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Revit add-in part of cloud-based, real-time, round-trip, 2D Revit model editor
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# RoomEditorApp



Revit add-in part of cloud-based, real-time, round-trip, 2D Revit model editor.



RoomEditorApp implements export of Revit BIM data to a web based cloud database, reimport, and subscription to automatic changes to update the BIM in real time as the user edits a simplified graphical 2D view in any browser on any device.



The database part is implemented by

the [roomedit](https://github.com/jeremytammik/roomedit)

[CouchDB](https://couchdb.apache.org) app.



Please refer to [The Building Coder](http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com) for

more information, especially in

the [cloud](http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/cloud)

and [desktop](http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/desktop) categories.



Here is a

recent [summary and overview description](http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2015/11/connecting-desktop-and-cloud-room-editor-update.html#3) of

this project.



## Connecting desktop and cloud



RoomEditorApp is the first and oldest member of the suite of samples connecting the desktop and the cloud.



Each of the samples consists of a C# .NET Revit API desktop add-in and a web server:



- [RoomEditorApp](https://github.com/jeremytammik/RoomEditorApp) and

  the [roomeditdb](https://github.com/jeremytammik/roomedit)

  [CouchDB](https://couchdb.apache.org)

	database and web server demonstrating real-time round-trip graphical editing of furniture family instance location and rotation plus textual editing of element properties in a simplified

  2D [SVG](https://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/) representation of the 3D BIM.

- [FireRatingCloud](https://github.com/jeremytammik/FireRatingCloud) and

	the [fireratingdb](https://github.com/jeremytammik/firerating)

  [node.js](https://nodejs.org)

	[MongoDB](https://www.mongodb.com) web server demonstrating real-time round-trip editing of Revit element shared parameter values stored in

  a globally accessible [mongolab](http://mongolab.com)-hosted db.

- [Roomedit3dApp](https://github.com/jeremytammik/Roomedit3dApp) and

  the first [roomedit3d](https://github.com/jeremytammik/roomedit3d) Forge Viewer extension demonstrating translation of BIM elements in the viewer and updating the Revit model in real time via a 'socket.io' broadcast.

- The most recent Forge sample, adding the option to select any Revit model hosted

  on [A360](https://a360.autodesk.com), again using 

  the [Roomedit3dApp](https://github.com/jeremytammik/Roomedit3dApp) Revit add-in working with the 

  new [roomedit3dv3](https://github.com/Autodesk-Forge/forge-boilers.nodejs/tree/roomedit3d)

  [Autodesk Forge](https://forge.autodesk.com)

  [Viewer](https://developer.autodesk.com/en/docs/viewer/v2/overview) extension

  to demonstrate translation of BIM element instances in the viewer and updating the Revit model in real time via a `socket.io` broadcast.



## Installation



RoomEditorApp is a C# .NET Revit API add-in.



To install it, fork the repository, clone to your local system, load the solution file in Visual Studio, compile and install in the standard Revit add-in location, for example by copying the add-in manifest file and the .NET DLL assembly to `C:\Users\tammikj\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Revit\Addins\2016`



In order to build RoomEditorApp, you will first need to download and compile the [DreamSeat CouchDB wrapper library](https://github.com/vdaron/DreamSeat) and reference the its .NET assembly `DreamSeat.dll`. This will pull in these additional DLLs:



- Autofac.dll

- DreamSeat.dll

- Newtonsoft.Json.dll

- SgmlReaderDll.dll

- log4net.dll

- mindtouch.dream.dll



They all need to be accessible to run the add-in. On way to achieve by copying them to the `RoomEditorApp\bin\Debug` folder and running the Revit add-in from there, cf. the path specified by

the [`Assembly` tag in the add-in manifest file](./RoomEditorApp/RoomEditorApp.addin#L5).



If you do not know what this means, please refer to the GitHub

and [Revit programming getting started](http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/about-the-author.html#2) guides.



As said above, RoomEditorApp interacts with

the [roomedit](https://github.com/jeremytammik/roomedit) CouchDB app.



You can run that either locally, on your own system, or on the web, e.g., hosted by the CouchDB hosting

site [Iris Couch](http://www.iriscouch.com).



The choice between these two options is made by the Boolean variable `RoomEditorDb._use_local_db`.



If you use the web hosted system, i.e., `_use_local_db` is set to `false`, you have no more to set up.



In the former case, you need to install and

run both [Apache CouchDB](http://couchdb.apache.org) and

the roomedit app itself locally on your system.



Good luck and have fun!



## Todo



- Reimplement the roomeditor database using node.js and MongoDB instead of CouchDB, like

the [FireRatingCloud](https://github.com/jeremytammik/FireRatingCloud)

[fireratingdb](https://github.com/jeremytammik/firerating)

[node.js](https://nodejs.org)

[MongoDB](https://www.mongodb.org) web server.



## Author



Jeremy Tammik,

[The Building Coder](http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com) and

[The 3D Web Coder](http://the3dwebcoder.typepad.com),

[Forge](http://forge.autodesk.com) [Platform](https://developer.autodesk.com) Development,

[ADN](http://www.autodesk.com/adn)

[Open](http://www.autodesk.com/adnopen),

[Autodesk Inc.](http://www.autodesk.com)



## License



This sample is licensed under the terms of the [MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

Please see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for full details.