Roundup – For the Week of Apr 3-9, 2017, New and Updated Revit Add-ins on the Autodesk App Store (Update #4)

The week of April 3, 2017 was one of the frustrating ones on the Autodesk App Store were false Revit add-in updates outnumbered legitimate ones. Three new Revit add-in did debut: TrimbleConnect-for-Revit, Linked Element Id, and ssUtilites.

A few add-ins were updated, and CADdaddy Tools and Time Stamper received relatively significant updates.

New

TrimbleConnect-for-Revit™
TrimbleConnect-for-Revit™ is a new plug-in for Trimble Connect that provides bi-directional data exchange between Autodesk® Revit® Architecture and Trimble® Connect server | Free
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 4/7/2017 – Initial release

Linked Element Id
This add-in will help you to show id of linked element in Autodesk® Revit® file. It helps you find linked element by Id and make 3D section box as well | USD 10.00
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 4/6/2017 – Original release

ssUtilites
ssUtilites 3.0 - The set of applications for Autodesk® Revit® allows you to obtain custom BOM table, increases the manageability of collaborative work in Revit | Trial
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 3.0.6.0, 4/5/2017 – Support Revit 2017;

Updated

Kubity Exporter 2014-2016
PLAY & SHARE your Autodesk® Revit® models on any device, anywhere | Free
★★★★☆ (7 reviews)
About This Version: Version 3.0.0, 4/7/2017 – This plugin enables the “Export to Kubity” option in Autodesk® Revit® that seamlessly transfers models to the Kubity app.

Kubity Exporter 2017
PLAY & SHARE your Autodesk® Revit® models on any device, anywhere | Free
★★★★☆ (1 review)
About This Version: Version 3.0.0, 4/7/2017 – This plugin enables the “Export to Kubity” option in Autodesk® Revit® that seamlessly transfers models to the Kubity app.

Ideate Sticky 2018 - Trial
Ideate Sticky for Autodesk® Revit® combines the ease and flexibility of Excel spreadsheet editing with the convenience of a sticky note | Trial
★★★★★ (1 review)
About This Version: Version 2019.0, 4/6/2017 – Support for Revit 2018; Improved performance; Bug fix for 3rd party interactions.

Time Stamper
Enable revision control for your Autodesk® Revit® elements | Free
★★★★★ (1 review)
About This Version: Version 1.1.0, 4/6/2017 – For release notes, see this post

CADdaddy Tools
CADdaddy Tools is a productivity pack with powerful and unique tools: family exporter, renumbering tools, hide elements in selected views, associate family parameters, and toggle reference planes | Trial
★★★★★ (1 review)
About This Version: Version 1.1.0, 4/6/2017 – For release notes, see this post

RVT 2 DWG (PWGSC Ontario)
Convert Autodesk® Revit® Sheets to Autodesk® AutoCAD® DWG files - Compatible with PWGSC Ontario CAD Standards (version 8.x) | USD 600.00
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 2.2014.800, 4/5/2017 – RVT2DWG, PWGSC Ontario CAD Standard - Tested with Revit and AutoCAD from 2014 to 2018

RVT 2 DWG (DND Standard)
Convert Autodesk® Revit® Sheets to Autodesk® AutoCAD® DWG files - Compatible with Candian DND CAD Standards (version 2.3) | USD 600.00
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 2.2014.116, 4/5/2017 – Version 2 of app. Works with Revit and AutoCAD 2014 to 2018. Tested against Canadian DND CAD Standards ver 2.3 using DND Checker, ver 1.16

Lumion® Plug-In
See model changes in real-time in Lumion® with a LiveSync® preview version of the model, and also export your projects to Lumion® | Free
★★★★☆ (5 reviews)
About This Version: Version 2.01, 4/5/2017

Scan Locations
Places a component at selected scan locations in a point cloud | Free
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.2, 4/4/2017 – Fixed a crash in projects containing in-place families.

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False Updates

Most weeks there are a number of add-ins listed on the App Store as having been updated when, in point of fact, they were not. We call these false updates.

We suspect false updates occur because developers have the ability in the App Store database to mark an 'update' without changing the version number. This is advantageous to developers because it moves their add-ins up in the App Store  'Newest' list. Also, authors of multiple add-ins on the App Store may use the practice to group their add-ins together. And some may mistakenly not change the version number for a legitimate update.

We verify false updates by comparing the current version numbers with our last posts about the add-ins. This is work for us, though, hopefully, value for you.

In the hopes that the App Store will someday fix this loophole or developers will cease the practice, we list the developers and their add-ins that, though marked as updated, were not.

• Cavalieri s.r.l.
• Simplicity Dynamic Reinforcement Details
• Inreal Technologies GmbH
• Enscape
• INTELSYS
• INTELSYS Integration with SAP
• Optimizer Tools
• Sheet Duplicator
• SLG Solution
• CopyViews
• Duplicate Sheet
• Find Element Detached
• Move Views
• NumberingEz

• Update #1: Updated on April 11, 2017 to include ssUtilities.
• Update #2: Updated on April 12, 2017 to include TrimbleConnect-for-Revit.
• Update #3: Updated on April 15, 2017 to include CADdaddy Tools, RVT 2 DWG (DND Standard), RVT 2 DWG (PWGSC Ontario), and Time Stamper
• Update #4: Updated on April 14, 2017 to include Ideate Sticky 2018