Revit Addin Publishing

Revit Add-in Publishing

The Nice3point.Revit.Sdk targets copy the built add-in and its .addin manifest to one of two destinations and patch the manifest per Revit version. DeployAddin copies into the local Revit add-ins folder (%AppData%\Autodesk\Revit\Addins\), so the running Revit loads the add-in on its next start; PublishAddin copies into bin\publish (like dotnet publish) for distribution. Enable them only in the project that owns the .addin manifest. To launch and debug the deployed add-in from the IDE, use revit-addin-debugging.

When to use

• Setting up a project to copy its add-in to the local Revit for testing, or to bin/publish for distribution.
• Bundling extra content (families, resources) into the add-in output.

Workflow

Step 1: Deploy or publish

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DeployAddin implies publishing. Override the targets with AddinDeployDir / AddinPublishDir.

Step 2: Include extra content

Step 3: Rely on manifest patching

The SDK removes the ManifestSettings node for Revit versions older than 2026 during publish, so one .addin works across supported years (see revit-dependency-isolation).

Step 4: Verify

Build, and confirm the add-in and manifest land in the deploy or publish folder and that Revit loads the add-in.

Validation

• [ ] Deploy/publish is enabled only in the project holding the .addin manifest.
• [ ] Extra content is declared with PublishDirectory / CopyToPublishDirectory.
• [ ] The manifest works across supported years via SDK patching.

Common Pitfalls

| Pitfall | Correct approach | |-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | Enabling deploy in a class-library project with no .addin | Enable it only in the manifest-owning project. | | Copying families with a raw ` item | Use . | | Hand-editing the manifest per Revit version | Let the SDK patch ManifestSettings` on publish. |

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: Nice3point
• Source: Nice3point/revit-skills
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.