Revit Add-Ons

Conserve Box — A Free Annotation Productivity Suite

2025-10-09T18:18:00.000-07:00

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Description

The following tools and scripts enhance Autodesk® Revit® user's ability to manage annotations, dimensions, and tagging efficiently within their projects:

Grid Annotation: Manage grid bubble visibility and create dimensions for orthogonal grids, ensuring clear and precise grid representations in your project views.

Opening Dimension: Create accurate dimensions for openings such as doors and windows relative to nearby grids in floor plan views, enhancing the precision of your architectural drawings.

Section Dimension: Create dimensions with user-preferred prefixes for MEP elements, including pipes, cable trays, and ducts in section views and CSD drawings, ensuring consistency and clarity in your technical documentation.

Dimension Align Text: This script aligns dimension texts vertically in Revit using a selected dimension as a baseline reference. It ensures consistent text placement by adjusting selected dimensions accordingly, resulting in a more organized and professional appearance.

Plan Tagging: Tag every element in plan views, such as doors, windows, and rooms, with advanced filtering options to prevent tag overlaps and maintain a clean and readable layout.

Elevation Tagging: Tag every element in elevation views, including doors, windows, rooms, and lintel elevations, with advanced filtering options to prevent tag overlaps and ensure clarity in your elevation drawings.

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About This Version

Version 1.1.0, 7/16/2025

Updated compatibility for 2026.

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Conserve Box is brought to you by Conserve Solutions. It's free.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021.

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Pirros—the Detail Management Software—is Adding Family Support

2025-10-08T17:32:00.000-07:00

Pirros is introducing its new Families module, integrating Revit detail and family workflows into one platform. This early release offers users the ability to:

Reveal connections between details and families
Streamline tools into a single solution
Fast family search with smart filters and 3D previews
Confident placement with version control and traceability
Precise loading from ACC, local files, or Revit

More details to follow as they become available...

Pirros is brought to you by Pirros. Pricing was not available at press time, but it appears that family management will be available for an additional fee beyond the cost of detail management.

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ClimateStudio — Advanced Daylighting, Electric Lighting, and Thermal Analysis

2025-06-06T07:34:00.000-07:00

ClimateStudio is the fastest and most accurate environmental performance analysis software for the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) sector. Its simulation workflows help designers and consultants optimize buildings for energy efficiency, daylight access, electric lighting performance, visual and thermal comfort, and other measures of occupant health.

FAST AND ACCURATE

Built on EnergyPlus and a novel RADIANCE-based path tracing technology, ClimateStudio is the fastest and most accurate simulation software on the market. Yes, faster than cloud-based tools. Finally, reliable results at 1000x the speed.

EASY TO USE

One-click wizards and intuitive results make ClimateStudio easy to use and understand. Custom settings, meanwhile, give experts full control.

BUILT FOR THE REAL WORLD

ClimateStudio comes with thousands of materials, constructions, and templates taken from real-world measurements and validated sources. Whether using DOE benchmarks, ASHRAE standards, or glazing products from the IGDB, ClimateStudio projects are always rooted in reality.

CLIMATE ANALYSIS

ClimateStudio includes a searchable library of over 30,000 weather files, and offers interactive visualizations of temperature, humidity, wind, radiation, and UTCI conditions on site.

SUN PATH AND SHADOW STUDIES

Visualize sun angles and shadows to highlight passive design opportunities and site impact.

LEED DAYLIGHTING COMPLIANCE

ClimateStudio calculates sDA the right way, using dynamic shading and the latest LM-83 standards. With groundbreaking speeds and automated reporting, you can go from zero to compliance with the click of a button.

ANNUAL GLARE

Assess glare from hundreds of viewing positions, for every hour of the year, all in a matter of seconds.

VIEW ANALYSIS

ClimateStudio calculates LEED v4 Quality Views with automated reporting, plus customizable view factors for any set of scene elements.

DYNAMIC SHADING

Apply real-world shades and dynamic glazing products to your design. ClimateStudio computes and simulates operation schedules automatically, based on LM-83 or custom schema.

ELECTRIC LIGHTING

Easily place and edit luminaires, calculate illuminance levels, create visualizations, and determine lighting power loads.

MULTIZONE ENERGY MODELING

With a fully-fledged UI, automatic adjacency detection, and interactive results, ClimateStudio makes multizone energy modeling a breeze.

SPATIAL THERMAL COMFORT

Compute highly resolved annual spatial comfort maps to reveal local thermal comfort issues early in the design process.

ADVANCED NATURAL VENTILATION

With its advanced AirflowNetwork capabilities, ClimateStudio can simulate and visualize detailed energy and mass flow through a multi-zone model. Pressure Coefficients can be auto-calculated or provided as an envelope mesh from CFD simulations.

CAD INTEGRATED

No exports, uploads, or downloads required! CS operates directly in Rhino, giving you free-form control and instant in situ feedback, for faster design development and project delivery.

PARAMETRIC TOOLS

ClimateStudio features fully parametric daylight and energy modeling via Grasshopper. Optimizations, sensitivity analysis, and automated model generation have never been easier.

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Simulate the performance of photovoltaics to offset energy demands or demonstrate net-zero feasibility. Include battery storage and variable electricity pricing in your analysis.

AUTOMATIC AIA 2030 REPORTING

Publish energy simulation results to the AIA 2030 Design Data Exchange (DDX) portal with a click of a button.

ClimateStudio Features Revit Export

ClimateStudio is brought to you by Solemma. Pricing was not known at press time.

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Product Roundup – CTC Software Part 1: BIM Project Suite

2025-06-05T17:27:00.000-07:00

About CTC Software

We’ve been working as a Revit Solutions Provider since before Autodesk acquired Revit Technologies. Our team of architects, engineers, and software developers work to create leading productivity tools on top of the Revit, Civil 3D and Autodesk Forge platforms. Custom application development and software integration keep our deep bench of full-stack developers sharp, working exclusively on AEC industry solutions. CTC is a member of the Autodesk Developer Network and has been making add-ins available for Revit and Civil 3D since 2010.

Our software development services can help your company maximize productivity with custom applications and tools. Our experienced development team can create plug-ins, standalone applications, or entire platforms which integrate Autodesk technology, including Forge, into existing workflows and processes. We work with your team to identify and create the right solution for your needs and budget. Our vast experience in the AEC space, along with our full-stack development team ensures you are working with the right company to deliver your project on-time, to specification, and on budget.

BIM Project Suite

BIM Project Tools Make Everyday Revit® Tasks Easier. The BIM Project Suite™ for Autodesk Revit contains over 19 of the best Revit add-ins available. This collection helps users automate routine tasks, analyze complex modeling scenarios, extract model data and much more in a lot less time, all within the Revit environment. BIM Project Suite is meant for everyday users of all skill levels, and is used by firms of all sizes. | USD 410.00/year

Update parametric data in Revit® models as easily as editing a spreadsheet
Manage project revisions more efficiently
Create schedules and tables just Ike Microsoft® Excel®
Quickly and accurately apply standards to all Revit® project models
Manage rooms and spaces more easily and effectively
Analyze Revit® project models for occupant safety and efficiency
Find and select Revit® project elements quickly
Renumber doors, rooms and other elements

This product is compatible with Revit® 2025 as well as 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024

Purchase or download a free trial of the BIM Project Suite for 14 days. After the trial period, the free tools will continue to work.

Free Tools

Detail Link

Save Time by Automating

Automates the process of linking AutoCAD DWG details for use in the Revit project environment.

Key Features

DWG GROUP

Files

This method allows a user to select specific files to link into Revit from a folder location

Folder

The folder method will use a folder and all sub-folders to link in a series of DWG files.
Users should be prompted if they want to recursively search subdirectories if they exist.

VIEW NAMING GROUP

By File Name

Will automatically name new drafting views according to the file name.
The file extension will not be included in the name

Custom for Each

The user is prompted for each file to specify a new drafting view name
Status text should show the current file that will be linked in

Custom Name Increment

User specifies a basic name and the program will create views incremented from the basic name

Place in Existing Views

The user is prompted for each file to be linked and into which view they want the file to be linked

Length Calculator

A Revit add-in designed to assist during the design phase of duct, pipe, conduit or cable tray layout by quickly calculating the length of a run.

The Pain Point

Older versions of Revit do not calculate how long a duct or pipe run

is without the user having to go in and calculate each piece.

Key Features

Quickly calculate a run length by selecting the elements in a run. Also generate an accurate segment count in the selected run.

Intended Audience

Everyday Revit users
MEP users

Competitive Advantage

Tells you how long a duct or pipe run is without you having to calculate each piece.

Quick Select

Enables Specific Selections

A Revit add-in that selects elements by filtering specific categories or parameter values. Searched elements that match filter criteria can either be added to, removed from or replace the currently selected items.

Key Features

It may be desirable to refine a selection with more granularity than can be achieved by a single pass through the Quick Select interface. If additional filtering is needed, Quick Select can be run as many times as needed, each time taking the previous selection and modifying it by either adding or removing elements.

Selecting Elements

The first step in using Quick Select is to decide how to apply the filter. Quick Select has the ability to build a new selection, add to an existing selection, remove items from an existing selection, or replace the current selection altogether.

Options

The three options in the “Apply Filter To” dropdown are listed below and determine which elements will be considered in the selection filter.

Project – All elements in the active project
Active View – Only elements from the Active view
Current Selection – Only elements in the current selection

Renumbering

Overview

Provides a fast and simple way to renumber your rooms and doors. Auto-swapping avoids duplicates. Alphanumeric sequential numbering is supported. Add separators and suffixes to room and door numbers.

Numbering Rooms

To number rooms, enter a room number in the “Start sequence with” textbox. The sequence can be alphanumeric but should always end with a number if no suffix is specified. The “Suffix” textbox can hold a single letter or a number. The “Separator” and the “Suffix” fields are optional; however, it is required to have a suffix if a separator is defined.

Numbering Doors

There are two ways to number doors, either utilizing sequential numbering or using the “To Room” and “From Room” properties of a door. By default, the sequential door numbering option is selected. For sequential door numbering, enter a number in the “Start sequence with” textbox and check the “Auto Swap” checkbox, if you want to automatically swap the door number to avoid duplicates. Finally, click the “Start” button to select the doors from the active document. The number entered in the “Start sequence with” textbox will increment by one on the selection of each door. Remember, only numeric values are allowed for the sequential door numbering.

Revit Properties

Displays Revit File Information

Unlike the other tools in BIM Project Suite, Revit Properties does not actually run within Revit. Instead, it modifies the Windows Explorer / File Explorer Interface to provide access to basic data about Revit project files, family files, project template files and family template files, and lets you open those files in the installed version of Revit you choose.

Key Features

The free Revit Properties tool in CTC’s BIM Project Suite modifies the Windows Explorer / File Explorer interface to quickly provide access to basic data about Revit files by simply right-clicking on them and selecting the “Revit Properties” choice from the Explorer pop-up menu.

Revit Properties will show you information about the Revit file, including the version of Revit last used to save the file, and also things like worksharing information.

Only versions of Revit that are installed for the same or later version of Revit that last saved the file will be on the list of choices.

Revit Properties will let you “Create New Local” from a central file in the same manner that Revit does, however it cannot open a project “Detatched from central” nor can it allow you to choose which worksets to open, or to open the file with auditing turned on.

Even with those limitations, it’s still a very handy free tool!

View Aligner

Overview

Revit's native view alignment can be a little frustrating. There are very few alignment points, and rarely are they useful for views. Instead of the basic drag alignment, View Aligner allows explicit Edge, Center and internal level alignment across multiple views. This works both on a single sheet, and across multiple sheets. Streamline sheet assembly with this simple free tool today.

Key Features

View Aligner offers effortless alignment of views on a sheet
Provide easy workflow to align views across multiple sheets with only a couple mouse clicks
Enables alignment of views, schedules and text on sheets
Use the levels in views to align views by level objects instead of view borders

Licensed Tools

Fab Sheets

Fabrication Documentation Process

Group elements by a parameter value, create scope boxes for each group, generate views based on the scope boxes and then place the views onto sheets.

The Pain Point

There is certainly no “easy button” for creating, naming and managing views for fabrication in Revit. With all the view names, filters, sheets and settings required to get things right to produce construction-ready documents it is easy to miss something along the way.

Key Features

Manage view settings

The settings dialog is used to configure parameters, view templates and filters that drive the graphic output of the views.

Graphical grouping

Adding custom colors makes it easy to assign elements to groups. Fab Sheets builds and maintains filters that color code elements as they get assigned.

Fire Rating

Create Life Safety Plans

Fire Rating has tools to assign values to the fire rating property, map line types to each fire rating and generate graphics for plan views.

Key Features

Mappings

The “Mappings” tab is used to tie existing Revit line styles and/or wall tags to the “Fire Rating” property values that exist within each project. For each “Fire Rating” property, there will be a dropdown box to select an existing line style and another dropdown box to select an existing wall tag. These mappings will be used to generate the graphics as described on the next tab.

Generating graphics

Once fire ratings and mappings have been defined, graphics can be generated using the “Graphics” tab. On the left side of the “Graphics” tab, a tree view displays plan views from the active Revit project. Select the views from the tree for which graphics should be generated.

Graphics maintenance

Generated graphics are static and will not automatically update if the model changes. To keep graphics in sync with current model geometry, the “Update Graphics” or “Remove Graphics” buttons can be used. Graphic updates or removal are based on a set of rules in the “Options” dialog.

Invisibility Advisor

Common Challenges

Revit users may spend 2-4 hours a week on average resolving object visibility issues
Revit has nearly 60 different ways to control object visibility
New and experienced Revit users rarely remember to check all the ways before asking for help
Often invisibility can be controlled by multiple compounding factors

Solution – Invisibility Advisor

Invisibility Advisor can discover the actual factors affecting an object’s invisibility
Advice is offered to assist with understanding why the object(s) were not visible
In many cases, an instant ‘Fix’ option is available to resolve the visibility issue
The Invisibility Advisor can remain on screen while you work, so visibility solutions are available at your fingertips

Return on Investment Realized

At $65/hr billable, this can easily equate to $6,700- $13,500/year/user in manual visibility resolution workflows
At even 1 hour per week time savings, Invisibility Advisor can save an average firm $3400/year/Revit user

Model Compare

Compare Project Versions

Model Compare is used to compare two Revit files or the same Revit file at 2 different points in time, to identify differences. It works by taking "snapshots" of Revit files, which are then used to generate comparison results. By utilizing snapshots there is no need to retain full copies of Revit files as a project progresses. Snapshot files are self-contained and small by comparison to a Revit model.

Key Features

Taking snapshots

The most effective use of Model Compare is to take snapshots of desired Revit files. The comparison between two snapshot files is based heavily on Revit element IDs, which would vary from project to project. Periodic snapshots can be used, for example, to identify what changes are being made within a project over the life of the project, or to identify changes made by consultants.

Auto zoom, select & copy

When the Auto Zoom button is enabled, Model Compare will automatically zoom in on the location of a model element within the Revit when that element is selected from the comparison results.

Report

The report function gathers all the information from the comparison results and puts it into a spreadsheet format.

Model Dashboard

In-model analytics dashboard for Revit project models

The Pain Point

Over time and during development, Revit models can accumulate performance degrading objects and data. In addition, sub-optimal modeling practices contribute to this degradation. Getting users to pay attention to these performance killing situations can be difficult.

Key Features

Starting View Analytics Visibility

Place the provided titleblock family on your starting view to call attention to the vitals of your Revit project model. High visibility means more users take notice of their model’s health.

Easy to Add and Customize

The provided titleblock can be used as-is or customized. When the titleblock is inserted in the model, it comes with custom parameters that the addin uses to store the model stats. Use these parameters to display your own visuals or decide which should be highlighted.

Gathers Most Useful Metrics

The Model Dashboard includes many helpful stats such as:

Open and Save times
Quantities of placed and unplaced/unused Revit objects
Total warnings
File sizes
Linked elements
Worksets
Text types, line styles, dimension types

Early Warning System

Because the Model Dashboard is so easy to use, it can help you spot problems beginning to develop before they become show-stoppers. Once the titleblock is added to a model, it runs in the background with no user input required.

Occupant Flow Analyzer

When calculating room occupancies and egress pathing, we typically have to resort to manual data entry and tools outside the Revit model to provide the required analysis and calculations. To avoid unnecessary steps, CTC's Occupant Flow Analyzer can run the calculations and generate egress pathing live in the Revit model, to greatly streamline these code calculation tasks.

The Pain Point

Working with Revit can sometimes produce frustrations when all you want is a simple calculation. Room occupancy is often one of those areas. Revit has many ways to handle that, but none of them allow you to practice real BIM. Following that, we have to intelligently analyze the paths building occupants need to take to safely exit the building, making certain that paths fall within local code limitations. This egress analysis needs to account for building partitions, impassable objects, vertical circulation and points of egress. To date, most of these tools run externally from the Revit environment, causing disruption to the design process, when rapid design iterations are needed.

Key Features

Rules based occupancy

Revit and its rounding engine are not always in-line with our needs. Perhaps you need to round by level, by smoke compartment or by some other rule that is custom to your firm. Revit doesn’t necessarily support these rulesets natively. The Occupant Flow Analyzer allows you to specify the rounding rules to ensure you have the correct loads on each room in each egress zone.

Rules based egress targets and load factors

Target selections can be made by the family, family type, or by instances. Once selected, the quantity of people that can pass through that egress point can be either specified or calculated based on factors and parameter values. This provides incredible flexibility in calculating compliance at egress points.

Rules based path analysis

The path an occupant must take to exit the building is produced by many factors. Where are the walls, railings and immobile furniture? Where are there trip hazards like chairs and other interior decoration items? These can all be included or optionally excluded when running egress path analysis.

Scope options

Perhaps a user wants to calculate the travel path from one point to another in the building, or perhaps the entire building needs to be calculated for egress path compliance. The Occupant Flow Analyzer can be used for simple, single path travel or for entire building analysis.

Parameter Jammer

The Family Processor for Everyday Revit Users

Are you using Revit content from manufacturers or sources like BIMObject? Do you, or anyone at your company, struggle with getting your family content to schedule properly?

The Pain Point

Downloaded Revit family content frequently introduces shared parameters into the project that are different from the parameters used in your schedules. These differences cause schedules to display incomplete information.

Key Features

Replaces parameters in the family with the shared parameters from the schedule

With a two-step process to swap the parameters in the family, you can carefully reconcile the differences between the parameters used without destroying existing data.

User friendly

Designed so that Revit users who are unfamiliar with the family editor can successfully prepare a family to be scheduled.

Fast jamming

Manually resolving inconsistent shared parameter usage can be a time consuming task. Parameter Jammer automates as much of the process as possible to save you time.

Two-step approach

The first step automatically swaps parameters that can be safely identified as a match. The second step allows you to map, add or omit parameters that could not be automatically swapped.

Revision Manager

Easily Export Revision Information

This tool lists revision information, including view and sheet associations, and allows the results to be saved to a spreadsheet file. It also identifies which parts of a model were affected by a revision, and validates that revision best practices are being followed.

Key Features

Filtering

To view by revision location, click the “View Filter” drop down menu. The revisions can be filtered to only show those which appear on views, on sheets, or all revisions. All is the default option. To view only a specific revision number, click the “Revision Filter” drop down menu and select the desired revision number.

Saving

The data can be saved to .XLSX, .XLS or .CSV file formats. Choose the format from the “Save as Type” drop down menu.

Options

In the options dialog, the “Validate Issue Dates” option will validate the content of the “Issued” field to verify it is a proper date. This is useful if the revisions are to be sorted by date, as the validated issue date understands how to properly sort year and day information.

Room Data Sheets

Common Challenges

Documenting important design information for each room and space such as finishes, fixtures, equipment, and furniture
Time consuming process of creating all view types, schedules and sheets required by the project
Producing documents in an efficient and consistent manner
Managing hundreds of sheets containing room and space data throughout the project

Solution – Room Data Sheets

Use for room and space object data collection
Generates 3D, Plan, Reflected Ceiling, Elevation, Schedule and Legend views
Control naming, order, placement and presentation of views on sheets
Preview sheets to be created and adjust spacing, size and scale
Save and load settings of previous configurations

ROI

Spend less time on repetitive tasks associated with creating room and space views
Minimal setup: leverage existing title blocks, view templates, schedules and legends
Consistent, directed workflow ensures accurate and efficient results
Flexible enough to use on Revit projects of all types, sizes and disciplines

Room Family Manager

Manage Family Content with Ease

Room Family Manager enables defining, maintaining, and validating the family content of each room type definition.

Build room type definitions in a spreadsheet
Build room type definitions from existing Revit rooms
Automatically place family content in your model based on room type assignments
Validate that rooms in your model contain required families

Key Features

Build room types

A room type, as it pertains to Room Family Manager, defines a specific list of families that must exist in a room. Room type definitions are built in a spreadsheet using a specific format. The spreadsheet workbook can have any number of sheets defined to help organize the room type definitions. Each sheet can have any name, because Room Family Manager will always use all sheets in the workbook.

Assigning room types

Room type assignments are what bind the room type definition to room objects in the Revit model. This assignment is accomplished on the “Assign Room Types” tab in Room Family Manager. On this tab, all of the room objects in the Revit model are listed. Next to each Revit room is a list of the available room types.

Swap families

Placeholder content may eventually need to be replaced with more specific content. The “Swap Families” tab facilitates this replacement on a per-room-type basis.

Schedule XL

Schedule Creation from Spreadsheet Data

Schedule XL allows you to create schedule views from one or more worksheets in one or more spreadsheets.

The Pain Point

Including data from sources outside of Revit into sheets for printing is very difficult.

Key Features

Multiple worksheets supported

Schedules can be created from multiple worksheets sourced from one or more spreadsheet files.

Updating of schedules

Schedule XL can update the schedule views when the original spreadsheet has changed.

Automatic updates

Schedules can be configured to automatically update when the Revit project is opened if the original spreadsheet has changed.

Sheet Assistant

Automated Sheet Creation and View Placement

Sheet Assistant places views on multiple existing or new sheets and aligns them according to specified layouts or templates.

The Pain Point

Creating dozens of sheets with similar layouts and characteristics is a time consuming process.

Key Features

Repeatable and Fast Sheet Production

Specify a source sheet or a previously saved configuration to produce sets of plans, elevations, details and more. Maintain consistent view placement across multiple sheets.

Update Sheets with More Accurate View Placement

Use Sheet Assistant to bring consistency to sheets previously created manually.

Standardize Common Sheet Types Across Multiple Projects

Create layout configurations that others can use to set up sheets for all of the organization’s projects and disciplines.

Spreadsheet Link

Bi-Directional Spreadsheet Linking

Spreadsheet Link exports data from Revit elements to a spreadsheet where the data can be edited and then imported and applied back in to the Revit model.

The Pain Point

While Revit is great for drawing buildings and retaining information, it’s not so great at manipulating large amounts of data.

Key Features

Adding categories & parameters

The settings dialog is used to configure the category, parameters and filters that dictate which Revit elements should be included in the spreadsheet for editing.

Calculated values

Modify information with the use of formulas in the spreadsheet export environment.

Working with multiple categories

Adding additional categories will cause corresponding tabs to be built in the spreadsheet window in real-time.

Type parameters in the spreadsheet window

Export and edit both instance and type information together in the same spreadsheet.

Building the spreadsheet from schedules

Ability to source the category, parameters and parameter order from an existing Revit single-category schedule.

Exporting types

The type export function will export the type definitions for a particular category whether or not there are instances defined in the project.

Exporting & opening files from spreadsheet link

Exporting data from Revit to a spreadsheet allows staff that either doesn’t have Revit or doesn’t know Revit to be utilized as part of the design process.

Creating new elements

Ability to create new unplaced rooms, spaces, areas, zones and sheets.

Spreadsheet Link Express

This Revit add-in automates the Spreadsheet Link tool using previously-saved settings.

Quickly reapply mass change settings to a project, using Spreadsheet Link’s calculated parameters
Load settings from a file, or right from the project itself
Spreadsheet-experienced users can define settings, less experienced users can apply them to the Revit project

View Creator

Easily Create and Manage Views

This Revit add-in enables users to quickly and consistently create views in their projects. Create plan and reflected ceiling plan views by selecting combinations of levels, view templates and phases.

Key Features

Plan & ceiling views

Create floor plan and reflected ceiling views by selecting a combination of level, view template and phase.

Elevation, selection and detail creation

Ability to copy an elevation, section or detail view from one phase to another.

Dependent views

This tool supports a dependent view workflow based on the use of scope boxes. Create a scope box for each area of a building that will require a dependent view.

Schedules

Duplicate schedules by phase or per level.

Sheets & title blocks

View and control title block usage across the sheets in a project. Each sheet in the current project is represented on a row.

Worksheets

The main function is to allow creation of new 3D views that each display a single selected workset.

Duplicate views

Ability for mass/repetitive duplication of multiple views.

View name separator

Control the characters that are inserted between name parts for any view created by this tool.

BIM Project Suite is brought to you by CTC Software. It's priced at 410.00 USD.

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IMAGINiT Utilities for Revit 2025 Includes More than 50 Tools!

2025-02-06T13:10:00.000-08:00

From the IMAGINiT website:

IMAGINiT Utilities for Revit

The Indispensable Time Savers for the Autodesk Revit Platform

All of the IMAGINiT Utilities for Revit are designed to enhance your capabilities within Autodesk Revit. Created by IMAGINiT’s software development team in response to common client requests, these utilities seamlessly integrate into Revit, streamlining tasks and eliminating the need for manual, time-consuming work. The IMAGINiT Utilities are available in Standalone or Network versions, each available as a subscription or perpetual license. Annual licenses are available free to clients who have an annual or multi-year subscription to Autodesk products with IMAGINiT.

More Than 50 tools to Improve your Revit Experience!

Schedule from Excel

The new Excel Import feature caters to a wide range of Revit users, allowing easy integration of nonBIM data into the building information model (BIM). This tool effortlessly incorporates Excel checklists, abbreviations, general notes, keynotes, and other data into the model, with fast and precise calculations, eliminating countless hours to recreate data

Project/Template Report

Power users, such as BIM managers and project coordinators will appreciate the Project/Template Report tool which automatically documents necessary data, eliminating manually running comparisons and documenting standards

Scan to BIM Tools

Helpful tools for working with Point Clouds in Revit, including:

Point Cloud Measurement Tools
Point Cloud Surface Deviation
Point Cloud Deviation Grid
Point Cloud Deviation Histogram
Adjust Slab to Point Cloud
Create Toposurface from Point Cloud

Create Rooms from CAD

This utility provides quick tools to transition 2D CAD data into 3D BIM elements like walls and rooms

CAD Block Insert Tool

Choose to place Revit Families over the top of the corresponding AutoCAD blocks

Project Information Synch

Compare the “Project Information” parameter values across models and synchronize the values that you want

Enhanced Transfer Project Standards

Automate the process for transferring and modifying elements between models when standards change, or when new template is created

Project Cleaner

Automate the process of cleaning a model of views, sheets, materials, groups and more

Family Processor

Automate several actions across one or more Revit families

Match Instance Parameters

Push updates to other family instances

Note Block Creator

Create an indented note block

Fire Rating Coordinator

Determine if elements/hosts have matching compatible fire rating parameters

Text Find/Replace

Look for text across a wide variety of elements and parameters, and optionally replace it

Room Surface Parameter Extractor

Extract information about the surfaces of walls, floors or ceilings of a room and push them into Room parameters

Sheet Number Update

Quickly renumber sheets or close gaps in the numbering sequence

Sheet/View Duplicator

Create a new sheet based upon an existing sheet

Viewport Lineup

Align viewports across multiple sheets to enable visual stacking

Spreadsheet Aggregator

Export and Import data back-and-forth from multitabbed spreadsheets

Fabrication Parts

Renumber Fabrication Parts based on similar sizes

Shared Parameter Check

Use the folder structure to quickly load and place families resulting in significant time savings on projects featuring numerous families. Journal File Reader easily open the current Revit journal, or any journal, to help diagnose problems

Annotation Font Update

Scan for all font references in your model and push updated fonts with an easy-to-use wizard

Family Placement

Gain significant time savings on projects with many families by using a folder structure to quickly load and place

Legend View Creation

Get help creating legend views for components used in your project

Room Contents Import

Quickly bring in all the required components for a given room

Batch Ungroup

Save yourself from the mind-numbing task of ungrouping multiple groups in your model

DWG Check

Locate and identify linked or imported AutoCAD drawings in your Revit model

Support

This utility provides quick tools to transition 2D CAD data into 3D BIM elements like walls, rooms, and even open a case

Revit Excel Link

Control data and elements when exporting and importing between Revit and Excel

Dependent View Copy

Automate the creation of dependent views in your model, based on an example set. This utility handles view naming, crop regions, splits and more

Adjust Pipe

This tool provides a wide variety of ways to adjust pipes so that they will trim together appropriately

View Cleanup

Helps reduce file size and reduces the time you need to clean up excessive views from Revit models

LinkFixer

Update model links quickly and easily. Re-path a single model or several folders’ worth of information

Space Update

Seamlessly transfers and copies room names and numbers from the linked Revit architecture model to the MEP model

Change Case

Instantly match naming standards with UPPER CASE, Title Case, or lower case. Automatically scan and fix case issues relative to your standards

Room Renumber

Easily renumber existing rooms into an order defined by selection. Insert rooms into an existing series with the subsequent room numbers “shifted” to make space for the inserted one

Dim Text Update

Override multiple dimensions using chosen text options

Element Renumber

Renumber based on a selected order or insert a new number and shift the existing ones, you could also use a line to draw a path to create your renumbering sequence. Find gaps and re-sequence in order

Translate

Working with clients in other languages? Powered by Google Translate™, automatically translate notes and room information from the current drawing language with support for more than 50 languages

Parameter Concatenater

Assemble multiple parameter values into a single text parameter using a custom expression

DWFPlus

Create DWF files with more BIM data, including augmenting parameter information in 2D and 3D, adding hyperlinks, and creating new viewpoints

ViewSetup

Cover all the levels, phases, and types of views you want in a grid. Easily generate dozens to hundreds of new views with ease

GridSelect

Select walls, columns, beams and more based on their grid location. Choose the current level or all levels and select collinear or touching beams

Door Mark Update

Make door marks refer to the room into where the door swings. Inspect, override, update, and provide user-specified suffixes for the suggested marks

Earth Connector for Revit

Watch your building come together, phase by phase, within Google Earth. This utility supports Revit Phases working with Google Earth time spans

Room Phase Copy

The Room Phase Copy tool makes it easy to copy Rooms from one phase to the same location in another phase and push updates on an ongoing basis

Space Copy Phase

The Space Copy Phase is crucial for MEP engineers as it allows them to match spaces to the architect’s model or duplicate existing spaces across phases. This simplifies the process of modeling multiple construction phases, each of which must be separately created within Revit

Parameter Copy

Easily copy information between parameters across the whole Revit model. Move parameters from type to instance, host to element, room to component or switch to a new parameter

Element Compare

Compare any similar kinds of elements (such as view templates) to get an exportable table of the similarities and differences

Schedule Open

Have Revit wake up and open your models before you arrive for the day

Revit Add-in Helper

See all of the Revit addins on a workstation and make it easy to enable/disable them

Section Box Model

Automate the creation and update of 3D views with section boxes and templates that match different levels within your model

Model Updater

Batch update the current model, or a series of models based on a list of actions to copy or update from a reference model

IMAGINiT Utilities are brought to you by IMAGINiT. They're free for IMAGINiT clients. For others, they're priced at 195.00 USD for a standalone license or 995.00 USD for a network license. A two-week free trial is available.

Download from the IMAGINiT website »

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Speckle – The Free Platform For 3D Data

2024-09-19T12:37:00.000-07:00

From the Speckle website:

The world runs on 3D: designers, engineers, hackers and entire organizations rely on us for interoperability, automation and collaboration to deliver better, together.

Download

Revit

Extract BIM data for further processing and visualisation, or dynamically create models from other CAD applications using Speckle for Revit! Supports Revit 2020 to 2025.

Speckle is brought to you by Speckle Systems. It's begins at free.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020.

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RV DeepClean – All Revit Model Cleaning Functions in One Place

2024-09-19T11:06:00.000-07:00

From the RV Boost website:

Is your Revit file size getting out of control? Use RV DeepClean to make your Revit model light, fast and easy to share again! Get a free trial below to enjoy:

Over 40 (and growing!) battle-tested cleaning functions, All in one place,

Options to clean your Revit file as much or as little as you want,

Applying your BIM standards while reducing file size.

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Want to make the most of RV DeepClean? Read on for a full tutorial and some tips to make cleaning your Revit model and reducing its size an effortless task.

For many of us, BIM goes hand-in-hand with Revit. However, the reality on most BIM projects is Revit usually quickly becomes the bottleneck, especially on larger teams. Without good model management and a reliable model maintenance routine, you will soon find yourself stuck in a big and painfully slow Revit file.

On the other hand, maintaining a healthy and lean Revit model is a highly technical and repetitive task. Technical because it requires the user to perform cleaning functions that can be risky to the completeness of the model. Repetitive because we need to do it at least every 1-2 weeks if the team is still actively developing the models. Even the best Revit user can make human errors in this process, due to the repeating nature of the task.

The good news is it doesn’t have to be this way! Any experienced BIM Manager has their own playbook but maintaining a model’s low file size and good performance mostly involves deleting a few types of obsolete elements from it. We can put these in 3 main groups:

Generally redundant objects
View-related obsolete elements
Unwanted links and imports, such as DWG files

RV DeepClean is structured around these 3 same groups of cleaning functions. As a result, you can now select all functions you need from each group, save them into your own model maintenance routine, and execute it precisely every single time you need to trim down a bloated Revit model.

Let’s now look at these cleaning functions in detail and see how to clean precisely and only what you need.

GENERAL FUNCTIONS

In addition to the famous Purge Unused command, RV DeepClean also automates:

Deleting unused scope boxes. These are scope boxes not associated with any view, level, or grid in the model.
Removing unplaced rooms, areas or spaces. Once space planning is done, these should not remain in the model.

Removing unused room/area/space separation lines. Calculating spatial elements’ boundaries and volumes is one of the slowest operations in Revit, so it comes as no surprise that redundant boundary lines are one of the main reasons why a Revit model loses its steam.

Deleting non-primary design options. It’s common among designers to keep multiple secondary design options in the model in case they need one back as primary. However, these options can really make your Revit file size explode if left unchecked.

Exploding groups created by Array commands. It’s always a good practice to ungroup these as soon as you’ve done creating the array. Unfortunately, we often forget this step, letting these extra group definitions slowly increase our model file size.
Exploding model or detail groups. This is best used when you have groups that contain many elements but are used only once or twice. If a group has only one copy in the model, you can ungroup it to save on file size.
Pinning levels & grids: These items should rarely move and if they do, the change will need to be carefully reviewed anyway, so it makes sense to keep them pinned all the time.

Place levels & grids on dedicated worksets: this is often an important part of any company’s BIM standards. RV DeepClean helps you keep this in check every single time.
Recursively do Purge Unused in each loaded family: This is an effective tactic to bring down Revit file size, but we often shy away from it due to the immense amount of effort it would involve if must be done in a big model with hundreds of loaded families. One of our other add-ins, RV FamilyPurge, is dedicated to automating this task for you.

Purging duplicate elements: This is handy when you have lots of elements that have the “There are identical instances in the same place” warning pointing to them. This option takes advantage of the fact that Revit assigns element IDs to objects sequentially. This means elements created later will have bigger IDs than those created earlier. As a result, you can tell RV DeepClean here to only keep the oldest or newest item in each duplicate element group, and automatically delete the rest.
Removing all model constraints. Constraints are simply locked dimensions and alignments. You usually don’t notice them until they prevent us from moving or changing certain elements because doing that would break the constraints. An overly constrained model also becomes bigger in file size and slower to respond to your commands.
Purging unused parameters: If you haven’t seen redundant or duplicated parameters in Revit, you probably haven’t used it for long enough! This option comes to the rescue when you need to quickly delete all parameters that has no value in any applicable Revit elements.

VIEW-RELATED FUNCTIONS

Reducing the number of views in the model is one of the most effective ways to make it lighter. RV DeepClean helps you do that quickly by allowing:

Cleaning unused view templates and view filters. These aren’t checked by Revit’s default Purge Unused command. RV DeepClean makes this right.
Deleting view-specific elements if hidden in views. Imagine this: we drew a few hundred details lines in a view. Later, we selected them and did “Hide in view” and “By element”, or we simply cropped the view, so they were no longer within the visible boundary. All these hidden elements now sit in their host views’ background, are not visible anywhere, and still consume resources as well as blow up your model’s file size. With this option ticked, RV DeepClean lets you delete these items once and for all.

Removing objects on worksets which are not visible by default. These worksets are often used for testing so after a while, check if they are still needed. Of course, your office’s Revit standards may vary but usually, these worksets tend to end up containing elements no longer useful for the model and should be removed.

Cleaning temporary views. These are views we often create on-the-fly while working away in the Revit model. They are given default names, such as “Drafting 1”, “3D View 1”, etc. and start out completely harmless. After some time, however, you may have hundreds of these views that no one uses anymore. Deleting them is a quick way to downsize your model and make it snappier.
Cleaning default copied views. Like temporary views, views that we create by duplicating existing ones can quickly increase the Revit model’s file size. If you duplicated a view but never give it a more defined name, they will have words like “Copy 1”/“Copy 2”/etc. at the end of their names and become eligible for removal by RV DeepClean.

Deleting all views or all views except those on sheets. Work-in-progress, or WIP, views are essential for modelling in Revit. This option provides an easy way to remove obsolete ones afterwards.
Deleting all sheets or all sheets except those with views. Similar to the above, but for cleaning sheets you no longer need.

Cleaning empty drafting views. Drafting views with nothing in them should be redundant. You can now delete all of them in one go.
View names to keep. There will always be views that don’t follow the rules! If you want to always keep them in the model no matter what the other settings are, put their names (case-sensitive) here, each on one new line.
Deleting orphaned tags and dimensions. These are often elements which lost their host because the Revit link containing these hosts was changed. At some point, it should be safe to remove these tags and dimensions to stop the model from spending resources looking for references that are no longer there.

Deleting unused line styles & line patterns: We often have redundant line types and patterns due to too many people working on the same model, or simply because someone exploded a DWG! Using this option, you can clean up after the fact by removing any styles and patterns not in use.

Deleting unused fill patterns: Similar to the previous option, this one checks and purges unused fill patterns. If you come from the AutoCAD world, this is like cleaning all unused hatch patterns from your file in one click.

LINK-SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS

Sometimes it’s not your Revit file that gives your screen the tiresome spinning wheel. External references like Revit links and CAD files can be heavy and make the host Revit file unresponsive. With RV DeepClean, you have some powerful tools to prevent this issue:

Remove 2D CAD files. While this may sound excessive, it’s usually required before issuing models to external parties. Even internally, it’s still a thing to do because 2D CAD files are view-specific and will be duplicated every time their host view is copied. In a big model, this means lots of wasted disk space and bandwidth storing the same 2D and potentially heavy objects repeatedly.
Remove CAD links and/or imports: Good for clearing all CAD objects from your model. If you need to do this more selectively, i.e. keeping some CAD objects you still need, check out CAD Files Explorer for Revit which is even more dedicated to this task.

Delete 2D CAD files if hidden in their views: Similar to an option under the Views tab, this one specifically deals with CAD files inserted into the model in “current view only” mode. If they are then hidden or cropped from their host views, RV DeepClean can detect and delete them all for you.
Move CAD files to dedicated worksets: Good for making sure all your CAD files are always on specific worksets that you can turn off when necessary to speed up the model. If there’s no workset of a specified name, RV DeepClean will create it for you.
Move Revit links to dedicated worksets: Similar to the above, but for Revit links, you have an extra option of placing each link on a workset of its own. Among other good reasons, this allows turning off individual links, especially when opening a heavy Revit model. This will speed up file opening as well as improve Revit’s responsiveness afterwards. If a required workset doesn’t exist, RV DeepClean will create it using the Revit link’s name.

Ensure a consistent path type for all Revit links: Whether they should be Absolute or Relative paths, you can set your preference here and have peace of mind that the model will have the right link path type every single time.
Remove all Revit links or point clouds: Usually recommended on models you have detached for issuing to external parties. This is often a crucial part of the model coordination process.
Pin all Revit links, CAD files, point clouds, etc. As the name suggests, this option helps you quickly pin things that should rarely move in your model.
Put Revit link types on the same workset as their instances: Did you know Revit link type and Revit instance can be on different worksets? We don’t notice this until the link appears or disappears unexpectedly in a view due to its workset-related visibility settings. This option will make sure each Revit link type is always on the same workset as its instance, thus eliminating confusion and some mysterious link visibility problems.

OPTIONS

These settings help make the model cleaning process even more effortless.

Save the file after cleaning: This allows you to define a routine, click the “Clean Model” button, and then go home with your families, knowing RV DeepClean will auto-save your model once all cleaning functions are finished. If preferred, you can also avoid overwriting the existing model by specifying here a new file name. RV DeepClean will then save the cleaned model in the same folder as the original.
Log and dismiss warnings: Do you want the cleaning process to pause halfway due to some trivial warnings like “Elements have duplicated Marks” or “Rooms are not in an enclosed region”? If you don’t want to hang around your computer all the time to dismiss these manually, enable this option.
Log and dismiss errors: Errors such as “Dimensions are invalid” are more critical than warnings and usually require changes to your model to resolve. We don’t have this option enabled by default for that reason, but it’s a good idea to turn it on if you run RV DeepClean on a model created only for external transfer. In that scenario, you wouldn’t care too much about losing dimensions for example, especially if you also selected the “Delete all views” option.

Allow deleting elements to dismiss errors: Some errors require deleting Revit objects to resolve. If you have this option disabled, RV DeepClean will pause the cleaning routine if such an error is found, and let you choose whether the related elements are safe to delete.
Max number of errors to dismiss: Combined with the above options, this gives you a middle ground. Based on your risk tolerance level, you may say, for example, it’s all right to delete elements to resolve errors, but if the number of errors exceeds 10 then cancel the routine so you can examine the model manually first.
Suggestions: Your model cleaning routine is a very personal choice. Each Revit user and BIM Manager will have their own favourite set of cleaning functions. If we missed a command you want to have, simply let us know here for it to be added to the next release. It will be much sooner than you think!

Finally, it’s easy to save your favourite cleaning routine to a settings file and reload it for future model cleaning sessions. Simply use the “Save Settings” and “Load Settings” buttons as required.

Overall, you probably already know all these cleaning methods and best BIM practices. The difference with using RV DeepClean is you will never forget to do them. Once you have your favourite routine set and stored, you will save time and brainpower every single time you need to clean a future Revit model. Sounds good? How about getting a fully functional and completely free trial of RV DeepClean today?

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P/S: Now that you have your models cleaned and ready for exporting to NWC, IFC & RVT. What if you have 20 models to export, and little time to spare? Check out our other Revit add-in RV BatchTransmit to export all your files to all 3 file formats in one click!

Need more tips?

Check out below our free Revit training channel on YouTube!

RV DeepClean is brought to you by RV Boost. It's priced beginning at USD 19.00.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019.

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Pirros – Serious Detail Management

2024-09-18T14:56:00.000-07:00

From the Pirros website:

It’s time to modernize your firm’s detail management

Pirros is a modern approach to detail management – analyzing the thousands of new details you design every year, and aggregating the right ones into a cloud-based library of details.

Your details have the potential to be your firm’s superpower

Only a fraction of information gets captured in your firm's detail library. Pirros unlocks all the information that you currently can only access by digging through past projects.

Efficiency

Our advanced search engine allows you to search all the metadata associated with a detail to locate it in under a minute, then pull it into Revit just as quickly — no waiting for a model to open or upgrade.

Knowledge

Before Pirros, only the most commonly-used details were considered worthy of storage in your firm’s in-house library. With Pirros, you can capture that and all the knowledge that’s lost even in your most unique detailing conditions.

Management

Pirros streamlines building your detail library by analyzing past projects, providing insights on which details to vet and add to your library, and automating manual steps required to add and categorize details.

Meet your firm’s in-house detail search engine

Search

Search for details based on the keywords or metadata associated with that detail or project.

Filter

Narrow your search based on any of your firm’s stored parameters that are automatically associated with your details, e.g. code cycle, location, client, construction type, etc.

Revit

Move details between Pirros and Revit for a seamless design experience.

Suggest

See which details have been used the most, and curate a list of details to standardize and vet.

Collaborate

Group details together and easily share them with your colleagues for them to view and download.

Stash

Batch download details and sheets from Pirros to Bluebeam or Revit.

Organize

Your firm doesn't have the time to go through every detail outside of a project setting. Categorize details based on which ones have been vetted and approved, and which ones serve as a starting point.

Data Tracking & Detail Vetting

See which details your firm views and downloads the most at the click of a button.

Pirros is brought to you by Pirros. Pricing was not known at press time.

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Autodesk Content Catalog – Centralize BIM Content with Cloud-Based Digital Asset Management

2024-09-18T13:46:00.000-07:00

From the Autodesk website:

Improve efficiency and reduce rework

How can Content Catalog help you?

Content Catalog is a cloud-based digital asset management tool that enables customers to easily manage, distribute, and find the most up-to-date versions of their BIM content, like Revit families and AutoCAD blocks. It’s a single source of truth for storing, versioning, and accessing content and data—accessible at no cost to users with existing subscriptions that include Autodesk Docs.

Why use Content Catalog?

Centralize digital assets

Gain better control and accessibility by connecting your assets in a common data environment.

Unlock reliable data

Avoid unnecessary rework by ensuring team members have access to the latest approved version of each digital asset.

Find content faster

Save time with a robust search system that uses a variety of filters and display options to locate BIM content quickly.

Key features

Single source of truth

Store your firm’s internal content in the cloud, so you always have access to the latest and most accurate versions. You can also approve or decline uploaded BIM and non-BIM content, ensuring users have access to your healthiest and most relevant digital assets—all in one location. Learn more

Granular search

Search for your BIM and non-BIM content by any field or parameter, including content parameters. Learn more

Thumbnail previews

Find the content you need quickly and easily with a 3D preview of your content. Learn more

Version control

Create and effectively manage multiple versions of your content. Learn more

Content management

Organize your content into customizable collections, and sort by categories and tags. Learn more

Flexible input

Work confidently with various formats and sources of content, including integrated workflows. Learn more

Workflows

Streamline your content management workflows.

Content basics

Use Content Catalog’s granular search capability to find and insert your project content easily. Save common searches for future use.

Content management

Streamline your process for uploading, revisioning, tagging, and batch processing of your digital assets.

Admin setup and configurations

Manage collections, groups, members, and permissions directly in ACC.

In-app integrations

Content Catalog integrates seamlessly with multiple authoring solutions.

Revit

Content Catalog offers a robust integration for Revit, supporting 2021-2025 versions. With the ability to host most file types, users can search across files—and by default, Content Catalog will populate content compatible with the connected project. Once found, users can insert supported content directly into their model.

AutoCAD and Civil 3D

Content Catalog offers flexible search options for your AutoCAD and Civil3D files. It supports the basic insert options for DWG and DXF files. Most other file types can be hosted but will need to be downloaded in order to use.

Autodesk Content Catalog is brought to you by Autodesk, Inc. It's included with Autodesk Docs.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021.

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Autodesk Informed Design for Revit – Design with Known-Manufacturable Building Products

2024-09-15T14:27:00.000-07:00

From the Autodesk website:

Autodesk Revit 2024 or a more recent version, as well as Autodesk Docs are required to use Informed Design for Revit.

Download now

What is Informed Design for Revit?

Empower your designs with customizable, manufacturable building products for unparalleled certainty and quality.

Template Discovery: Explore building product templates for seamlessly incorporating manufacturing-level detail into your design files.
Customization: Tailor building products to align with your building's requirements, ensuring compliance with manufacturers' specifications.
Certainty: Confirm design decisions are accurate and manufacturable to reduce project risk and prevent errors.

See Revit 2024 system requirements:

Why use Informed Design for Revit?

Improved Design Quality

Designers can customize and incorporate accurate and manufacturable building product templates into their designs, confirming the manufacturability and feasibility of their specified products.

Increase workload capacity

Automate the generation and insertion of Revit Family instances based on customized templates, reducing manual effort and saving time in the design process.

Reduce errors and rework

Designers can prevent downstream errors by including construction products that are known to be accurate and manufacturable, minimizing rework and improving overall project efficiency.

What you can do with Informed Design for Revit

Browse manufacturer content

Browse catalogs of known-manufacturable building products for use in Revit projects.

Customize with certainty

Manufacturer capabilities and limitations are enforced as you customize the product to suit your needs.

Insert pre-generated variations

Browse the list of validated product variations to place instances quickly and easily.

Update and replace

Modify the values of existing instances to configure replacements. Swap out-of-date products with the manufacturer’s latest product release.

Informed Design for Revit and Inventor workflow

See how Informed Design for Revit and Inventor combine for design certainty.

Author and publish building products

Building product manufacturers author and publish customizable, repeatable products using Autodesk Informed Design for Inventor.

Customize and Place building products in design files

Access, customize, and place building product templates in design files while respecting manufacturers' guardrails.

Automatically create output documentation

Using the Informed Design web portal, manufacturers can seamlessly generate all manufacturing documentation automatically.

Informed Design for Revit is brought to you by Autodesk, Inc. It's free.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2025 and 2024.

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Free Data Exchange for Dynamo (Early Access)

2024-08-20T17:20:00.000-07:00

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

The Autodesk® Dynamo® Connector allows you to create, share, and bring in exchanged data to and from other Autodesk and non-Autodesk applications, such as Autodesk® Revit®, Autodesk® Civil 3D®, Autodesk® Inventor®, Rhino, Grasshopper, Tekla Structures, and Power Automate.

For more information on how to get started and work with Data Exchanges, such as creating, updating, and loading the latest Data Exchanges, Please visit the Documentation section under resources on Autodesk Feedback Community Portal.

Authentication:

This app uses 3-legged Authentication for accessing ACC Accounts and projects for creating and loading exchanges.

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About This Version

Version 1.3.0, 8/1/2024

Fixes:

Added compatibility with Revit 2023 Connector.
Resolved the crashing issue with the "Get Exchange" node.

Limitation:

If you are logged out and encounter an error message on the GetExchange node after opening a saved file, please close the script and reopen it.

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Data Exchange for Dynamo is brought to you by Autodesk, Inc. It's free.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2024 and 2023.

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PushIt!

2024-08-19T18:10:00.000-07:00

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

PushIt! will allow you to move elements to closer obstacles in a 3D View.

It will stop any visible element in the selected 3d view.

You can use the bounding box as the limit and also apply offset from the detected collision point.

Movements are restricted to horizontal and vertical main directions.

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About This Version

Version 1.1.0, 7/9/2024

Added Move To Point

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PushIt! is brought to you by Juan Osborne - WiseBuild.es. It's priced at USD 9.99.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019.

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4D BIM – Simulate the Work Schedules of Projects Within Revit

2024-08-18T14:59:00.000-07:00

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Simulate the work schedule of your project (4D) in Autodesk® Revit®. Now you can create a S-Curve graphic of your project.

Also you will be able to save drafting views with you Gantt graphic.

Export your 4D programming from Autodesk® Navisworks® or create it in Revit from scratch

Option 1:

In any Navisworks project, define your Planning 4D. Now you can export the 4D schedule of your project from Navisworks to Revit and view the execution of your project in your source BIM model:

Step 1: Export the information from Navisworks.

Step 2: From Revit load the information to your project.

Step 3: Simulate the schedule of your project and visualize the items in the form of a table and Gantt chart (4D)

Option 2:

In any Revit project, define your Planning 4D from scratch:

Step 1: Create your tasks in Revit and assign the elements of your project. Define dates and hierarchies.

Step 2: Simulate the schedule of your project and visualize the items in the form of a table and Gantt chart (4D)

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About This Version

Version 4.0.0, 6/7/2024

Added support to read MS Project Files (*.mpp) to load to Revit.
Added function to "Go To Task" to find task in the calendar.

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4D BIM is brought to you by PROISAC-BIM-VDC. It's priced at USD 15.00/month or USD 100.00/year.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019.

Download from the Autodesk App Store »

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Our Newest Advertiser – CTC Software!

2024-08-15T17:25:00.000-07:00

CTC Software has become Revit Add-ons latest advertiser, and the first to take advantage of our donation in lieu of pay offer. The offer is simple: instead of paying Revit Add-ons for advertising, donate the same amount to the charity of your choice. CTC donated to Meals on Wheels, and I must say, it made us feel good–as I'm sure it must have made them.

Our latest offer includes a 50% discount, so, if you've ever wanted to advertise on Revit Add-ons, there's never been a better time!

This is a return for CTC, as they advertised with us in the past, and we're happy to have them back! We've posted extensively about their products here on Revit Add-ons, their powerful suites, most of which include free tools. We just realized though that we've never done a product roundup of their offerings. We'll correct that oversight soon, maybe over the coming weekend. With their array of tools, it'll take awhile. Anyway, look for that in the coming days.

Welcome CTC Software, and thank you!

Want to know more about advertising on Revit Add-ons? Hit up this page. And remember, we're offering 50% off the published rates!

NCeption Viewer – For Use With NCeption Exporter

2024-08-14T17:40:00.000-07:00

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

For use with NCEPTION EXPORTER (Sold Separately), Nception provides a fast, easy-to-use solution to take your projects to VR with a click of a button.

Working with the light and materials settings in Autodesk® Revit® Nception lets you visualize and explore your designs in first-person, interactive 3D.

Perfect for testing various design scenarios before committing them to plan. Nception works on projects of all sizes and disciplines.

In Nception viewer access all the information about an object just by selecting it while you walk through your model.

Nception helps you quickly move from Revit to real-time with absolutely no additional effort.

Understand your projects as never before and get things right from the start with Nception.

Viewer is now available for all Windows-based PCs.

Prerequisite: NCEPTION EXPORTER app must be installed to export .vim files and to visualize and explore your designs.

Full User Guide is now available for download: https://spatialconstrux.sharefile.com/public/share/web-sb7b3e05829b446fd86eccec0b2793070

Note: This app uses a custom installer (and not the standard App Store installer).

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About This Version

Version 0.10.1, 5/27/2024

Initial Release.

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NCeption Viewer is brought to you by SPATIAL CONSTRUX. It's free.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020.

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Nception Exporter – Take Projects to Interactive, First-Person 3D Models That Include All the Project Data

2024-08-14T17:31:00.000-07:00

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Note: Prerequisite Nception Viewer app to be installed (Free app, download separately)

Nception provides a fast, easy-to-use solution to take your projects from Autodesk® Revit® to an interactive, first-person 3D model that includes all of the project data.

Working with the light and materials settings in Autodesk® Revit®, Nception lets you visualize and explore your designs in first person, interactive 3D. Perfect for testing various design scenarios before committing them to plan.

Nception works on projects of all sizes and disciplines. In the Nception viewer access all the information about an object just by selecting it while you walk through your model.

Nception helps you quickly move from Revit to real-time with absolutely no additional effort.

Understand your projects as never before and get things right from the start with Nception. The Viewer is now available for all Windows-based PCs (here).

Prerequisite: The Nception Viewer app must be installed to explore your .vim files

Full User Guide now available!

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About This Version

Version 1.0.0, 7/22/2024

Initial version.

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With just one click from Revit...

Instantly export your Revit project to an interactive 3d model.

Nception Exporter is brought to you by SPATIAL CONSTRUX. It's priced at USD 30.00/month or USD 300.00/year.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020.

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TabManager – Colorize and Wrap Project Model Tabs Into Multiple Rows

2024-07-25T17:31:00.000-07:00

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

TabManager: Open up new horizons in tab management!

In a world of rapidly changing technology and the need for prompt access to information, our latest TabManager add-on offers incredible possibilities for efficient work in Autodesk.

Color Highlighting: Distinguish project tabs from family tabs with intuitive color solutions. Active tabs stand out especially, so you can always quickly switch to the required document.

Innovative Tab Wrap (WRAP): And this, arguably, is the most magnificent feature! Tabs elegantly move to a new row, providing a full overview of all open documents without the need to scroll.

Tab Personalization: Don't just change the color – give each tab its unique style. Flexible settings allow you to modify borders, backgrounds, and other elements, making your interface truly yours.

Extended Preview Tooltip: Gain an instant insight into the content of a tab with our enhanced tooltip preview. No more guessing or switching – a hover gives you a quick peek at the tab's content.

Advanced Context Menu: Get instant access to the most frequently used functions thanks to our improved context menu. All necessary tools are at hand.

Count the minutes you save with improved navigation and tab management. Learn to work faster, smarter, and more efficiently with TabManager. Let your creative potential unfold in full force, and your workflow become impeccable.

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About This Version

Version 1.0.0.0, 2/19/2024

Added Wrapping Tabs feature and more!

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TabManager is brought to you by NOVA Addins. It's priced at USD 2.99/month or USD 29.99/year.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019.

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KLH Tools – General, Electrical, Mechanical and Model Management Tools

2024-07-24T17:36:00.000-07:00

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Visit our YouTube channel for tool demos and instructional videos: KLH Engineers - YouTube

Request a personalized demo! Contact SoftwareSubscriptions@klhengrs.com.

General Bundle

Boost your Autodesk® Revit® toolbox with innovative tools designed to reduce design times by eliminating inefficient tasks while enhancing quality and increasing profitability. Quickly edit parameters in bulk, duplicate and flip families, match the location of tags and parameters, unhide elements, and more with the General Bundle.

Bulk Parameter Editor

Electrical Bundle

The Electrical Bundle will not only save clicks and increase efficiencies but will also provide a quality control check with linked equipment throughout the design. This set provides a path to standardize processes in circuiting and trade coordination between other engineering trades.

Mechanical Bundle

Enhance quality, eliminate workflow redundancies, and improve design and construction coordination with the Mechanical Bundle. These tools enable you to create isometric views in bulk and quickly match elevations of ductwork, piping, and sloped piping.

Model Management Bundle

Model managers now have a quick and easy system to correctly set up levels, views, and sheets with the Model Management Bundle. Our standardized workflows result in improved quality and reduced model setup time.

Model Management Assistant

Space Helper

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Note: This app uses a custom installer (and not the standard App Store installer).

Trial Description

Free 30 Day Trial!

Download and run the installer for a free trial.
Opt for a trial by leaving the license key field empty and completing the remaining information.

Request a custom quote and personalized demo! Contact SoftwareSubscriptions@klhengrs.com.

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About This Version

Version 35211, 4/5/2024

See changelog link in description

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KLH Tools is brought to you by KLH Engineers - Software Solutions. This is a trial version. Pricing was not known at press time.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020.

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Id:door&window – Create Fully Configurable Parametric Doors and Windows

2024-07-23T17:45:00.000-07:00

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

This add-in allows you, through a graphical interface, to create fully configurable parametric doors and windows from more than ten preset types, add them to your project and modify them easily and quickly.

More information

Main features:

Simple, fast and intuitive graphical interface
10+ Door Types.
10+ Window Types.
Imperial and metric units.
Set frame parameters.
Set sash and grid parameters.
Set sill and board parameters.
Set interior and exterior trim parameters.
Create custom windows by combining different types of sash into up to six individual panels.
Create custom doors by combining different types of panels.
Define the type parameters from the graphical interface.
Assign materials to each of the parts.
The name of the doors or windows can be defined automatically or customarily.
Windows created with id:window can be modified and edited with the same graphical interface.
Doors created with id:door can be modified and edited with the same graphical interface.
All families of doors or windows have shared parameters that allow them to be included in schedules.
The opening line can be shown or hidden.
Change the family to another from the graphical interface.
Three levels of detail: coarse, medium, and fine.
Set the horizontal cut plane of the custom window that will be shown in the floor plan.

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About This Version

Version 3.2.0, 5/20/2024

Added Transom
Added Sidelight
Fixed Opening Cut in Joined Walls

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Id:door&window is brought to you by id:arq. It's priced at USD 15.00/month or USD 120.00/year. A trial version is available.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2025, 2024, 2023, and 2022.

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Columns Automatically Created By Cad

2024-07-22T17:36:00.000-07:00

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Typically, we need each column to be created in Autodesk® Revit® by clicking them one by one.

This app【 Columns Automatically Created By Cad tool 】converts the DWG File to automatically to Create Columns in Revit.

Import .dwg in Revit.
Choose column type
Select column layer
Automatically Created column

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About This Version

Version 1.1.0, 5/30/2024

Initial Release

Compatible with Revit 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024and 2025

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Columns Automatically Created By Cad is brought to you by Flow Global Inc. It's priced at USD 4.99.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019.

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Auto Finishes – Automatic Creation of Floors, Walls, and Ceilings

2024-07-21T12:34:00.000-07:00

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Features

Automatic creation of floors, walls, and ceilings at the same time.
Use formatted Metric and Imperial units and formulas everywhere in Autodesk® Revit®.
Select ranges of rooms with advanced filters.
Give warning of types of walls that are too wide.
Joined finished geometry with the main walls.
Creates wall finishes around columns and wall edges.

The main features are the creation of separate floors, walls, and ceilings automatically for selected rooms in a project. You can add the finish to all rooms in one go if you wish. Curtain walls and room separators are ignored but the column and wall edges are "coated" with the selected wall type. Additionally, this plugin can be used for the creation of a skirting board around the edges of a room.

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Version 1.0.0, 6/30/2023

Initial release

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Auto Finishes is brought to you by Bimminent. It's priced at USD 9.99/month or USD 99.99/year.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2024, 2023, and 2022.

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Free Dynamo Multiplayer 2.0 Released – New! Desktop Shortcuts That Batch Open and Process Revit Files With Dynamo

2024-07-19T17:47:00.000-07:00

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Dynamo Multiplayer is a Free Autodesk® Revit® Add-In by Bird Tools. It is the ultimate universal Autodesk Revit batch processing tool, allowing the user to batch process several Revit models or families using one or multiple Dynamo scripts.

The range of functionalities offered by Dynamo Multiplayer is infinite, as the user can use it to batch export PDF, NWC, DWG, and IFC…files from Revit, to batch edit multiple Revit models, to achieve batch project setup, to batch perform quality assessment operations, to batch load families, to batch upgrade models, to batch edit families… and all of that using Dynamo, which provides the user with the highest level of flexibility. That makes Dynamo Multiplayer a universal batch processor for Revit.

Not only that, Dynamo Multiplayer takes Revit add-ins to a new unprecedented level, as it’s probably the first free non-Autodesk Revit add-in ever to support Autodesk® BIM 360®/ACC models through Autodesk Platform Services (APS, formerly Forge): the tool can batch process BIM Collaborate Pro (a.k.a BIM 360 Design) workshared models as well by retrieving them through APS, batch controlling them through the Revit API, and processing them using Dynamo.

Moreover, starting with v1.1, users can schedule automated Dynamo runs, so that multiple models can be automatically processed at a user-specified time, which can also be regular daily or weekly scheduled Dynamo runs, and starting with v2.0, those runs can also be sent to the user's Desktop as Desktop shortcuts.

Revit versions 2020 to 2025 are all supported.

Note: This app uses a custom installer (and not the standard Autodesk App Store installer).

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About This Version

Version 2.0, 7/15/2024

Added support for Revit 2025.
Upgraded the app to be compatible with .NET 8 (Revit 2025+).
ACC/BIM 360 projects are now filtered based on their Revit versions.
Desktop shortcuts can now be created for tasks, enabling Desktop shortcuts for Dynamo scripts and customized actions when opening multiple Revit models.
Added two more options to handle processed Revit files as soon as Dynamo runs are complete: users can now either have the tool close all the models, exit Revit and shutdown, exit Revit, or keep all the files open.
Added a UI element showing the number of selected files and Dynamo graphs.
Files and graphs can now be multi-selected when being cleared.
Added information about the start time and end time to the run logs.
Added support for projects that were upgraded using the BIM 360 project upgrade module.
Fixed an issue with concurrent runs of the app if two Revit instances are running simultaneously.
Improved the automatic message dismissal functionality to include several dialogs that are otherwise not supported by the Revit API.
Improved the logging functionality.
Improved the scheduling functionality.
Added a dialog forcing people to restart if the app is not properly initialized whenever it's installed while Revit is already running.
Improved the app's functionality for non-English Revit instances.
Implemented multiple optimizations, error loggers, and minor fixes.

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Bird Tools - Dynamo Multiplayer - Ribbon Tab and Panel - Light Mode

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Dynamo Multiplayer - User Form - Light Mode

Dynamo Multiplayer - User Form - Dark Mode (2024+)

Forge (a.k.a APS) BIM 360/ACC Crawler - Light Mode

Forge (a.k.a APS) BIM 360/ACC Crawler - Dark Mode (2024+)

File Handling Guide

Task Scheduler - Management Window - Dark Mode

Task Scheduler - Automatic Trigger Configuration Window - Light Mode

Dynamo Multiplayer is brought to you by Building Information Researchers and Developers OÜ. It's free.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020.

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Free AXIS Plugin – 3D Camera Visualizations for Professionals

2024-07-18T17:31:00.000-07:00

From the Axis Communications website:

Planning makes perfect

The AXIS Plugin for Autodesk® Revit® allows users to plan entire surveillance systems directly in Autodesk® Revit® building plans by giving users the ability to add cameras or other products quickly and easily to the plan. The plugin is fully integrated into Autodesk® Revit® projects with quick access to a wide variety of Axis products as realistic 3D models. The models provide complete 3D visualizations of CAD design, giving a simple, intuitive way to configure and verify coverage areas.

Find the right camera

The AXIS Plugin for Autodesk® Revit® includes an embedded product selector tool to help you choose the right product based on your specific needs directly in Autodesk® Revit®. It makes it easy to add new cameras or other products directly in your CAD design. The plugin also enables visualization of your entire setup with the ability to customize resolution, pan, tilt and zoom of the camera to adjust the field of view for each camera model.

Choose the right coverage

Need a reliable way to verify camera coverage and adjust settings to prevent blind spots? AXIS Plugin for Autodesk® Revit® enables you to adjust settings like camera height, positioning, mounting options, focal length, corridor format and the target resolution depending on the situation, so you can be sure every corner of the scene is visible to the camera.

The Axis plugin is brought to you by Axis Communications . It appears to be free.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021.

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NonicaTab PRO Gets New Automatic Hangars Button

2024-07-17T18:10:00.000-07:00

From LinkedIn:

NonicaTab PRO is brought to you by Nonica. It's priced at USD 9.00/month or USD 90.00/year. A free 30-day trial is available.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020.

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CTC Software Releases Nexus Suite – Includes Ally, a Guardian Competitor

2024-07-15T06:30:00.000-07:00

CTC Software has released a new collection of tools named Nexus Suite. It contains Ally, a new apparent competitor to the well-established Guardian. It also contains PAL (Project Activity Logger), which is used to visualize how users work in Revit models. Lastly, it contains CMS (Content Management System), formerly known as Hive. I've no idea why they changed the name, Hive was so much better than a simple acronym.

Nexus Suite is a seeming bargain, starting at USD 135.00/user/year. Volume discounts apply.

From the CTC Software website:

The Nexus Suite contains powerful tools comprising a system that enables organizations to take control of every aspect of their design processes and production.

Ally ensures that modeling practices and standards are encouraged and enforced in real-time production of Revit models. The flexible rulesets can be targeted to all users, specific projects and groups based on the objects they affect or the actions of the Revit operator.

PAL (Project Activity Logger) is used to monitor, log and visualize the way an organization’s users work in Revit model. The online dashboards offer standard visualizations and with the available APIs, those interested in deeper dives or more customized reports can implement integrated BI consoles to their specifications.

CMS is a industry-leading content management system developed specifically for the AEC industry. Firms can organize, manage, set permissions and ensure the latest content is kept up to date and available for all project participants, even when working remotely. Users can find Revit, AutoCAD, PDF, images, and other file types quickly using libraries, tags, favorites, and file metadata.

There's more information available on the CTC Software website.

Nexus Suite is brought to you by CTC Software . It's priced at USD 135.00/user/year. A free 30-day trial is available.

Based on the other CTC productivity suites, this add-in is assumed to be compatible with Revit 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021.

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