As we have seen
earlier, Revit 2010 has a completely new look with a ribbon based UI. Unlike
AutoCAD based products, this change is not optional. There is no way to turn
this off and switch back to the old UI. If you used toolbars in Revit 2009
and earlier, you will need to migrate your application to use the ribbon. |
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The Ribbon API is
available to add custom ribbon panels, add various types of UI widgets on the
ribbon panel. |
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This API is quite
straight-forward to use. There is no need to learn WPF, for example. |
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In addition to the
programming aspect, there is documentation with guidelines for designing your
custom ribbon and icons. This is to ensure that your application is nicely
integrated with Revit UI. The documentation in the SDK folder: |
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Ribbon design
guidelines.pdf |
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Autodesk Icon
Guidelines.pdf |
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