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In this episode, the BIMThoughts crew is joined by Alexis Kotzambasis, a colleague of Bill’s and a huge fan of pyRevit so we all can chat with Ehsan Iran-Nejad about his amazing add-in for Revit pyRevit. We also chat with Ehsan about his work at McNeel on the Rhino.Inside.Revit integration. Be sure to check out the Video version of this podcast on the BIMThoughts YouTube Channel to see a great demonstration of the power of pyRevit in action.https://bimthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/EP-2031.mp3 | Open Player in New WindowShow NotesEpisode Hashtag: #pyRevitHere is where you can find Ehsan, pyRevit and R.I.R on the World Wide Web:Website: pyRevitWebsite: InsideLinkedIn:Ehsan Iran-NejadTwitter: @eirannejadTwitter: @pyrevitWhat is pyRevit you ask?“pyRevit (with lowercase py) is a Rapid Application Prototyping (RAD) environment for Autodesk Revit®. It helps you quickly sketch out your automation and addon ideas, in whichever language that you are most comfortable with, inside the Revit environment and using its APIs. It also ships with an extensive set of powerful tools that showcase its capabilities as a development environment. Download and install pyRevit, launch Revit, and note the new pyRevit tab that includes these tools. pyRevit also ships with a handy CLI utility for customized configuration and deployment of your tools, and a telemetry server to monitor pyRevit usage across your teams.”What is Rhino.Inside.Revit?“Rhino.Inside® is an open source Rhino WIP project which allows Rhino and Grasshopper to run inside other 64-bit Windows applications such as Revit. It is now possible to:Start Rhino and Grasshopper as an add-in to other applications.Drive the host application with Grasshopper definitions.Use the host’s APIs in a Grasshopper and Rhino plug-in.Use Rhino’s APIs in the host’s plug-ins.Create native objects in the host application with Rhino and Grasshopper.”There is a YouTube Video for this episode on the BIMThoughts ChannelE2031 – Ehsan Iran-Nejad We want to hear from you the listeners on possible episode topics and guests.Share your ideas via the #BIMThoughts hashtag on twitter.You can join the BIMThoughts Discord Server to share your ideasJoin using this link: https://discord.gg/nQNrVYYYou can also join the BIMThoughts Slack channel to share your ideasJoin via an invite from the BIMThoughts websiteHelp Bill’s new YouTube Channel: Bill’s Workbench get 1,000 subscribers!Bill’s Workbench is about Restoring, Explanations, Exploring the Past and Present.

