This holds many people back

After helping thousands people online and teaching 500+ inside my LearnRevitAPI platform, I've learned that 99% of the time what holds people back the most are certain faulty beliefs.

• It's not that they don't have enough technical ability.

• It's not that they don't have enough time to learn programming.

• And it's not that they need some "secret" Revit API trick that only experts know.

The real reason is that they internalize faulty beliefs that stop them from going forward.

These are the 3 big ones I see over and over again:

Faulty Belief #1: "I need to be a 'real programmer' to use Revit API effectively."

Let's stress-test this.

Do you need to be a mechanical engineer to drive a car? NO!
Do you need to be a licensed electrician to change a light bulb? Of course not.

Similarly, you don't need a computer science degree or years of coding experience to automate Revit tasks. You just need to learn the specific skills that apply to your needs.

I've seen architects and engineers with zero programming background create powerful Revit tools within weeks of starting. Heck, I was one of them!

The truth is, most Revit API automation requires only basic programming concepts that anyone can learn. And I like to say "you don't need to be an expert to begin coding, but you need to begin coding to become an expert." - EF

See, it doesn't make any sense to think you need to be a "real programmer" first. This is a faulty belief.

Faulty Belief #2: "My first tool needs to be perfect and comprehensive."

This is another "myth" I hear ALL the time.

But after doing this for 6 years, I can assure you this is just another faulty belief.

Most successful Revit API developers started with incredibly simple tools - things that just automated one tiny piece of their workflow. They didn't try to build the perfect all-in-one solution right away. And they still saved a lot of time with their first tools.

The developers who make the most progress are those who focus on small wins first. They create a tool that saves them 5 minutes per day, then another that saves them 10 minutes, and before they know it, they're saving hours every week.

There's no such thing as a perfect first tool. The best first tool is the one you actually finish and use on your real projects. That's a win you need to begin with.

Faulty Belief #3: "The Revit API is too complicated and constantly changing."

This one actually makes me MAD.

Yes, the Revit API is extensive - that's what makes it powerful. But 95% of what you'll do uses the same core concepts and classes that haven't fundamentally changed in years.

The truth is, once you understand Selection, Parameter, FilteredElementCollector, Transactions, and a few other core concepts, you can build a lot of custom tools. And contrary to popular belief, Autodesk doesn't completely rewrite the API with each release, they introduce minor changes and add more features.

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Remember my Roadmap?

And trust me - every day I see complete beginners mastering these core concepts within weeks, not years.

I can assure you - this is just another faulty belief!

Here is the thing...

You will never overcome these faulty beliefs by reading more documentation or watching more YouTube tutorials alone.

Because if you could, you would have already.

Which means, if you want to see different results, you have to take different ACTIONS. And this means opening a code editors and writing code using Revit API. Learn by Doing!

And I'd love to help you and provide you everything you need and give you shortcuts so you can save yourself years of learning everything the hard way.

​Click Here to join LearnRevitAPI and begin your Revit Automation Journey to become x10 more productive.