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Sunday, March 11, 2018

Roundup – For Mar 5-11, 2018, New and Updated Revit Add-ins on the Autodesk App Store

The week of March 5, 2018 was a modestly busy one for Revit add-ins on the Autodesk App Store. One new add-in was published, and six were updated.

The new add-in, SimLab GLTF Exporter for Autodesk® Revit®, is for exporting Revit models to the glTF (GL Transmission Format) for virtual reality.

For updates, BIM Track™, Sheet Copy, and User Editing History each received relatively significant refreshes.

REVIT

New

SimLab GLTF Exporter for Autodesk® Revit®
This App enables users to export Autodesk® Revit® models in text based (*.gltf), and binage (*.glb) file formats. The plugin is supported on Revit 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 | Trial
☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 7.0, 3/9/2018 – Initial Release.

Updated

BIM Track™
BIM Track™ is a web-based collaboration platform that empowers your team with better coordination workflows. It provides a central hub for all coordination information from design to construction | Free
 (5 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.17.0, 3/8/2018 – For release notes, see this post

Import/Export Excel
Transfer data back and forth between Autodesk® Revit® and Excel | Free
 (45 reviews)
About This Version: Version 18.0.0, 3/7/2018 – Added support for Revit 2018

Sheet Copy
Duplicator sheets with different settings and a unique system for setting names | Free
 (4 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.2.0.0, 3/7/2018 – For release notes, see this post

Find and Replace Text in Parameters_2018
This tool is designed to find and replace text or part of text in parameters - whether it’s built-in parameter or a shared parameter | USD 1.99/M
☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 3/6/2018 – Initial Release

End User Assistant
A helper program that runs in the background and ensures full functionality of other add-ins of DZ Studio | Free
 (1 review)
About This Version: Version 1.1.0, 3/5/2018 – Records name and time of transactions by user.

User Editing History
Find and filter user editing history in Autodesk® Revit® document | USD 20.00
 (1 review)
About This Version: Version 1.1.0, 3/5/2018 – For release notes, see this post

User Editing History (Trial)
Find and filter user editing history in Autodesk® Revit® document | Trial
 (1 review)
About This Version: Version 1.1.0, 3/5/2018 – For release notes, see this post

NAVISWORKS

Updated

BIM Track™
BIM Track™ is a web-based collaboration platform that empowers your team with better coordination workflows. It provides a central hub for all coordination information from design to construction | Free
 (5 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.17.0, 3/8/2018 – For release notes, see this post



Apparent False Updates

Most weeks there are a number of add-ins listed on the App Store as having been updated when they appear not to have been. We call these false updates.

We suspect false updates primarily 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.

False updates may also be caused by glitches in the way the App Store serves up its database.

Lastly, apps are sometimes re-published with new logo artwork only.

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 problem, or developers will cease the practice, we list the developers and their add-ins that, though marked as updated, were not.

  • Revit
    • ProtoTech Solutions
      • 3DPDF Exporter for Autodesk® Revit®
      • 3DPDF Exporter for Autodesk® Revit® - Trial
    • BIM SOFT SOLUTIONS
      • Sheet Renumbering
  • Navisworks
    • KUBUS BV
      • BIMcollab® BCF Manager for Autodesk® Navisworks®
    • The Striped Horse
      • BIMSens
    • Visionworkplace Software Solutions
      • 3D PDF Converter Pro for Autodesk® Navisworks®

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