{"id":302,"date":"2017-08-13T17:52:28","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T16:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pythoncvc.net\/?page_id=302"},"modified":"2017-08-13T18:01:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T17:01:09","slug":"faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pythoncvc.net\/?page_id=302","title":{"rendered":"FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>pyRevitMEP<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>I don&rsquo;t see pyRevitMEP extension in pyRevit extensions.\n<ul>\n<li>A: Try to update pyRevit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>I think there is a bug.\n<ul>\n<li>Report it on issues tracker with details (way to reproduce the issue or a link to a video which explains the issue etc\u2026) : <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/CyrilWaechter\/pyRevitMEP\/issues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/github.com\/CyrilWaechter\/pyRevitMEP\/issues<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>I want to contribute.\n<ul>\n<li>Don&rsquo;t forget to contribute to <a href=\"http:\/\/eirannejad.github.io\/pyRevit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pyRevit<\/a> too !<\/li>\n<li>if you are coding : it is open source, do not hesitate to send a pull request.<\/li>\n<li>if you are not coding : you can help in many ways like enhancing documentation, making nice icons, sharing the way you use pyRevitMEP with your colleagues and friends, leaving an encouraging message, donate to pyRevitMEP or other opensource projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>python<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>I would like to learn python.\n<ul>\n<li>python is a very friendly coding language. There is many great tutorials like :\n<ul>\n<li>My favorite : Automate the boring stuff with python as an online <a href=\"https:\/\/automatetheboringstuff.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">book<\/a> or an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udemy.com\/automate\/?couponCode=FOR_LIKE_10_BUCKS\">online video course<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Another great online video course : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udemy.com\/complete-python-bootcamp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complete python bootcamp<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Learn to code interactively online : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codecademy.com\/learn\/learn-python\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Codecademy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>What IDE should I use ?\n<ul>\n<li>I recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jetbrains.com\/pycharm\/\">PyCharm<\/a> as it literally changed my coding life. It helps a lot ! The community edition is opensource and free for python and scientific developpements<\/li>\n<li>Eclipse, Notepad++, VisualStudio with PTVS (but you know\u2026 it is Microsoft\u2026)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Revit API<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>I want to learn about Revit API.\n<ul>\n<li>Follow this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLc_1PNcpnV5742XyF8z7xyL9OF8XJNYnv\">course<\/a> on pyRevit youtube channel.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udemy.com\/revitapi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Mattison&rsquo;s course<\/a> is great to get into Revit API but unfortunately in C#.<\/li>\n<li>Take a look at my old blog articles. They are pretty simple.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>How to find deeper infos on Revit API ?\n<ul>\n<li>Install Revit SDK and open RevitAPI.chm file.<\/li>\n<li>Install <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/jeremytammik\/RevitLookup\">RevitLookup<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Install <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/architecture-building-systems\/revitpythonshell\">RevitPythonShell<\/a> and explore Revit live<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[contact-form][contact-field label=\u00a0\u00bbNom\u00a0\u00bb type=\u00a0\u00bbname\u00a0\u00bb  required=\u00a0\u00bbtrue\u00a0\u00bb \/][contact-field label=\u00a0\u00bbE-mail\u00a0\u00bb type=\u00a0\u00bbemail\u00a0\u00bb required=\u00a0\u00bbtrue\u00a0\u00bb \/][contact-field label=\u00a0\u00bbSite web\u00a0\u00bb type=\u00a0\u00bburl\u00a0\u00bb \/][contact-field label=\u00a0\u00bbMessage\u00a0\u00bb type=\u00a0\u00bbtextarea\u00a0\u00bb \/][\/contact-form]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>pyRevitMEP I don&rsquo;t see pyRevitMEP extension in pyRevit extensions. A: Try to update pyRevit. I think there is a bug. Report it on issues tracker with details (way to reproduce the issue or a link to a video which explains the issue etc\u2026) : https:\/\/github.com\/CyrilWaechter\/pyRevitMEP\/issues I want to contribute. Don&rsquo;t forget to contribute to pyRevit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-302","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pythoncvc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pythoncvc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pythoncvc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pythoncvc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pythoncvc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pythoncvc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310,"href":"https:\/\/pythoncvc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/302\/revisions\/310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pythoncvc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}