How to Create IUpdater in Revit with pyRevit (Create Custom Features)

IUpdater (Dynamic Model Update)

Dynamic model update offers the ability for a Revit API application to modify the Revit model as a reaction to changes happening in the model when those changes are about to be committed at the end of a transaction. Revit API applications can create updaters by implementing the IUpdater interface and registering it with the UpdaterRegistry class. Registering includes specifying what changes in the model should trigger the updater.

Resources

Revit API Dev Guide - IUpdater

pyRevit doc-updater

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Create pyRevit Hook

Hook Base

python

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24# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

#⬇️ Imports
from datetime import datetime
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import (BuiltInCategory,
                               BuiltInParameter,
                               UnitUtils,
                               UnitTypeId,
                               ElementId,
                               WorksharingUtils,
                               FamilyInstance)

#📦 Variables
sender = __eventsender__
args   = __eventargs__

doc = args.GetDocument()

#👉 Get ElementIds for Modified/Deleted/New
modified_el_ids = args.GetModifiedElementIds()
deleted_el_ids  = args.GetDeletedElementIds()
new_el_ids      = args.GetAddedElementIds()

modified_el = [doc.GetElement(e_id) for e_id in modified_el_ids]

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Error: Third-Party IUpdater not Registered

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Solution: How to get rid of the the Error

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