Switch language (Vietnamese — English)
Hit the Tiếng Việt/English toggle in VP_Manage, then restart Revit.
1. Purpose
Flips every button name and command hint between Vietnamese and English in one click, instead of living with the slower-reading language. One switch covers all commands — nothing to change per button.
2. Quick video (≤ 2 minutes)
[Video in production — follow the steps below for now.]
3. Steps
- Open the VP_Manage tab on the ribbon and look at the Manage panel: a two-button radio toggle Tiếng Việt / English — the lit one is the current language. [image 01: the language toggle in the Manage panel]
- Click the language you want. The tool saves the choice and reports "Language saved. Restart Revit so the ribbon shows the selected language." [image 02: the language-saved notice]
- Close Revit fully and reopen it — the ribbon now speaks the chosen language. The restart is mandatory because Revit only builds the ribbon once at startup. [image 03: the ribbon after switching and reopening]
4. Real-world example
The machine runs Vietnamese, but a foreign manager wants English command names to cross-check documents. Click English, restart Revit — all 3 tabs show English names. Click Tiếng Việt back at day's end, restart once more, and everything is home again. Each direction costs exactly one Revit restart.
5. Common errors
| Symptom | Fix |
|---|---|
| Clicked, but the UI looks the same | The new language only applies after a restart — quit Revit entirely (not just the file), then reopen |
| "Could not save the language" | The tool cannot write its settings file — check write access to the settings folder (%AppData%\VP_RevitAPI) and retry |
| Numbers and dates keep the old style after switching | By design: the toggle only changes the display language; number/date formats keep following the Windows region |
6. See also
- Install the tool — install the tool before switching languages.
- Licensing — the language toggle works even before the license is activated.
- Put views in sheet — check the renamed commands took effect.