CAD tip # 7714:

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Magic number for Revit (metric).

If you program a macro or an add-on module for Revit, using either the integrated VSTA environment, or on of the Visual Studio .Net programming languages, sooner or later you will need a "magic" constant to multiply the size units.

Revit uses feet as internal units in its BIM database. You don't neccessarily see these units in the Revit UI as a user (if you use the metric settings) but you definitely need them as a programmer - and convert the internal values in some API functions. For these conversions you may need two constants:

Const MeterToFeet As Double = 3.2808399
Const FeetToMeter As Double = 0.3048

or - in millimeters:

Const MmToFeet As Double = 0.0032808399
Const FeetToMm As Double = 304.8

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7.1.2011 11354×

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