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Known Limitations

Truong Giang Vu edited this page May 31, 2026 · 1 revision

Known Limitations

Visualization Is Revit-Only

The visualization module (DirectContext3D) is a Revit-specific rendering API. AutoCAD-family hosts do not have an equivalent transient rendering path in RevitDevTool.

AutoCAD Host

  • Command Browser is not yet available for AutoCAD
  • Type stubs for AutoCAD API have not been generated

Python Runtime

Python execution depends on local machine state:

  • Pixi is the primary dependency resolver — requires %APPDATA%\RevitDevTool\pixi-env to be writable
  • If Pixi is blocked (enterprise policy restricting third-party executables), RevitDevTool falls back to pyRevit's bundled CPython (python.exe) if pyRevit is installed
  • If neither Pixi nor pyRevit is available, the entire Python execution pipeline is unavailable — contact your IT department to whitelist one of these runtimes
  • Package indexes (conda-forge, PyPI) must be reachable from the machine
  • Python debugging requires debugpy and an available debug port

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