Roundup – for Dec 17-23, 2018, New and Updated Revit-Related Add-Ins on the Autodesk App Store

The week of December 18, 2018 was a fairly busy one for Revit-related add-ins on the Autodesk App Store. Five new add-ins were published and another ten were updated.

Revit

New

Control area reinforcement
Add-in compares the actual area reinforcement (floors and walls) and required reinforcement obtained in the program Autodesk® Robot® Structural Analysis | USD 10.00
★★☆☆☆ (1 review)
About This Version: Version 4.0.0, 12/21/2018 – New version for checking area reinforcement in Revit.

LODmanager
This app allows users to easily add and manage simple LOD parameters to an Autodesk® Revit® model and also, allows users to analyze levels of LOD in a model by using quick and easy LOD visual filters | Free
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.1.0, 12/19/2018 – Initial Public Release

rvt2VR
Instantly explore 3D models in 1:1 scale immersive desktop VR with Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets | Trial
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.3.0.0, 12/19/2018 – Initial release to store.

Chameleon
Easily create colored view filters by simply selecting a category and a parameter to filter on | Free
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 12/17/2018 – First Release

CAD Link Opener
Opens a DWG link in a new or already running Autodesk® AutoCAD® instance (or any other DWG viewer/editor set as the default DWG handler) | Free
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.0, 12/17/2018 – Initial Release

Updated

3DPDF Converter for Autodesk® Revit®
Fast way to convert Revit files to 3D PDF. The plugin allows you to convert Revit models to a 3D PDF file | Trial
★★★★★ (1 review)
About This Version: Version 3.0 , 12/21/2018 – Bug fixed related to Revit version 2016 and 2017.

3DPDF Converter Pro for Autodesk® Revit®
Fast way to convert Revit files to 3D PDF. The plugin allows you to convert Revit models to a 3D PDF file  USD 100.00
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 3.0 , 12/21/2018 – Bug fixed related to Revit version 2016 and 2017.

Bird Tools' Tag Alignment Tool
Aligns Autodesk® Revit® tags and text notes automatically | USD 1.00/M
★★★★★ (4 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.4, 12/20/2018 – For release notes, see this post

LightStanza Plugin
A tool for quickly exporting your Autodesk® Revit® model to LightStanza with automatic illuminance grids based on rooms | Free
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 2.0, 12/20/2018 – Improvements to grid definitions. Plugin now only extracts rooms from the active design option for illuminance grids in LightStanza.

Rockit
Rockit™ Autodesk® Revit® productivity tools to assist BIM managers & anyone with a huge collection of utilities Bulk Rename, Quick Search Project/Category/Materials, Parameters, Publish PDF & more | USD 8.50/M
★★★★★ (9 reviews)
About This Version: Version 2019.0.2, 12/19/2018

• Improvements to...
• Category Search command
• Combine exploded text command
• Model Cleanup command
• Spatial Elements Manager
• Features & enhancements to...
• Bulk Rename command
• Edit Sheet Revisions command
• Duplicate Sheets & Views command
• Publish command
• Sheet Add/Remove Views command. Set Viewport default added

Docuflow
The most advanced publisher tool for construction professionals. Exports PDF, DWG, IFC and drawing lists in 1 job, with your office standards and intelligent detection of size and orientation | Trial
★★★★★ (6 reviews)
About This Version: Version 2.6, 12/18/2018 – For release notes, see this post

BIM Repeat Remapper
Assigns Autodesk® Revit® "Repeat Last Command" to either the SpaceBar or the Mouse Right Button or both | Free
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.1, 12/18/2018 – For release notes, see this post

CG Finder 2019
An Add-In for for Autodesk® Revit® 2019 to calculate the centroid of a solid element or group of solid elements | Free
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 2019.1.0.1, 12/18/2018 – Initial Release

Dim Offset
The function monitors all the created and modified dimensions and, in case the dimensional text falls on dimensional lines, it displaces the dimensional text aside | USD 9.00
★★★★☆ (2 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.0.3.0, 12/14/2018 – Disabling automatic dimensions offset when synchronizing with the Central model

Advanced Revision Cloud
This add-in will help you manage your Revision Clouds with Advanced Tools, create Excel Reports, and manage your BIM project better | USD 25.00
★★★★★ (12 reviews)
About This Version: Version 2.0.0, 12/14/2018 – Improved Speed 2x. Added a Graphics Tab to show the current state of the project. Improved exportation to Excel. Only Revisions selected are visible in the images exported.

Navisworks

Updated

Smart Unhide Elements for Autodesk® Navisworks®
Finally, a smart tool to 'Unhide Elements' by selecting them on a list. You will never have to "Unhide-All" in Navisworks ,or "Reveal Hidden Elements" in Revit, just to find few elements in the model | USD 10.00
★★★★★ (10 reviews)
About This Version: Version 2.0.0, 12/20/2018 – Improved interface.

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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 apparent false updates. We identify these by comparing the current version numbers with our last posts about the add-ins.

False updates may occur when:

• Developers forget to update or change version numbers
• Developers publish new artwork, rename add-ins, or change prices
• Developers re-publish the same versions to move their add-ins up in the list (a purposefully deceptive practice)
• There are glitches in the App Store

In the hopes that the App Store will someday address these issues, or the few problem developers will police themselves, we list the apparent false updates below.

• Revit
• CTC Software
• CTC BIM Batch Suite 2019 (Only "2019" appended to name; typical for below)
• CTC BIM Batch Suite 2019 (Purchase)
• CTC BIM Manager Suite 2019
• CTC BIM Manager Suite 2019 (Purchase)
• CTC BIM Project Suite 2019
• CTC BIM Project Suite 2019 (Purchase)
• CTC SuperDoor Configurator 2019 (Purchase)
• CTC SuperDoor Configurator 2019 (Trial)
• PCL Construction
• PCL PartsLab ®
• Navisworks
• VDC Toolbox
• Navis To Acad
• Navis To Acad (Trial)