pyRevitMEP

PyRevitMEP - MEP Extensions for PyRevit

Installation

Automatic

• Install pyRevit
• Use pyRevit Package Manager (pyRevit > Extensions > Enable pyRevitMEP)

Manual (no admin rights required)

Command lines (Cmder)

• Download Cmder unzip it anywhere you like
• Clone pyRevit repository using git (skip this step if pyRevit is already installed)
  • Destination folder : replace %APPDATA%\pyRevit_git with another destination folder if you like
  • --depth=1 allow to only clone last version without full git history

git clone https://github.com/eirannejad/pyRevit.git %APPDATA%\pyRevit_git --depth=1

• Clone pyRevit MEP repository pyrevit extensions folder using git
  • Destination folder : replace %APPDATA%\pyRevit_git\extensions with pyRevit path from step 1 if custom
  • extensions folder is in pyRevit gitignore so it will not affect pyRevit

git clone https://github.com/CyrilWaechter/pyRevitMEP.git %APPDATA%\pyRevit_git\extensions\pyRevitMEP.extension --depth=1

• Create a text file containing following text and save it as pyRevit.addin :
  • Replace #APPDATA\pyrevit_git with your pyrevit path if custom

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<RevitAddIns>
    <AddIn Type = "Application">
        <Name>PyRevitLoader</Name>
        <Assembly>$APPDATA\pyrevit_git\bin\engines\279\pyRevitLoader.dll</Assembly>
        <AddInId>B39107C3-A1D7-47F4-A5A1-532DDF6EDB5D</AddInId>
        <FullClassName>PyRevitLoader.PyRevitLoaderApplication</FullClassName>
        <VendorId>eirannejad</VendorId>
    </AddIn>
</RevitAddIns>

• Copy the addin file to your %APPDATA%\Revit\Addins\2019 (Replace 2019 with your Revit version)

Bash script (Cmder)

• Download latest bash scripts and unzip it anywhere
• Launch Cmder in bash scripts folder and and execute the scripts
  • Replace 2019 with your Revit version

bash pyrevit_install.sh
bash pyrevit_activate.sh 2019

Update

Automatic

• Use pyRevit update function

Manual

Command line (Cmder)

• Execute a git pull in your pyRevit and pyRevitMEP.extension folders
  • -f will force update any modification will be overwritten

git checkout -f

Bash script (Cmder)

• Launch Cmder in bash scripts folder and and execute the script
  • Replace 2019 with your Revit version

bash pyrevit_update.sh

Contribute

Report bugs

Documentation

• pyRevitMEP on pythoncvc.net
• playlist on youtube channel

Credits

• Ehsan Iran-Nejad for developing pyRevit
• people which contribute in pyRevit and tools used in pyRevit
• Icons8 and its contributors for the sweet free icons
• Inkscape the great vector drawing software under GPL license which allows me to create missing icons with ease
• Everyone else listed on the PyRevit Repo