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Author: Jay Merlan

Posted onMarch 31, 2024December 6, 2025Thoughts

Revit + Smartsheet: Mapping Asset Data from BIM to an External Data Source

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In the world of PropTech, I’ve run into the same challenges many teams face. Recently, Triple Zero Labs partnered with a major owner/operation to rethink…

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Posted onSeptember 15, 2022December 5, 2025Tutorials

Retrieve Parameter Values Using the Revit API

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When working with BIM data using the Revit API, one common step is retrieving parameter values from elements. Whether your goal is to extract or…

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Posted onSeptember 5, 2022December 5, 2025Tutorials

A Beginner’s Guide to the Revit API TaskDialog

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How to build clean, professional dialogs inside Revit add-ins If you’ve ever built a Revit add-in, you know the quickest way to talk to your…

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Posted onSeptember 29, 2021December 5, 2025Tutorials

Where are Revit macros saved?

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Just in case you were wondering. That is all.

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Posted onMay 28, 2021December 4, 2025Tutorials

Vague Licensing Error in Revit 2019

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Last week, I received the most vague licensing error in Revit 2019. I was presented with the error message above which states nothing more than…

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Posted onMay 19, 2021December 5, 2025Tutorials

Programmatically Retrieve all Shared Parameters in a Project Model using The Revit API

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A few months ago, I shared a post on OpenDefinery about a simple solution to fully purge Shared Parameters from a Revit project model. In that…

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Posted onOctober 4, 2020December 5, 2025Thoughts

Less is More: The Minimum Viable Data Approach for BIM

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First and foremost, let it be known that I am not a formally educated software development engineer or data scientist, however, I have completed an…

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Posted onSeptember 14, 2020December 5, 2025Tutorials

True or False: Shared Parameters Can Be Renamed

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Contrary to popular belief, Revit Shared Parameters can be renamed with this simple workaround. I founded OpenRFA in 2017 with the goal to create a…

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Posted onSeptember 6, 2020December 5, 2025Tutorials

Purge Shared Parameters From a Revit Model

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I made a critical mistake when launching my BIM program at one of the largest tech conglomerates in the world… Oh, and I found a…

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Posted onFebruary 14, 2019December 4, 2025Downloads

Revit BuiltInCategory Enumeration (2018.3)

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I searched and searched for hours and still have not found a list of all members of the BuiltInCategory enum along with their hashcodes.  This…

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