Below are some examples of making some parametric surfaces using a simple API script. The kinds of surfaces you are able to create is limited for two reasons:
1. There are only about 4 ways to create a surface (Loft, extrude, sweep, revolve)... A surface from a point cloud or from 4-points would be very handy, Autodesk!
2. Revit doesn't seem to "like" self-intersecting surfaces very much... and even sometimes mistakes 'closed' shapes or shapes where edges touch for self-intersection....so no Kleins or Catalans, booo!
Wave Surface
Sample Code (Wave surface):
Dim ref_ar_ar As ReferenceArrayArray = New ReferenceArrayArray()
Dim XYZ As Autodesk.Revit.Geometry.XYZ
For u As Double = 0 To 4 * Math.PI Step Math.PI / 4
Dim rfptsarr As ReferencePointArray = New ReferencePointArray()
For v As Double = 0 To 4 * Math.PI Step Math.PI / 4
Dim refpt As Autodesk.Revit.Elements.ReferencePoint
Dim x As Double
Dim y As Double
Dim z As Double
x = 10 * u
y = 10 * v
z = 10 * Math.Cos(u) + 10 * Math.Sin(v)
XYZ = revit_app.Create.NewXYZ(x, y, z)
refpt = revit_doc.FamilyCreate.NewReferencePoint(XYZ)
rfptsarr.Append(refpt)
Next
Dim crv As CurveByPoints = revit_doc.FamilyCreate.NewCurveByPoints(rfptsarr)
Dim ref_ar As ReferenceArray = New ReferenceArray()
ref_ar.Append(crv.GeometryCurve.Reference)
ref_ar_ar.Append(ref_ar)
Next
Dim loftform As Autodesk.Revit.Elements.Form = revit_doc.FamilyCreate.NewLoftForm(True, ref_ar_ar)
Enjoy!