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Pretty simple really - I want to be able to select an element in Revit, and then trigger the "Select in Project Browser" command, which will scroll the Browser, select the appropriate entry and expand any plus signs as necessary.

I'm thinking:
Sections / Elevations / Callouts - selects the View in the Browser (if it is not hidden by Browser org.)
Component Families - selects family type
Links - selects the link
Groups - selects the group

I'm sure there is more granularity that could be added to the above list...

Anyone out there think this is possible?  Want to take it on?

I received this request via email:
a question in revit vasari or you can get the orientation and exposure of a face of a mass or a wall
for example classify all the walls to the north or the south-west?
and put them in a schedule of the walls?

Vanilla Revit can't do this. But perhaps someone would like to make a little add-in, macro or script that processes Walls, determines their 'facing' orientation, and then inputs this data into a Shared Parameter of Walls? Successful challenger will obviously get a mention on the blog.

Maybe something like this already exists out there... Feel free to comment!

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ANSWER
Thanks to Amy Manning, who 'reminded' me that Case do have a tool that does exactly that :-)

@lukeyjohnson doesn't case have one like this? It reports either the orientation or the angle of the wall and writes it to a parameter.
— Amy Manning (@amyonymous) May 17, 2013

Its the aptly named "External Wall Facings".  More info at this link.

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Much of the legwork was done back in this 2010 post by Jeremy:
The Building Coder: South Facing Walls

Note:  I used my Revit Master Search, which led me to this post, which led me to Sort and Mark by tools4revit.  However, I don't think this adds orientation relative to North - I'm pretty sure it just determines Flip/Mirror orentation?

I was going to make a script or something myself, but I figured there is a API-guy out there waiting to make something useful and simple like this.

Challenge:  make a tool (can be an application, script or CMD) that locates and backs up all API add-ins from Revit add-in files.  Ideally, this tool would place the result in a ZIP file with subfolders that are logical and could be 'restored' to a new / clean installation of Revit.

Go!

Note: if you are going to 'take the challenge' I recommend that you post a comment so that you can co-ordinate with other coders if necessary.

Some of my notes below:

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Need at least 2 x add-in folders and any referenced dlls

On my PC:
C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\REVIT\Addins\2013
C:\Users\Luke\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Revit\Addins\2013

Wiki - addin locations:
http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Revit/enu/2013/Help/00006-API_Developer%27s_Guide/0001-Introduc1/0018-Add-In_I18/0022-Add-in_R22

Environment variables:
http://www.askvg.com/list-of-environment-variables-in-windows-xp-vista-and-7/

CMD Reference:
http://ss64.com/nt/