Author: Mikako Harada

  • ObjectARX 2016 SDK Available for Download

    By Mikako Harada As you might have heard, AutoCAD 2016 products has been released. Before we even say anything about new feature, here is the first questions we received: “Where can I get the final version of ObjectARX? There is no ARX on ADN…” ObjectARX 2016 is posted on the public site here (or formally…

  • Setting Up for A360 Collaboration for Revit

    I recently went through the process of setting up the A360 Collaboration for Revit environment for our DevTech AEC team. I just made one blog post on The 360 view based on my experience about it. I thought some of the audience here might find it interesting, too. (Also serves as a note to myself. I…

  • Re-announcing “The 360 View”

    A little announce to make. I have been occasionally writing to Manu's "The 360 View" blog. Over the weekend, Manu kindly put my photo to his blog <blush>, making me as an official co-author. I will be posting about BIM related topics from my point of view. So far, I have posted the materials for…

  • Introducing BIM 360 API Forum

    A little anouncement. We have created a new forum called "BIM 360 API" under BIM 360 family community. This is for customization and API (Application Programming Interface) related topics using BIM 360 family products. If you have any questions about BIM 360 API, feel free to use BIM 360 API forum. Hope to meet you there!  Mikako   

  • Welcome Jaime Rosales – New Member of DevTech!

    By Mikako Harada I'm thrilled to announce that Jaime Rosales has joined DevTech Americas team. He was a member of BIM 360 Glue team and working on add-ins for various Autodesk products, such as Revit, Navisworks and AutoCAD and its verticals.  His main focus areas will be AEC products.  He is based in our New…

  • Revit API Wishlist Survey – Spring 2014

    If you are writing Revit add-ins for more than a year, most likely you are already familiar with our annual API wishlist survey. I have been working with the Revit product manager to assemble this year's API wishlist survey. Here is it the link to the this year's survey: Revit API Wishlist Survey – Spring…

  • “The 360 View” – New Blog about BIM 360

    By Mikako Harada  I'm pleased to announce that Manu Venugopal, Integration Expert in Autodesk Consulting and our API liaison to the BIM 360 Glue product team, has recently started a blog called "The 360 View". He was warming up a bit, trying to familiarize himself with the system. He tells me that he is ready…

  • Revit API Developer Guide – Finally Migrated to Help.Autodesk

    By Mikako Harada I'm happy to inform you that finally Revit API Developer Guide has migrated to help.autodesk.com. Here is the direct link:http://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2014/ENU/?guid=GUID-F0A122E0-E556-4D0D-9D0F-7E72A9315A42 Here is the marketing URL: http://www.autodesk.com/revit-2014-api-guide-enu Here is the link to the Revit documentation:http://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2014/ENU/ I did some review while it was still on staging and reported a few issues and they are fixed.…

  • Revit API Developer Guide – Help Site Glitch Update

    By Mikako Harada First, we are very sorry about problems we are experiencing with online help site.  I just heard from the User Experience team that the following link as been restored:  http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Revit/enu/2014/Help/3661-Developers This is a temporary remedy till the migration to new help.autodesk is completed. I just tested the above link, and I see…

  • Getting Started YouTube Videos for Learning Revit Product Features

    By Mikako Harada Trying to answer a customer who asked for materials to learn product feature, I just bumped into the following links that brings to "Getting Started" YouTube videos to learn Revit product features. I thought I should share with you, too.   Revit for Architecture Getting Started Revit for MEP Getting Started Revit…