WhatTheDyn

Autodesk Revit plugin project organised into multiple solution files that target versions 2020 - 2025.

Technologies Used

C# 12
.NET Framework 4.8
.NET 8

Getting Started

Before you can build this project, you will need to install .NET, depending upon the solution file you are building. If you haven't already installed these frameworks, you can do so by visiting the following:

After installing the necessary frameworks, clone this repository to your local machine and navigate to the project directory.

Building

We recommend JetBrains Rider as preferred IDE, since it has outstanding .NET support. If you don't have Rider installed, you can download it from here.

Open JetBrains Rider
Click on File -> Open and choose the RevitLookup.sln file to open.
In the Solutions Configuration drop-down menu, select Release R25 or Debug R25. Suffix R25 means compiling for the Revit 2025.
After the solution loads, you can build it by clicking on Build -> Build Solution.

Also, you can use Visual Studio. If you don't have Visual Studio installed, download it from here.

Open Visual Studio
Click on File -> Open -> Project/Solution and locate your solution file to open.
In the Solutions Configuration drop-down menu, select Release R25 or Debug R25. Suffix R25 means compiling for the Revit 2025.
After the solution loads, you can build it by clicking on Build -> Build Solution.

MSI installer and bundle build on the local machine

To build the project for all versions, create the installer and bundle, the project uses NUKE

To execute your NUKE build locally, you can follow these steps:

Install NUKE as a global tool. First, make sure you have NUKE installed as a global tool. You can install it using dotnet CLI:
```
dotnet tool install Nuke.GlobalTool --global
```
You only need to do this once on your machine.
Navigate to your project directory. Open a terminal / command prompt and navigate to your project's root directory.
Run the build. Once you have navigated to your project's root directory, you can run the NUKE build by calling:

Compile:
```
nuke
```
Create installer:
```
nuke createinstaller
```
Create installer and bundle:
```
nuke createinstaller createbundle
```
This command will execute the NUKE build defined in your project.

Create new release on GitHub

Publishing the release, generating the installer and bundle, is performed automatically on GitHub.

To execute your NUKE build on GitHub, you can follow these steps:

Merge all your commits into the main / master branch.
Navigate to the Build/Build.Configuration.cs file.
Increase the Version value.
Make a commit.
Push your changes to GitHub, everything will happen automatically, and you can follow the progress in the Actions section of the repository page.

Solution structure

Folder	Description
build	Nuke build system. Used to automate project builds
install	Add-in installer, called implicitly by the Nuke build
source	Project source code folder. Contains all solution projects
output	Folder of generated files by the build system, such as bundles, installers

Project structure

Folder	Description
Commands	External commands invoked from the Revit ribbon. Registered in the `Application` class
Models	Classes that encapsulate the app's data, include data transfer objects (DTOs). More details.
ViewModels	Classes that implement properties and commands to which the view can bind data. More details.
Views	Classes that are responsible for defining the structure, layout and appearance of what the user sees on the screen. More details.
Resources	Images, sounds, localisation files, etc.
Utils	Utilities, extensions, helpers used across the application