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Michal Pekacki

Michal Pekacki developed and maintained core features for the BHoM/Revit_Toolkit repository, focusing on robust geometry processing, spatial querying, and API enhancements for Revit workflows. He engineered solutions such as linked transform handling, spatial element querying, and deduplication of Revit elements, leveraging C# and the Revit API to improve data accuracy and automation. Michal applied clean code practices, caching, and defensive programming to optimize performance and reliability, while also ensuring licensing compliance and maintainable documentation. His work addressed both feature delivery and critical bug fixes, demonstrating depth in backend development and a strong commitment to code quality and stability.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

65%Features

Repository Contributions

47Total
Bugs
8
Commits
47
Features
15
Lines of code
2,019
Activity Months12

Work History

January 2026

6 Commits • 2 Features

Jan 1, 2026

January 2026 performance summary for BHoM/Revit_Toolkit. Focused on API quality, stability, and licensing compliance to enable smoother integrations and maintainability. Key features delivered include Level API Enhancements for Revit Element Level retrieval, and Codebase Licensing/Copyright updates. A major bug fix improved stability in proximity calculations by capping iterations. These efforts reduce runtime risk, improve developer experience, and strengthen license hygiene across the repository.

November 2025

2 Commits • 1 Features

Nov 1, 2025

November 2025 performance summary for developer work on BHoM/Revit_Toolkit. Focused on LocationPoint Enhancements to improve accuracy and documentation. No major bugs fixed this month; primary effort was feature refinement, docs, and maintainability. This supports more reliable location calculations in Revit workflows and better cross-team clarity.

October 2025

4 Commits • 1 Features

Oct 1, 2025

October 2025: Delivered UniqueElements feature in BH.Revit.Engine.Core to deduplicate Revit Element collections using a UniqueKey (document path + element ID), improving data accuracy for downstream processing. The work included a private helper for key generation and groundwork for safer null handling and clearer private-method organization, reflecting code-quality improvements and maintainability. No major bugs fixed this month; focus was on delivering a robust data integrity feature and preparing the codebase for safer edge cases. Impact: reduced duplicates in Revit data, lower manual cleanup, and stronger foundations for future enhancements. Technologies/skills demonstrated: C#, .NET, Revit API, data structure design (UniqueKey), null-safety practices, and maintainability through comments and code organization.

September 2025

2 Commits • 1 Features

Sep 1, 2025

Month 2025-09: Delivered performance and reliability improvements in BHoM/Revit_Toolkit. Implemented a transform cache for link transforms to speed up space containment queries in linked Revit documents, reducing repeated transform calculations. Added defensive null handling for missing space element location points to prevent runtime errors and return null gracefully. These changes improve responsiveness of space-related analytics, reduce user-facing incidents, and lay groundwork for scalable handling of linked documents.

August 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Aug 1, 2025

Concise monthly summary for August 2025 (2025-08): Key feature delivered in BHoM/Revit_Toolkit; no major bugs fixed this month; overall impact: enhanced data retrieval in Revit view queries and improved design-analysis workflows; technologies demonstrated: Revit API, spatial querying, .NET/C# integration, and clear commit-based traceability.

June 2025

5 Commits

Jun 1, 2025

June 2025 monthly summary for BHoM/Revit_Toolkit: Focused on robustness, input validation, and safe-guarding core workflows. Delivered code-quality improvements that reduce runtime errors and improve downstream data integrity. No new user-facing features; major bug fixes and validation improvements in Space, IsColourParameter, and LinkedElementsInView.

May 2025

11 Commits • 4 Features

May 1, 2025

May 2025 performance summary: Delivered key features and robustness improvements across BHoM_Engine and Revit_Toolkit, focusing on property resolution, 3D spatial queries, camera/view cone capabilities, and licensing compliance. Achieved measurable performance improvements, code quality gains through refactoring, and better alignment with business needs for accurate modeling and safer collaboration.

March 2025

1 Commits

Mar 1, 2025

March 2025: Focused on improving reliability of the BHoM Revit toolkit by addressing a critical runtime risk in element querying and laying groundwork for resilient data retrieval workflows. The primary change fixed a NullReferenceException risk in element ID queries by guarding bhomType with a null check, enhancing robustness of the ElementIdsByCondition path and reducing potential user-facing failures.

February 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Feb 1, 2025

February 2025 monthly summary for BHoM/Revit_Toolkit: Focused on delivering a high-value feature that improves element filtering precision via a ConditionRequest-based Passes overload. The change enhances automation readiness and reduces manual filtering effort in Revit workflows.

January 2025

12 Commits • 3 Features

Jan 1, 2025

January 2025 - BHoM/Revit_Toolkit: Delivered strategic updates to versioning and compatibility, refined core geometry algorithms, and completed essential code cleanup. Key outcomes include retiring Revit 2020 support and aligning with Revit 2021/ForgeTypeId, enhancing version metadata display; improvements to intersection/containment logic with tolerance-based checks and subsequent adjustments; and cleanup of unused GroupTypeId parameter definitions to improve maintainability and reduce future technical debt. Collectively, these changes improve ecosystem compatibility, geometry reliability, and code quality, enabling smoother future releases and faster onboarding for contributors.

December 2024

1 Commits

Dec 1, 2024

December 2024: Focused on robustness and stability of the BHoM_Engine reporting flow. Delivered a targeted bug fix for the IReportMessage extension by adding null checks to prevent runtime errors when nil inputs are encountered; ensures an error is recorded and a null is returned to maintain stable behavior. The change reduces crash risk during report processing and strengthens fault tolerance in production. All work is traced to commit 410a1b0048f5f19f09972f2080f1075dfb362082, ensuring reproducibility and clear audits. Overall, the fix improves reliability of the engine’s reporting path and reduces downstream debugging effort.

October 2024

1 Commits • 1 Features

Oct 1, 2024

October 2024: Focused on improving Revit_Toolkit accuracy with linked transforms handling. Key feature delivered: Linked transforms handling for Revit family instances to ensure correct orientation when linked transforms are present. This work enhances placement accuracy for hosted linked models and lays groundwork for broader linked-model transformation support. No major defects fixed this month. Overall impact: more reliable Revit family instance placement and reduced rework in downstream projects. Technologies demonstrated include Revit API interactions, coordinate transformation logic, and commit-based traceability.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness89.0%
Maintainability89.8%
Architecture84.2%
Performance83.6%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

C#XML

Technical Skills

API DevelopmentBHoM FrameworkC#C# programmingCachingClean Code PracticesCode DocumentationCode OptimizationCode OrganizationCode RefactoringConfiguration ManagementDocumentationError HandlingGeometry CalculationGeometry Manipulation

Repositories Contributed To

2 repos

Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline

BHoM/Revit_Toolkit

Oct 2024 Jan 2026
11 Months active

Languages Used

C#XML

Technical Skills

BHoM FrameworkGeometry ManipulationRevit APIClean Code PracticesCode RefactoringConfiguration Management

BHoM/BHoM_Engine

Dec 2024 May 2025
2 Months active

Languages Used

C#

Technical Skills

Error HandlingSoftware DevelopmentCode OptimizationCode OrganizationCode RefactoringDocumentation

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