Kiwi Codes Bonus Tools – 106 Tools, Bargain Priced! (Updated)

Kiwi Codes continues to add tools to its bargain-priced Bonus Tools at breakneck speed. We'll update this article as new add-ins are released.

Update 9/10/2016: Added tools #92 through 106.

From the Kiwi Codes website...

And, because I'm a glutton for punishment, here's a complete list of the tools that comprise Bonus Tools (I'm not, however, crazy enough to add an image for each tool – sorry!):

• 06 Ribbon Settings
• Give the Ribbon a Custom name to suit you or your company
• View and change the Ribbon Settings by selecting the tools you want to see on the Ribbon and re-order them to suit you or your company.
• 07 Window Watcher Settings
• Add Revit Window names you would like to either block and/or report on the windows activation as part of a Company Standard. 
• Blocking a window does just that, blocks it and replaces it with a warning message.
• Reporting on a windows activation writes to a log file listing the project and users name who activated the window. It also warns the user the window activation is being recorded.
• Primarily used to block/report on 'In-place Families' and 'Importing of CAD files'.
• 08 Family Tracker
• Lists all Loaded Families and/or Groups in the Project and the date of insert and the date of reload (modification).
• From the list, highlight families that are out of date in the project file, reload or repath them.
• 09 3d Views for All Levels
• Create a 3d View for each level in the Project.
• 10 3D Views for all Worksets
• Create a 3d View for each Workset and hide all other Worksets in the view.
• 11 3D View for Selected Elements
• Create a 3d View with a Section Box around the currently select elements.
• Specify a margin around the elements to extend the Section Box by.
• 12 Change Text Case
• Change text case between Title, UPPER and lower.
• Applies to Annotation Text, Model Text, Room Names, Area Names, View Names & View Titles on Sheets.

• 13 Dimensions List
• Lists all Dimensions within the project.
• Go to the view hosting the Dimension. 
• Delete the Dimension. 
• See if it has a text override.
• 14 Create Floors from Rooms
• 15 Elements on Levels
• Lists all elements on a selected level.
• Cycle through the levels in the Project to see what elements are hosted to it.
• 16 In-Place Family List
• Lists all In-Place Families within the project.
• Go to the view hosting the In-Place Family. 
• Delete the In-Place Family.
• 17 Referencing File List
• Lists all Revit, DWG and Image references within the project.
• Go to the view hosting the Referencing File. 
• Delete the Referencing File.
• 18 Remove all Views
• Removes all views from the Project except for the active view (if all other views are closed) or last view created (if multiple views are open).
• Help reduce the file size before issuing to consultants or archiving the model.
• 19 Remove Unused Views
• Remove unwanted views that causes the file size to bloat.
• Removes views:
• Other than the active view.
• Not placed on a sheet. 
• [With] a parameter of your choice: retain views that are not placed on sheet but are working views that you do not want delete.
• 20 Section Creator
• Creates a perpendicular or parallel section to the selected wall.
• 21 Sheet Duplication
• Quickly duplicate sheets by:
• Selecting from a list of current sheets those to duplicate.
• Choosing the title block to be assigned to the duplicated sheets.
• Choosing the number of times to duplicate the sheets.
• Choosing whether to duplicate the views on the current sheets and place them on the duplicated sheets.
• 22 Views to Sheets
• Quickly put views on sheets by:
• Selecting the View Type and/or searching for a View.
• Selecting the View base point, BL (bottom left), RB(bottom right), M(middle), TL(top left) or TR(top right)
• Select a Master Sheet if desired.
• Select a Master View or NULL. If a view is selected, the X, Y coordinates of the View will be used to place the new View. If NULL is selected the Views will be placed at 0,0.
• Dragging Views to their desired Sheet.
• 23 Swap Groups for Families
• Swap unwanted Groups out for Families.
• Use any of the below combinations and more.
• Swap Detail Groups for Annotation Symbols.
• Swap Detail Groups for Detail Components.
• Swap Model Groups for Generic Models.
• Swap Model Groups for Casework.
• 24 Place Points on Topography
• Use a Families X and Y location to place Points on a Topography Surface.
• Use this tool to insert points at a X,Y location on a Topography Surface, the Z location value is the height of the Topography Surface at the specified point.
• 25 Add Points to Topography
• Use a Families X, Y and Z location to add Points to a Topography Surface.
• Use this tool to make a Topography Surface follow the underside of a Floor.
• 26 Topography Surface Edge
• Creates Lines around the boundary edges of the select topography in: Plan, 3D or Section.
• 27 Update Referencing Sheets
• Updates Sections Referencing Sheets.
• 28 Reference Plane List
• Lists all Reference Planes in the project.
• Go to the view showing the Reference Plane. 
• Delete the Reference Plane.
• 29 View Template Map
• Lists all view templates, and views using those view templates.
• 30 Element Selector – By Id
• Enter an element Id to find its Name.
• Find the Name of a corrupted element in the project file.
• 31 Setting Out Points
• Select the Generic Family to use as the setting out point marker and enter the desired shared parameters to use in a schedule.
• Renumber Setting Out Points.
• 32 Navisworks to Revit
• Convert a Navisworks XML report into clash points and 3D views placed on sheet(s).
• Select the Generic Family to use as the clash point and enter the desired shared parameters to use in a schedule. 
• Choose whether to also create 3D views with bounding boxes and whether to place them on Sheets.
• 33 Excel Tools
• Export and Import schedules to and from Excel.
• Utilize Excel to speed up repetitive schedule manipulation.
• Export Category to Excel
• Export any Category to Excel.
• Export Schedule to Excel
• Export any Schedule to Excel
• Import from Excel
• Import any Element changes from Excel.
• Export Formatted Category to Excel
• Export any Category to a Formatted Excel file.
• Export Formatted Schedule to Excel
• Export any Schedule to a Formatted Excel file.
• Export Room Template
• Export a Room schedule template in Excel.
• Exports a formatted template ready for new Room data.
• Import New Rooms
• Imports an creates place holders for Rooms.
• Export Sheet Template
• Export a Sheet schedule template in Excel.
• Exports a formatted template ready for new Sheet data.
• Import New Sheets
• Imports an creates place holders for Sheets.
• Dummy Schedule
• Recreate an Excel Schedule within Revit using Revit Schedule Headers.
• 34 Shared Parameters
• Bulk load Shared Parameters into one or more Family files.
• 35 View Filters
• Copy view filters and their settings from one view or view template to multiple other views or view templates.
• 36 Sheet Revisions
• View the matrix between Revisions and Sheets.
• Tick/untick revisions and click the “Apply Revisions to Sheets” button to bulk update Sheets.
• Cells with a red background indicate the Revision is controlled by a Revision Cloud. To delete the Cloud double click on the cell.
• 37 Highlight 2D Elements
• Highlight 2D elements across a project.
• Check how many 2D patches have been applied to you project.
• 38 View Duplication
• Quickly duplicate multiple views.
• Duplicate views by replicating dependant existing views (with optional sheets), or by duplicating views based of other views or by level.
• 39 Align Sheets
• Align viewports on selected Sheets with a master Sheet setup.
• 40 Copy Parameter Values
• Copy Parameter Values from one Parameter to another.
• Choose a parameter from the current element or its host or level, and the parameter to copy it to.
• 41 Room Number to Doors and Windows
• Copy a Room Number to Doors and Windows with a Alpha extension.
• Quickly align Door and Window numbers with rooms.
• 42 Wall Dimensions
• Wall Dimensions a string of Walls to their exterior face.
• 43 Place Family Types
• Place workplane based family types in a row within the current view.
• Array families vertically and family types horizontally.
• 44 SheetEMup
• Quickly duplicate a sheet multiple times by:
• Selecting from a list of current sheets, the one to duplicate.
• Choosing to either duplicate the existing views or selecting from a list of project views to place on the new sheets. 
• 45 Renumber Parameter
• Renumber any Text, Integer, Number or Length Parameter.
• Quickly renumber parameters by:
• Selecting a category
• Selecting a parameter to renumber
• Choosing an increment
• Choosing a prefix and suffix
• 46 Highlight 3D Elements
• Highlight 3D elements according to parameter values.
• 47 Convert Areas or Rooms To Mass
• Quickly convert Areas or Rooms To Mass by:
• Selecting Areas or Rooms as the starting point
• Choosing to create all forms in one family or one family per each form
• Choosing Generic Model or Mass as the base family
• Selecting the Phase for Rooms
• Selecting the output location for the families
• Selecting the Areas or Rooms from a list
• Modifying the height (in bulk by right clicking)
• 48 Location Point
• Add a families location point to a parameter.
• Quickly add a families location point to a parameter in bulk by:
• Selecting a Category
• Choosing your selection set
• Current View
• Current Selection
• Entire Project
• Choosing the base point to use
• Relative
• Survey
• Project
• Choosing a parameter to place the XYZ coordinate or
• Choosing a separate parameter for each Z, Y & Z coordinate
• 49 Room/Area Point
• Centre the Room/Area location points.
• 50 Import/Export Points
• Quickly Import families to a specified location point by:
• Selecting a family type.
• Selecting a comma separated text file with XYZ coordinates with optional rotation.
• Choosing the base point to use:
• Relative.
• Survey.
• Project.
• Quickly Export location points by:
• Choosing your selection set:
• Current View.
• Current Selection.
• Entire Project.
• Choosing the base point to use:
• Relative.
• Survey.
• Project.
• Selecting a Category.
• 51 Copy Areas
• Copy Areas between Area Schemes.
• 52 Renumber Category
• Remove duplicate mark warnings from selected Categories
• This tool renumbers ALL elements within selected Categories by using the Element Id.
• 53 Show Warnings
• Highlight and Isolate warnings in any view.
• 54 Help File
• Your Company's Help File.
• 55 Bonus Tools Help
• Bonus Tools Help.
• 56 Print Revisions
• Print Sheets based on their Current Revision.
• 57 DWF Markups
• Displays all DWF Markups.
• Goto host view (Sheet).
• Export to Excel.
• 58 File Coordinates
• Outputs the coordinates of the current file and all linked files.
• Check the coordination between files.
• 59 Clash Importer
• Convert an XML report into clash points and 3D views placed on sheet(s).
• 60 View Underlay
• View and change Plan View underlays in bulk.
• 62 Copy Monitored Elements
• This tool allows you to:
• View all copy monitored Elements within a project.
• Select one or many Elements and go to view.
• Ascertain whether the copy monitor is internal or from a linked file.
• 63 Element overrides
• This tool allows you to:
• View all Element overrides in view.
• Remove all Element overrides in one step.
• Select individual overrides and remove them.
• 64 Floor to Follow Topography
• Make a Floor follow a Topography.
• 65 Floor to Match Topography
• Make a Floor match a Topography.
• 66 Topography to Follow Floor
• Make a Topography follow a Floor.
• 67 Extensible Storage List
• Lists all Extensible Storage schemas within a Project.
• 68 Section Box To Scope Box
• Makes a Section Box match a selected Scope Box.
• 69 Section Box to Scope Box updater
• Compile a matrix list between Scope Boxes and 3D Views.
• At any time bulk update 3D Views Section Boxes to match changed Scope Boxes.
• 70 Folder creator
• Add place holder Views and Sheets into the Project Browser to guide users with filing of Views.
• Based on the existing Browser Organisation, specify names for user editable Parameters.
• 71 RDS tool
• Quickly create Views for each Room.
• Create: Floor Plans, Ceiling Plans, Elevations, 3Ds, Schedules and Sheets for each Room.
• 72 Workset creator
• Quickly enable and create Worksets based on a template.
• Create a save a template structure for Worksets.
• 73 Unused Elevation Markers
• View and remove unwanted Elevation Markers quickly.
• 74 View Renamer
• Name Views based on a set of criteria.
• Use View Parameters to control View Names.
• 75 Family Type Renamer
• Rename Family and Type names to comply with Standards.
• Select a Category to Exports Element Name and Type Names to Excel to change and then Import the modifications.
• 76 Element Tracker
• This tool will allow you to communicate to Consultants any changes within a week.
• 77 Project Parameters
• View and bulk assign Shared Parameters to Categories.
• 78 Plan Regions
• Bulk copy Plan Regions between Views.
• 79 Grid Alignment
• Bulk align Grid 2D extents between Views.
• 80 Revision List
• Lists all Revisions in a List.
• 81 Floor To Follow Floor
• Make a Floor follow another Floor.
• 82 Detail Group To View Map
• Check which Views, Details groups are added to.
• 83 Create Area Lines
• Quickly convert Detail Lines to to Area Lines.
• 84 Scope Box Map
• View which Scope Boxes are in use.
• 85 Line Patterns
• View all Line Patterns in the Project.
• 86 Rename number Sheets
• Quickly rename and renumber sheets.
• 87 3D Room Tags
• Place a Generic Model Family with Room information to create a 3D Room Tag.
• 88 Element Properties
• Enter one or more Element ID's and View their Parameters.
• Use in conjunction with Element Tracker Deletions to view Elements that are to be deleted.
• 89 Open Views
• Bulk open multiple View is one go.
• Set Revit to bulk opens Views removing the manual process.
• 90 Copy View Templates
• Copy one or more View Templates from one or more Linked files.
• 91 Advanced Sheet Duplication
• Duplicate one or many Sheets from any File.
• Quickly duplicate sheets by:
• Selecting one or more from a list of sheets to duplicate.
• Choosing the title block to be assigned to the duplicated sheets.
• Choosing whether to duplicate the views on the current sheets and place them on the duplicated sheets.
• 92 Copy Plan Region By Parameter
• Bulk copy Plan Regions between Views by Parameter.
• Add a Parameter to Views and insert the View Type and Name separated by a semicolon i.e. 'Floor Plan : Level 1', this will be the View it copies the Plan Regions from.
• 93 Grid Alignment By Parameter
• Bulk align Grid 2D extents between Views by Parameter.
• Add a Parameter to Views and insert the View Type and Name separated by a semicolon i.e. 'Floor Plan : Level 1', this will be the View it aligns the grid from.
• 94 2D Element Usage
• View the relationship between Views and 2D Family Elements items.
• 95 Family Standards
• View the Family Standards for a Project.
• View the following properties for all Families within a Project: Sub Categories, Line Patterns, Fill Patterns, Materials, Parameters, Text and Labels, and Dimensions.
• Export to Excel or CSV for further analysis.
• 96 Room Paint Bomb
• Bulk Paint Walls, Floors, Ceilings and Roofs by Room Material.
• Quickly Paint Walls, Floors, Ceilings and Roofs to match a Material assigned to a Room.
• Filter Rooms by:
• Current View.
• Current Selection.
• Entire Project.
• And search by Parameter.
• Select the Room Material Parameter.
• Skip Walls that you do not want to Paint by Parameter.
• 97 Room Paint Report
• Report on Painted Walls surrounding Rooms.
• Choose the Material Parameter i.e. Name, Mark and write the Materials back to the Room.
• 98 Find Painted Elements
• Find all Painted Elements with a Project.
• Isolate selected Elements and bulk remove Paint from faces.
• 99 Copy Scope Box
• Copy Scope Boxes between files.
• If a Scope Box with the same name already exists, the tool will delete, create and reconnect the Views connected to the old Scope Box.
• 100 Schedule Usage
• View what Sheets a Schedule is placed on.
• Quickly view how many times a Schedule has been place prior to deleting or modifying it.
• 101 Select Title Blocks
• Bulk change multiple Title Blocks.
• Select a range of Title Blocks by Sheet Number or Name etc.
• 102 Revision Clouds
• Convert Revision Cloud data to a Revit Dummy Schedule.";
• View Revision Clouds within the Entire Project or Current Sheet, showing all Revision Clouds or only those that have not been issued.
• Export the Grid to Excel.
• Create a Revit Dummy Schedule from the Grid by:
• Selecting an Existing Schedule on an Existing Sheet as the placement location.
• Selecting Schedule Columns and Widths.
• Entering a default cell height.
• Note: the height of the cells does not auto adjust.
• Select a View Template.
• Select to replace an Existing copy of the Schedule if created.
• Note: the Schedule is named by the Sheet Name and Number.
• Each Time the Sheet is re-issued this tool will need to be re-run to update the Dummy Schedule.
• 103 Wall Direction
• Calculate the orientation a Wall i.e. N, S, E, W etc. and the Walls Angle.
• Apply orientation and angle to a selected parameter.
• 104 Replace Line Styles
• Swap all Model and Detail Lines within a View or Project with another Line Style.
• Note: this will note swap Lines within a Group or Filled Region etc.
• 105 Tag All
• Tag All Elements by one or more View.
• Select the Tag, Category and Views to Tag.
• 106 Schedule Browser
• Browser Schedule by Category and Group by Prefix or Suffix.
• Quickly navigate Schedules using this Schedule Browser.
• View what Sheets a Schedule is placed on.
• Note: May need to click Apply/Update to see additions, modifcations and deletions.

Pricing for Bonus Tools begins at just $35.00 for a 1-year subscription for one stand-alone user license. Networked licenses and volume discounts are available.

There's more information available on the Kiwi Codes website.