material parameters in the Revit API by using a filtered element collector and class filter, then start a transaction and use lookup parameter to set manufacturer.
Set Material Color11:23
Learn to use the rivet api to get and set material parameters, run a transaction, inspect materials with rivet look up, and set colors via material cast with rgb values.
What materials are used & not used in a Revit project?9:10
Learn to determine and purge unused materials in a Revit project with a macro, counting materials in use vs not in use and safely rolling back transactions.
How to get area and volume of materials8:12
Calculate material area and volume in the Revit API by using get material area and get material volume methods on walls, floors, and rooms, then aggregate results in dictionaries.
Material Assets6:19
Set material asset color and rotation12:17
Find the image file used by a material9:03
Note that many classes used in this sample are in the Autodesk.Revit.DB.Visual namespace, so add this line at the top of your file.
using Autodesk.Revit.DB.Visual;

Requirements

C# programming & basic understanding of Revit API

Description

This course will help you learn how to perform common operations with Materials in the Revit API. There is a lot of data about materials that exists in Revit's database that is not easily accessible from the Revit User Interface, so the API can be a great help in collecting this data. Please add comments on the course to suggest additional Materials topics that you would like covered.

Who this course is for:

Revit API developers who want to learn more about the Materials API