SAuBIM - Code Calcs v2.0 Add-in for Revit Released

New In Version 2.0:

From the developer of SAuBIM Jeff Pinheiro, he of the excellent The Revit Kid blog, and co-developer Fredy Teyssedou...

"We teamed up with Harry [Mattison] from Boost Your BIM to create an integrated Add-In for Revit 2013 and 2014.  No more closing and opening Revit.  Simply click and go!"

SAuBIM – Code Calcs v2.0 for Autodesk® Revit® Architecture is a compact, easy to use, and time saving program.  Autodesk® Revit® Architecture is a BIM (Building Information Modeling) program and can be very powerful when pulling the right information in and out.  SAuBIM – Code Calcs v2.0 takes advantage of the information in your BIM model and saves you hours of time.

What does it do?

SAuBIM – Code Calcs v2.0 streamlines two very tedious processes when completing a building model: building code calculations and floor plans.

Code Compliance Floor Plan Tags

There is a major link that has not existed, and still does not exist, in Autodesk® Revit® Architecture.  This link is the ability to display calculated data from a schedule into a Tag or Symbol on your floor plans.  Well, SAuBIM takes care of this for you when it comes to Occupancy Tags on Code Compliance floor plans.

SAuBIM will create the required schedules to automatically calculate the following items:

• Occupancy Loads (Per Room)
• Required Male Water Closets
• Required Female Water Closets
• Required Lavatories
• Required Drinking Fountains

Egan Room Area Tools Add-in for Revit

This app facilitates room area comparisons, automates and displays occupant load calculations on room tags and calculates and displays major room dimensions on room tags.

What you can expect from the Egan Room Area Tools application:

Room Area Comparisons: Reliable Area

This app supplements the Revit room area with a “Reliable Area,” so that rooms “Not Placed” and rooms “Not Enclosed” are given a zero area instead of a null value. Now these rooms can be included in calculations like program area comparisons.

Occupant Load Calculations

This app provides an occupant load calculation that is always up-to-date and displays on room tags in real time. No more convoluted workarounds for code information. For rooms with fixed occupant loads, the automatic process can be skipped and entered manually.

Room Dimensions and Room Dimension Tags

Provides for a room dimension tag. Uses the distance apart of the two longest boundary lines and places this information on room tags. For unusually shaped rooms, the automated dimensioning may be skipped and entered manually.

Batch Updating

Provides a Batch Update Process to bring your projects up-to-date.

Sample Room Tags

Provides sample tags for you to load into your project.

Trial Information:

This Trial download provides a 30-day, full-functioning version of the app. After this time, you will need to purchase a one-year subscription license in order to continue use the app.

There's more information available on the Autodesk Exchange Apps website.

Egan Parametric Graphic Scale Add-in for Revit

This app provides a Parametric Graphic Scale for Revit that automatically updates each viewport’s view title.

What you can expect from the Egan Parametric Graphic Scale application:
 
Parametric Graphic Scale

Really! Remember how surprised you were when you learned you couldn’t do that? This app provides a Graphic Scale that you can use with little or no user attention. Works with Imperial or Metric scales.

Sample Graphic Scales

Provides sample view title families for you to load into your project and use to customize your own graphic scale.

Batch Updating

Provides a Batch Update process to help you get started.

Trial Information:

This Trial download provides a 30-day, full-functioning version of the app. After this time, you will need to purchase a one-year subscription license in order to continue use the app.

There's more information available on the Autodesk Exchange Apps website.

Egan View Name By Sheet Number Add-in for Revit

This app allows you to name your views the way you always wanted, but thought it was too hard to maintain. Using “Reference other view,” it displays the views in sheet and detail number order.

What you can expect from the Egan View Name By Sheet Number application:

Provides comprehensive view naming system, without the necessity of complicated rules or manual - and error prone - input from users.

When using “Reference other view,” all views are displayed in a predicable order.

When views are added to a sheet they are automatically renamed in the pattern “Sheet Number” “Detail Number” “Title on Sheet,” for example, “A1.2_3_Roof Detail.” This app uses the Title on Sheet, but does not automatically change it, to have as minimal impact on your current workflow as possible.

When views are removed from a sheet, they are renamed back to the name they had prior to being placed on the sheet.

Potential view types are Plans, Elevations/ Sections and Details. Any combination of these types may be selected.

Provides a Batch update process to help you get started and a Batch undo to restore your project to original condition if necessary.

Trial Information:

This Trial download provides a 30-day, full-functioning version of the app. After this time, you will need to purchase a one-year subscription license in order to continue use the app.

There's more information available on the Autodesk Exchange Apps website.

Free Egan Project Startup Add-in for Revit

This app provides startup utilities for Revit®: Icons to display your company’s help file and splash view, start the Worksharing Monitor automatically and place the Central File name on prints.

What you can expect from the Egan Project Startup application:

Icon to display your own Custom Help

If your company has developed its own help document and you are looking for a way to make it conveniently available to all users, here is your app. The app provides a customizable icon on the ribbon and/or a keyboard shortcut. 

Custom Help Settings

Custom Help Notes

Design Master Electrical RT Add-in for Revit

Design Master Electrical RT adds electrical calculations to Autodesk® Revit® MEP.

Feeder Sizing: Feeders are size automatically based upon the upstream overcurrent protection for a piece of electrical equipment. You have complete control of the chosen feeder size and can override it when necessary.

Fault Calculations: Available fault current is calculated for each piece of electrical equipment. The calculated fault current can be used to set the AIC rating for the device.

Voltage Drop Calculations: The voltage drop is calculated between each piece of electrical equipment. Feeders that exceed the maximum 3% voltage drop allowed can be easily resized.

Arc-Flash Calculations: Arc-flash calculations are performed at each piece of electrical equipment. An arc-flash schedule can be created that displays the calculated values. Arc-flash warning labels can be printed to be put on devices in the field.

The download is a free 30-day trial. The software is fully function during that time.

Design Master Electrical RT is available for purchase on our website for $720 / year.

Design Master Electrical RT ribbon tab in Revit MEP

"Edit Panels" dialog box for setting information about electrical equipment

Feeder Schedule

There's more information available on the Autodesk Exchange Apps website.

Free GRAPPA Addin for Revit - Automatically Generate Floor Plans Using Palladian Grammar

GRAPPA is an implementation of "The Palladian Grammar" by  Stiny and Mitchell (1978). The approach is based on graph grammars as described by Grasl (2012).

The Palladian grammar is a well-known example of a shape grammar. These can be used to systematically describe bodies of design. Here the rules that are used during the design generation can either be applied individually or they can be applied using a simple random generator.

This project demonstrates how shape grammars can be implemented for the automatic generation of designs.

Screenshot showing the ribbon and an automatically generated floor plan

There's more information available on the Autodesk Exchange Apps website.

Free BIM Collaboration Format (BCF) Plugin for Autodesk Revit Updated to 2.1

In the time since I last posted on the BCF Plugin for Revit,
Matteo Cominetti has released two subsequent versions, 2.0 and 2.1.

"BIM Collaboration Format Plugin for Autodesk® Revit®. Allows the import/export, creation and modification of BCF files, developed as part of my thesis on 'Project Validation Using BIM'."

Features:

• Open/Save/Create/Edit BCF files (.bcfzip extension)
• Add/Delete Issues
• Add/Delete Comments
• Open corresponding 3D view in Revit in Isometric and Perspective mode
  Toggle element visibility in view
• Add custom images as snapshot (can take pictures from a tablet camera on site)
• Show Issue snapshot
• Works with BCF files from Solibri Model Checker and Tekla BIMsight
• BCF Viewer included (can open BCF files without having Revit open)
• Works with Autodesk Revit 2013 and 2014

Version 2.1 (30 July 2013)

• fixed bugs with Perspective and Isometric Views
• added setting to improve compatibility with Solibri
• added setting to improve compatibility with Tekla

Version 2.0 (15 July 2013)

• added support for Autodesk Revit 2014
• new layout/interface
• added support for Isometric 3D Views
• added support comment statuses
• added settings panel
• various bug fixes

There's more information available on the Matteo Cominetti's website.

Credit: Luke Johnson's What Revit Wants blog.

MWF Clasher Add-in for Revit (Updated – Retired)

Updated October 22, 2016 to mark as retired.

Save time & money with advanced clash detection.

Our newest and most anticipated extension, MWF Clasher, allows users to simultaneously detect multiple clashes with MEP, “no fly zones” and structural members with critical framing members. MWF Clasher identifies all hard and soft clashes within your project and generates a graphical report, giving the user ultimate control in the coordination process.

MWF Clasher is available for MWF Pro Wall & MWF Pro Floor. Satisfied clients include builders, contractors, engineers, fabricators, drywallers & modular builders.

Clash detection in Revit with MWF

There's more information available on the StructSoft website.

This product has been retired by the manufacturer. For StrucSoft Solutions' current product list, see this article.

MWF Pro Truss Add-in for Revit Structure (Updated – Retired)

Updated October 22, 2016 to mark as retired.

MWF Pro Truss automates the creation and placement of light gauge steel or wood trusses in Revit®.

MWF Pro Truss reads Revit® roof elements and creates a customized truss layout based on user templates.  Select your truss type, input reference points, and let MWF Pro Truss do the rest. MWF Pro Truss will do in minutes what might have taken hours or days with Revit® alone.

MWF Pro Truss is available individually or as part of MWF Pro Suite, which is composed of MWF Pro Wall, MWF Pro Floor and MWF Pro Truss.

MWF Pro Truss Feature Summary

• Creates shop drawings
• Automated creation of whole roof systems
• User controlled preferences & templates
• Rule sets allow for designation of certain trusses based on user-defined parameters
• Multiple truss types
• Quantify truss types for ordering
• Export truss envelope information for truss plate calculation & manufacturing
• Maximise your ROI with MWF Training
• Available for Autodesk® Revit® Structure & Architecture 2012, 2013 and 2014

Truss framing in Revit with MWF - truss type examples

Truss framing in Revit with MWF - basic roof

There's more information available on the StructSoft website.

This product has been retired by the manufacturer. For StrucSoft Solutions' current product list, see this article.

Free Room and Space Insertion Point to Centroid Add-in from Case (Updated)

"Have you ever wanted the insertion points of your rooms or spaces to sit at the exact calculated centroid of the room automatically? This will make it easier to get your room tags at the exact center of the room when automatically tagging. There's really not much else to say about this tool, pretty simple actually."

 There's more information available on the Case Apps website.

Update 5/8/2016: CASE and the CASE Apps website are no more but, courtesy of WeWork, the CASE Apps are now open source. They may be accessed on GitHub.

Navigator Pano Review - Review and Markup 3D Design Models on the iPad

"Navigator Pano Review lets you navigate, view, and mark up 3D models for design review and coordination as well as site inspections – all with full markup synchronization in collaborative workflows – now anywhere, right on your iPad! It also uniquely provides panoramic navigation in an immersive environment for true “hands-on” reviews. With this innovative capability, you can navigate models by simply moving your iPad as though it were a “window into the model.” And the iPad’s motion sensors and touch screens also give you fast and easy access to object properties – such as the thickness of a pipe, its color, or its pressure rating.

"Use this versatile app to review “points-of-interest” in models to quickly access the information when needed. Any annotations made on your iPad can then be merged with the models on desktop software. Bentley’s i-models (containers for open infrastructure information exchange) optimized for the iPad can combine any DGN, Revit, DWG, DXF, Rhino (3DM), and 3DS files."

There's more information avialable on the Bentley website.

Free SP.Writer Add-in Updated to Revit 2014 with New Features

"I have updated SP.Writer, the shared parameter management add-in for Revit. The entire add-in was rewritten from scratch. I’ve learned a lot over the last couple years which has enabled me to write the add-in with much fewer lines of code.

"This year we have a brand new long-awaited feature! The add-in now supports auto-categorization of parameters during the family binding process. This ability has been the single most requested feature over the last couple years. As you can see in the shot below, when using the Excel tool in combination with the add-in the parameters now appear under their correct categories, and no longer under the “Other” category."

There's more information available on the BIM Source website.

Free Revit Patterns

Over on  Jeff Pinheiro's excellent The Revit Kid website, Jeff has posted a handout from a colleague of his named Doug about Revit pattern (.pat) files. Doug also created a Revit source file that contains a bunch of pattern files.

There's more information available on The Revit Kid website.

(Hey Jeff, you've upped the game for all Revit bloggers with your redesigned site. It looks GREAT!!!)

MWF Pro Floor Add-in for Revit Structure (Updated – Retired)

Updated October 22, 2016 to mark as retired.

MWF Pro Floor automates the creation and placement of wood or light gauge steel floors and ceilings in Revit®.

Automatically detect openings, frame floors, ceilings, and flat roofs, producing shop drawings with accuracy and ease. Stick and panelized floors and ceilings are easy to create with MWF Pro Floor. Use the software to auto-detect Revit® floors, elements and openings, creating correct framing.

Users can define end conditions such as balloon and platform, perform automatic cutbacks, and manage joist arrangement and panelizing. Other features include automated shop drawings and cut lists, and optional CNC output. MWF Pro Floor is available individually or as part of MWF Pro Suite, which is composed of MWF Pro Wall, MWF Pro Floor and MWF Pro Truss.

MWF Pro Floor Feature Summary

• Auto-detect Revit floors and openings
• User defined end conditions including balloon, platform or custom support conditions
• Joist arrangement and panelizing
• Automated cutbacks
• Automated framing of floor openings
• Template/rules driven
• Automated shop drawings and cut lists
• Optional CNC output
• Maximise your ROI with MWF Training
• Available for Autodesk® Revit® Structure & Architecture 2012, 2013 and 2014

Floor joist framing interior in Revit with MWF

Joist hangers wood floor framing in Revit with MWF

There's more information available on the StructSoft Solutions website.

This product has been retired by the manufacturer. For StrucSoft Solutions' current product list, see this article.

MWF Pro Wall Add-in for Revit Structure (Updated – Retired)

Updated October 22, 2016 to mark as retired.

MWF Pro Wall automates the creation and placement of wood or light gauge steel wall panels in Revit®.

Users can now automate the creation of wood and light gauge steel wall panels directly within the Autodesk® Revit® environment. Wall openings, doors and windows are automatically detected and framed based on the user’s templates. Accurate member dimensioning, material take offs and shop drawings are now automated quickly and effectively.

MWF Pro Wall is available individually or as part of MWF Pro Suite, which is composed of MWF Pro Wall, MWF Pro Floor and MWF Pro Truss.

MWF Pro Wall Feature Summary

• Framing propagation including opening framing with multiple options
• Framing with both SSMA and proprietary building components, including CEMCO, MarinoWARE and iSPAN
• Deflection tracks, kickers, and connectors
• Bracing, nogging, straps, and equipment supports
• Wall join definition
• Auto-detection of walls, doors, windows and openings
• Auto-detection of MEP clashes with walls and floors
• Generates 2D shop drawings and cut lists
• Auto-grouping of identical members and panels
• Optional CNC output
• ERP integration
• Custom functionality available
• Maximise your ROI with MWF Training
• Available for Autodesk® Revit® Structure & Architecture 2012, 2013 and 2014

Xrev Transmit Add-in for Revit

Overview

From a company that has been using Revit on a daily basis since 2001 comes the most user friendly, efficient, reliable and accurate way to issue your Revit deliverables. Xrev Transmit transforms the tedious and redundant task of issuing drawings into a simple step by step process.

Increased Productivity

Spend less time worrying about the issue process! Simply select, set, check and issue. Xrev transmit does the rest. Have a cup of coffee or move onto the next project while Xrev transmit generates your selected deliverables in one process.

With features like:

• Centrally managed settings
• Simultaneous Printing & Exporting of multiple formats
• In-built PDF support
• Automatic File Naming
• Predefined Output Locations
• Customisable, automatically generated Word Transmittals
• Aconex Integration (NEW!)

You'll wonder how you ever did without Xrev transmit.  

Free Revit Add-ins from dp Stuff Updated to Revit 2014

Dima Chiriacov has updated his free Revit Add-ins for Revit 2014. While these are currently operationally the same as the 2013 versions, Dima promises exciting changes to come.

The free add-ins updated to 2014 are:

• RemoveEmptyTags 
• RemoveAreasRooms 
• CropViewToSelection 
• WorksetExplorer (a Revit Add-ons Editor's Choice winner)
• ChangeTextCase
• NumberStuffByDirection
• QuickViewAcces
• ArchiSpeak Generator
• Randomizer

There's more information available on the dp stuff website.

Free BIMProject to Autodesk® Revit® Bi-Directional Link

By using the ‘BIMProject to Autodesk® Revit® Bi-Directional Link’ users of Autodesk® Revit® can quickly and easily link their models to the BIMProject BIM content management tool via simple to use tools installed into Autodesk® Revit®.

Upon selecting items within Autodesk® Revit®, these tools provide users with real time project information such as:

• Live item status information (e.g. construction & delivery status).
• Procurement status.
• Historical item tracking.
• Key project dates.

Using model based management, BIM models from Autodesk® Revit® can be imported into BIMProject and data extracted for all downstream supply management including tendering and purchasing to the construction site. Documents, data and models are controlled through change variations in the project, to provide a consistent and accurate view of the project and budgets.

BIMProject gives the user high performance interaction with BIM projects for project review, combined with rich data that delivers real-time status to the client, the business and to suppliers.

There's more information available on the Autodesk Exchange apps website.

Knock Knock Add-in for Revit - Easy Door Instance Parameter Editing

"Knock Knock is designed for editing the values of door instance parameters, not for changing the way your door schedule is set up. The primary way Knock Knock does this is by making text parameters act like Yes\No parameters. With a simple click users can change parameters values between multiple pre-defined values. There are more features as well."

There's more information available on the Autodesk Exchange Apps website.

Krisp Annotation Tools for Revit

Tools include:

•  Align Text - Aligns selected text notes above each other to selected justification (Left, Centre or Right).
• Text Case - Changes the case within selected text notes to one of; upper, lower, sentence or title case.

There's more information available on the Autodesk Exchange Apps website.

Free Curtain Modeler Add-in for Revit

During architecture design, the curtain systems design and curtain panels modify is generally based on externally linked models; besides, architecture designer also needs to frequently customize the curtain panels to meet the design request; The Curtain Modeler tool provided by BIMCoder provides straightforward approaches to allow architecture to create curtain systems on the surfaces of imported link models and the tool also provides easy to use functions to allow user both modifying and saving the curtain panels effectively.

The tool provides two function modules below:

Curtain System

The module will help user to create curtain systems on the surfaces of linked model quickly; user can select one or more than one linked models and then specify the curtain panel types, the curtain systems will be created automatically on the surface.

Curtain Panels

The module provides the convenient approach to allow user selecting the new panel type and then apply the new type to selected panels; besides, the tool can also allow user to save the editing panels to a file and user can reload the earlier data to modify again in future.

There's more information available on the Autodesk Exchange website.