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Monday, July 29, 2019

Critical Mass – 5-Star Rated Add-ins on the Autodesk App Store for Summer 2019

For your convenience, below is our bi-annual list of the 5-star rated Revit-related add-ins on the Autodesk App Store (with at least four reviews). The list is sorted by number of reviews, highest to lowest. Add-ins are also separated between free and paid.

The add-in that gained the most reviews since our last listing was Color Splasher with 8 (for 21 total).

Eighteen add-ins made their debut on the list this go-round. The add-in debuting with the most reviews was BIM BOQ Quantifier with 9 reviews.

Remember, reviews are important. Please take a few minutes to share your experiences with apps on the App Store by submitting reviews!

Revit

Free

COINS Auto-Section Box
"Brings fluidity to the Autodesk® Revit® section box when modifying complex areas of a model. Saves seconds when communicating, costly minutes when modeling, and valuable hours throughout a project."
★ (102 reviews +3 )

Palladio X BIM WindowsLayout
Arrange windows by a scheme.
★ (63 reviews +2 )

Walk-Through-3D™ for Autodesk ® Revit®
Walk-Through-3D™ for Autodesk® Revit® 4.0 is a proof of concept add-in to connect Revit and Unity® gaming development platform.
★ (49 reviews +2 )

Align
"Quickly and easily align elements, tags, and texts for perfect models."
★ (47 reviews +7 )

RQuick Select
Select elements by family type and their properties.
★ (37 reviews +5 )

Color Splasher
Visualize and verify the information in a model with color.
★ (29 reviews +8 )

Room Finishing
Create finishing details for architectural rooms
★ (26 reviews +2 )

Sheet Duplicator
Creation of new sheets is completed in only 3 steps. 1. Select sheet template 2. Import Excel 3. Create sheets. It cannot be easier than this!
★ (26 review) Unchanged 

ElementRenumbering
"Re-assign the number properties, or other, of multiple elements in the order that the user selects by picking."
★ (25 reviews +5 )

Print Index
Save time by automatically generating saved print sets directly from items in a sheet index or sheet list schedule with the click of a button.
★ (17 reviews +1 )

Export to ETABS
Export Autodesk® Revit® Analytical Model into CSI's ETABS
★ (16 reviews +1 )

ViewSync
"Automatically synchronize your open 3D views for pan, zoom, and orbit. Great BIM coordination tool!"
★ (16 review) Unchanged 

Family Editor Interface
Family Editor Interface helps users create/change content faster in the Family Editor by adding an easy to use a layer of sliders that control the family parameters.
★ (15 reviews +2 )

3D Section Box
"3D Section Box - an application, which helps you to find elements in 3D models. Create section box around selected elements. Very useful when you have to work with 2D and 3D."
★ (14 review) Unchanged 

liNear Routing & Content Tools
This set of tools speeds up your work if you are creating pipe or duct systems. Family generators for piping manifolds and air handling units as well as powerful routing assistants are a must have.
★ (14 reviews +2 )

Master Purger
All-in-one tool to produce a clean Autodesk® Revit® output file.
★ (14 reviews +3 )

Export Schedule
Export an open schedule from Autodesk® Revit® direct to Microsoft Excel either in CSV or XLXS formats from an open schedule view.
★ (13 reviews +4 )

External Access Links Manager
Interrogate and Manage Links in Autodesk® Revit® projects without having to open them.
★ (13 review) Unchanged 

Flipper
A tool to flip the work plane of multiple selected items.
★ (13 reviews +1 )

Quick Commands Search
Execute Autodesk® Revit® commands by typing the command's name. Similar to Autodesk® AutoCAD® Command Line.
★ (13 reviews) New-ish 

StrucCope
Automatically copes many beams/columns at once.
★ (13 reviews +1 )

DPR Model Slicer
"Section your Autodesk® Revit® models automatically and repeatedly by using preconfigured settings, which allow multiple different 3D sectioned views to be created within a single interface."
★ (12 reviews) Unchanged 

Scope Box Synchronizer
Quickly imports and synchronizes Scope Boxes between different Autodesk® Revit® projects
★ (12 reviews +2 )

Isolate Warnings
Isolate and highlight elements in the model with warnings.
★ (11 reviews +1 )

Microdesk Accelerator
"The Microdesk Accelerator is a suite of tools designed to simplify modeling duct, pipe, conduit, cable tray and fabrication parts, provided free of charge by Microdesk."
★ (11 reviews +3 )

Xrev Freebies Suite
"Collection of useful commands that simplify tedious and repetitive tasks, saving valuable time throughout the life of a project."
★ (11 reviews) Unchanged 

Lights
Always up-to-date luminaire library from Winled.
★ (10 reviews +2 )

Scope Box Reorder
Quickly reorders all or selected scope boxes in the project so the list in properties is ordered.
★ (10 reviews +2 )

Sheet Copy
Duplicator sheets with different settings and a unique system for setting names
★ (10 reviews +2 )

Purge CAD
Purge CAD Plugin for Autodesk® Revit® enables users to purge all the Autodesk® AutoCAD® links/imports with just a simple click.
★ (9 reviews +1 )

A400 Export Schedules to Excel
Exporting Autodesk® Revit® schedules to Excel files.
★ (8 reviews) Unchanged 

AUGmentecture
"AUGmentecture is a service helping you to view 3D models on a mobile device. With the help of this plugin, you can upload your 3D models and floor plans directly from Revit® to your AUG account."
★ (8 reviews) Unchanged 

Show ID
"Show ID is a small but helpful tool for Autodesk® Revit® users to extract element IDs from Revit file and store in the element's project parameter, which is shown in the Properties Panel."
★ (8 reviews) Unchanged 

Align Views
To help with aligning views in the same location across sheets
★ (7 reviews) Unchanged 

DoNotPlot
DoNotPlot allows you to pick categories and subcategories that will not plot/print for each Autodesk® Revit® model. This information is stored in the Revit model for all users of the addin.
★ (7 reviews +1 )

Preview Image Generator (P.I.G.) Free Version!
"In one click, create a consistent & clear preview image for your open Autodesk® Revit® family! No other add-in will provide this much satisfaction with so little effort!"
★ (7 reviews +1 )

STL Exporter 2017
The STL Exporter is designed to produce a stereolithography file (STL) of your building model.
★ (7 reviews +1 )

Advance Steel 2017 Extension
"Advance Steel 2017 Extension enables BIM data exchange between Autodesk® Revit® 2017 and Advance Steel 2017, through a complete set of functionalities like import, export or synchronize."
★ (6 reviews +1 )

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.
★ (6 reviews) Unchanged 

Chameleon
Easily create colored view filters by simply selecting a category and a parameter to filter on.
★ (6 reviews) New! 

ENTiTi AR/VR Exporter - Revit
Turn your Autodesk® Revit® CAD designs into Augmented & Virtual Reality with just one click
★ (6 reviews) Unchanged 

HotGear Project - Wall Join Controller
Quickly change the wall join type for each Wall in an Autodesk® Revit® selection.
★ (6 reviews +1 )

NoteBuilder
"A note writing assistant, NoteBuilder gives Autodesk® Revit® live spell check, drafting standards check, change case of notes, it updates all identical notes in a drawing, and more note writing tools"
★ (6 reviews -1 )

PCL PartsLab ®
"If you manage construction models, this addin will revolutionize how you directly leverage design model geometry. Browse design models, clone & manage editable design geometry in just a few clicks."
★ (6 reviews) Unchanged 

Revision Extractor
This tool is designed to extract revision schedules from all sheets of an Autodesk® Revit® project and export it to an Excel spreadsheet.
★ (6 reviews) Unchanged 

ReviTea Select Tools 2018
"ReviTea Select Tools includes a set of tools that can help you browse, select and filter Autodesk® Revit® elements efficiently."
★ (6 reviews +2 )

Scope Box Purge
"Quickly purges unused Scope Boxes from your Autodesk® Revit® project, but can also be used to get an overview of views and elements are using which Scope Box."
★ (6 reviews +1 )

Structural Analysis Toolkit 2017
The toolkit is a suite of tools that supports the BIM process and allows structural engineers to analyze structures from within the Autodesk® Revit® environment.
★ (6 reviews) Unchanged 

View Creator
Create 50 views in 10 sec. Here you are!
★ (6 reviews +2 )

CG Finder 2018
An Add-In for Autodesk® Revit® 2018 to calculate the centroid of a solid element or group of solid elements.
★ (5 reviews) Unchanged 

ClarkDietrich Wall Type Creator™
"Cold-formed steel design tool that intelligently builds wall types with detailed properties, such as UL assemblies based on fire rating requirements, STC sound ratings and limiting height design."
★ (5 reviews) Unchanged 

CTB Link
"Need to import your CAD drawings (DXF, DWG) into Revit but also use a CTB to transform them before importing? This is the add-in that does just that. Supports colors, line thickness and much more!"
★ (5 reviews +1 )

CTC BIM Manager Suite 2020
"For people who manage Autodesk® Revit® content and projects, BIM Manager Suite contains tools to help standardize, protect, and quickly change Revit families and projects. For Revit 2017-2020."
★ (5 reviews) Unchanged 

CTC BIM Project Suite 2020
"Automate tedious tasks, use the power of Excel with Revit, manage content, compare a project at 2 points in time, validate families in rooms and much more. For Revit 2017 to Revit 2020."
★ (5 reviews +1 )

Ductulator
Properly re-size your duct and then modify its base on the new dimensions. You can also convert rectangular ducts into a round and vice versa.
★ (5 reviews) New! 

Placing Light
Insert hosted light family on the false ceiling or Reference Plane in the standard distribution.
★ (5 reviews) New! 

Quickshot Pro
Saves a screenshot of the main Autodesk® Revit® window.
★ (5 reviews) New-ish 

ReviTea Grid/Level 2018
"This tool helps easily trim/extend Grids and Levels, turn on/off multiple bubbles of Grids and Levels."
★ (5 reviews -4 )

Transfer Family Parameters
Copy family parameters from one family to another in an Autodesk® Revit® Project.
★ (5 reviews) Unchanged 

2D Placer
Autodesk® Revit® addin for placing Detail Items and Annotation Symbols with a modified interface to enhance productivity.
★ (4 reviews) Unchanged 

EnrColumn
Converts existing concrete columns which are present in Floor plan to reinforcement.
★ (4 reviews) Unchanged 

Family Size Reporter
Reports the sizes of loadable families within the Autodesk® Revit® Project in Kilo Bytes.
★ (4 reviews) Unchanged 

Instance Parameter Bulk Edit
Bulk Edit Instance Parameter.
★ (4 reviews) New! 

OkCommand
This application helps you with your day to day work in Autodesk® Revit®. Simple and representative user interface will help you find all Revit commands.
★ (4 reviews) Unchanged 

Open Project Folder
This application helps you open the location of active project file.
★ (4 reviews) New! 

Rename Elements
Tools for automated renaming of Autodesk® Revit® elements.
★ (4 reviews) Unchanged 

SOFiSTiK BiMTOOLS 2017
SOFiSTiK BiMTOOLS are a set of free tools for Autodesk® Revit® Structure which enhances the productivity for elaborations of views up to 50%.
★ (4 reviews) Unchanged 


Paid

Enscape™
Enscape™ – Real-Time 3D Walk-throughs with Live Integration in Autodesk® Revit® | Trial
★ (45 reviews +7 )

Bulk File Upgrader
"File Upgrader will batch upgrade previous versions of Autodesk® Revit® files to the latest Revit format. The tool can upgrade families, template files, and project files." | USD 99.00
★ (21 reviews) Unchanged 

FilterMore
Advanced filter with expand capabilities and selection keeper | USD 1.99
★ (19 reviews +1 )

XYZ Coordinates
"XYZ Coordinate App to extract and schedule the X, Y, Z and Easting and Northing Coordinates from the “Selected Revit Model elements category” | Trial
★ (15 reviews) Unchanged 

Styler
You are unique. Make your Autodesk® Revit® appearance look as unique as you. Give Revit your own personal style!! | USD 6.99/Y
★ (14 reviews) Unchanged 

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/Y
★ (13 reviews +1 )

Xrev Transmit
"Xrev Transmit is the ultimate print, export & transmittal tool for Autodesk® Revit® users. Publish drawing sheets and the model in numerous formats all at the same time, with the settings you need." | Trial
★ (13 reviews +1 )

Bonus Tools
"Bonus Tools contains 130 apps and can help any practice save time. Download, test and experience time saving tools that allow you to focus on the important tasks at hand." | Trial
★ (12 reviews +2 )

UNIFI
"UNIFI is the single source, cloud platform to control, manage, analyze and create digital building content among leading architectural, engineering and construction organizations." | Trial
★ (12 reviews) Unchanged 

Docuflow
"The most advanced publisher tool for construction professionals. Exports PDF, DWG, DWF, IFC and drawing lists in 1 job, with your office standards and intelligent detection of size and orientation." | Trial
★ (10 reviews +4 )

Duplicate Sheet
"This add-in will duplicate existing sheets to make new sheets with more powerful function: duplicate views with duplicate option, apply view template." | USD 35.00
★ (10 reviews) Unchanged 

Keynote Manager +
"Simple, intuitive keynote file editing directly within Autodesk® Revit®." | Trial
★ (10 reviews) Unchanged 

Scan Terrain
Creates an Autodesk® Revit® Toposurface from a laser-scanned point cloud with the option to isolate the ground terrain | USD 4.99
★ (10 reviews +2 )

BIM BOQ Quantifier
Generate Bill of Quantities (BOQ) based on Customizable Formulas | Trial
★ (9 reviews) New! 

LinkLess
"Open your Autodesk® Revit® file without loading any link to other RVT files, CAD files or DWF Markups." | USD 8.99/Y
★ (9 reviews +2 )

PF Printer PDF v4.0
Batch printer - print selected sheets to PDF in one click - supports standard paper sizes and also custom paper sizes - all automatically. Easy set output directory and output file name | Trial
★ (9 reviews +5 )

Preview Image Generator (P.I.G.) Batch!
"In one click, replace those ugly preview images with consistent & clear images for your entire library! No other add-in will provide this much satisfaction with so little effort!" | USD 139.00/Y
★ (9 reviews) Unchanged 

Project Sweeper
Project Sweeper is a collection of tools that allow a user to quickly and accurately remove clutter from Autodesk® Revit® projects | USD 2.00/Y
★ (9 reviews +1 )

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) Unchanged 

AutoExcel - The simplest Excel export / import
Auto Excel quickly exports any Autodesk® Revit® schedule to Microsoft® Excel® document. Import again the schedule with any changes to the table. The best batch product | Trial
★ (8 reviews) New! 

DWG Explorer 2017 & 2016
"DWG Explorer lets you instantly see, select, delete or show all CAD files in their host Autodesk® Revit® views. It can also list and open each of all Revit views & sheets where a CAD file is visible." | USD 7.95/M
★ (8 reviews) Unchanged 

Revision + Cloud Manager
"Smart manage revisions, clouds and sheets." | USD 15.00
★ (8 reviews +1 )

Topo Align 2018
Align topography to elements picked in the model | USD 3.00
★ (8 reviews +1 )

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
★ (7 reviews) New! 

BIM Helper Tools
"Batch print, Content management tools (parameters, subcategories, library analysis), selection manager, sheets handling tools. Library browser (web enabled), project upgrader, copy element types." | Trial
★ (7 reviews) Unchanged 

Design Master Electrical RT
"Adds one-line riser diagrams, feeder and branch circuit wire sizing, fault calculations, voltage drop calculations, and arc-flash calculations to Autodesk® Revit®." | Trial
★ (7 reviews +2 )

DWG Explorer 2018
"Instantly shows, selects, or deletes all linked or imported CAD files in Autodesk® Revit®. Lists and opens all views & sheets where a CAD file is visible. Scans all loaded families for nested CAD." | USD 7.95/M
★ (7 reviews) Unchanged 

Dynamic Quantities
Measure quantities of materials in real time of any category | USD 12.00/Y
★ (7 reviews) New! 

Pile Coordinates
"Pile Coordinate App to extract and schedule the X, Y, Z and Easting and Northing Coordinates from “Structural Column and Structural Foundation | Pile”." | Trial
★ (7 reviews) Unchanged 

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
★ (6 reviews) New! 

CADstudio Revit Tools 2016
"Set of productivity tools for Autodesk® Revit® Architecture and Autodesk® Revit® MEP - job-time tracker, door/wall legends, text replacements, renumbering, sheet formats, RFA library..." | Trial
★ (6 reviews) Unchanged 

Easy Warnings
"Manage all the warnings in the model easily, e.g. find, isolate, apply a section box, filter, and hide. Fast and easy to use." | USD 13.00/Y
★ (6 reviews) New! 

Ideate BIMLink Trial
Ideate BIMLink lets you pull data from an Autodesk® Revit® file into user-friendly Microsoft Excel and push Excel data into Revit with equal ease | Trial
★ (6 reviews) Unchanged 

Krisp Wall Join Manager
This tool makes the task of allowing (or disallowing) the joining of many walls at once into a simple one command task | USD 4.99
★ (6 reviews) Unchanged 

Topo From Lines
"Create a toposurface by selecting ""contour"" lines or a DWG import. Also allows updating the toposurface to add lines or if the lines are modified." | USD 9.00
★ (6 reviews) New! 

ViewIt
Take back time and eliminate the frustration of scrolling for views and sheets when navigating complex projects using Autodesk ® Revit ®. Streamline your modeling & documentation processes | USD 20.00/Y
★ (6 reviews +2 )

BIMWERX Batch File Upgrader
Upgrade multiple Autodesk® Revit® Projects (*.rvt) or Revit Families (*.rfa) in a folder to the most current version | USD 20.00
★ (5 reviews +1 )

Bird Tools' Tag Alignment Tool
"Aligns Autodesk® Revit® tags, room tags, space tags, area tags and text notes automatically" | USD 1.00/M
★ (5 reviews +1 )

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
★ (5 reviews) Unchanged 

CADstudio Revit Tools 2017
"Set of productivity tools for Autodesk® Revit® 2017 - job-time tracker, door/wall legends, text replacements, renumbering, sheet formats, RFA library..." | Trial
★ (5 reviews) Unchanged 

Family Names
"Family Names - a Revit productivity tool that helps you fast and efficient renaming capabilities for family and type names. With a simple yet intuitive design, you can rename families and family types" | USD 29.00
★ (5 reviews) Unchanged 

Megara Shared Parameters Binder
Batch Add Shared Parameters to your families’ library with auto backup cleaner & progress bar | USD 25.00
★ (5 reviews) Unchanged 

Place View
This tool is designed to quickly place multi Views on a Sheet | Trial
★ (5 reviews) New! 

R-Linker
Batch link any quantity of files to your project by origin or shared coordinates | USD 9.00/Y
★ (5 reviews) New! 

Topo Align 2017
Align topography to elements picked in the model | USD 3.00
★ (5 reviews +1 )

Topo Align 2019
Align topography to elements picked in the model | USD 3.00
★ (5 reviews +1 )

View Filter Manager
"Whenever you want to reuse / copy view filter overrides between views or view templates in Autodesk® Revit®, this application will do it in seconds, saving hours of tedious manual work." | USD 90.00
★ (5 reviews) Unchanged 

Auto Join
This Add-in helps you join/unjoin multi-elements simply and efficiently | Trial
★ (4 reviews) New! 

BindSharedParam
"Add multiple Shared Parameters to Projects, Templates and Families." | USD 10.00
★ (4 reviews) Unchanged 

COINS Parameter Report
"With the investigative power of the Parameter Report tool you can find, figure out, and fix – fast! Drastically reduce repetitive parameter edits and minimize time to investigate modeling issues." | USD 9.99
★ (4 reviews) Unchanged 

cove.tool
Exports building geometry to cove.tool projects | Trial
★ (4 reviews) Unchanged 

Diala Font Pack - Engineering Font
The perfect substitute for RomanS font for Autodesk® Revit® | USD 99.99
★ (4 reviews) New! 

Export to Unity
Export Autodesk® Revit® Models directly to Unity with materials and textures | USD 10.00
★ (4 reviews) New! 

M.L.T.E.
Multi Line Text Editor | USD 5.00
★ (4 reviews) Unchanged 

MEP Section
"Section Plugin for Autodesk® Revit® enables users to draw a section around simple MEP curved objects (like pipes, ducts, cable trays, and conduits) easily without any effort with just one click!" | USD 1.99/M
★ (4 reviews) Unchanged 

Rewrite
"Rename multiple Views, Sheets, Levels, Grids, Reference Planes, Family Types, Families, Family Parameter Values, Rooms, Areas and Materials. Duplicate Multiple Views, Sheets and Family Types." | USD 9.00
★ (4 reviews) Unchanged 

Smart Unhide Elements for Autodesk® Revit®
"Finally, a smart tool to unhide elements by selecting them on a list. You will never have to ""REVEAL HIDDEN ELEMENTS"" just to find a few elements hidden in a view or views." | USD 10.00/Y
★ (4 reviews) New! 

workFlow
Productivity suite for Autodesk® Revit® | Trial
★ (4 reviews) Unchanged 


Navisworks

Free

Properties+
A plugin that allows you to see just the properties you are interested in | Free
★ (16 reviews +3 )

BIMCAVE Auto Search Set
"Auto create Search Sets for the all/selected values of any property. You may create for Entire Project or only for Selected Elements. Useful for Clash Detection, Timeliner attach and Viewpoint create."
★ (13 reviews +1 )

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
★ (6 reviews) Unchanged 

Spools To Search Sets
Automatically creates and maintains Search Sets for unique property values. Also provides further organization of sets into Primary and Secondary folders based on a property value delimiter
★ (5 reviews +1 )


Paid

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 , just to find few elements in the model." | USD 10.00/Y
★ (11 reviews +1 )

Spot Elevations
Spot the elevation of any element inside Autodesk® Navisworks® in real time. Create SavedViewPoint with Elevation Marks in just one click | USD 12.00/Y
★ (11 reviews) Unchanged 

Smart Plant 3D Loader for Navisworks 2017
Use this plugin to enable Autodesk® Navisworks® Simulate and Autodesk® Navisworks® Manage to load and view Intergraph Smartplant 3D (.vue) files into your projects | Subscription App
★ (9 reviews +1 )

Group Clashes
Automatically sort and group clashes | USD 10.00
★ (8 reviews +2 )

Smart Plant 3D Loader for Navisworks 2018
Use this plugin to enable Autodesk® Navisworks® Simulate and Autodesk® Navisworks® Manage to load and view Intergraph Smartplant 3D (.vue) files into your projects | Subscription App
★ (7 reviews +1 )


Robot Structural Analysis

Free

Structural Analysis Toolkit 2017
The toolkit is a suite of tools that supports the BIM process and allows structural engineers to analyze structures from within the Autodesk® Revit® environment
★ (6 reviews) Unchanged 

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