I’m really curious to try Speckle & Blender out for our architectural renderings, however I’ve run into the same issue as above; Revit could not complete the external command…
I have removed all old plugins that aren’t neccessary to me to no avail, and I couldn’t find PnlDmodeler.dll on my computer as advised above. The only other plugin that could be interfering is Rhino Inside Revit, though I don’t have that active when I try to start the Speckle Revit Connector. And I don’t have the Rhino, Grasshopper or Dynamo speckle connectors installed. I’m running Revit 2022, and have tried R2024 but received a similar message.
Good to know I’m not the only person with this issue. Figured it was because of my VPN or firewall like most of these problems but it doesn’t seem like it.
Edit: seems to be an issue with 2.17.0 as 2.16.3 works fine for me.
My setup:
Windows 11
VPN
Revit 2023
Edit 2: looks like the 2.17.0 powerbi visualizer doesn’t work with 2.16.3 Revit connector but the 2.15.0 does (just in case anyone runs into the same issue)
This looks like due to a conflict with another plugin installed, please see here the steps for identifying it and search for the Sentry dll intead: Revit Connector Error - #11 by teocomi
Some early reports seem to indicate that Autodesk Data Exchange Connector is the cause of the conflict, but it could also be another plugin.
One (slow and boring) way to find the source of the conflict is to temporarily move, one by one, each .addin file that you see in the list above to a different location (eg your desktop).
We’re working on our end to find a solution, but the above might be faster.