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Viewing the Revit API

Viewing the Revit API

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Viewing the Revit API

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- [Instructor] There are a few different ways to view the Revit API. One simple way is to install the SDK, or software development kit, when installing Revit, to view the CHM file that comes with it. To install the SDK, you'll need access to the standard Revit installer. If you don't have this, you can download it from the Autodesk website. Once downloaded, we have access to the Revit install menu. Go to the Install Tools and Utilities option. Here, we can install some additional items for Revit. Let's install the Revit Software Development Kit. Make sure that's selected, and go ahead and click install. Once the Revit video finishes downloading the SDK, it will request a file path location to save the SDK to. I'm leaving mine as default, which is a Revit SDK 2019 file path on the C drive. Then click install. Perfect, then click finish. Once the SDK is finished installing, navigate to the folder path the SDK's installed to. I've left mine as default, so it's on the C drive, and then…

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