Room 2 Model (also written Room2Model) is a Revit add-in from PROISAC-BIM-VDC that creates finishes directly from the Rooms already in a project. Instead of drawing each floor finish, wall finish, or ceiling by hand, you select Rooms in a floor plan view and the add-in builds the finish elements from the room shapes and room data. The Autodesk App Store listing describes it as a way to create finishes "in seconds, as easy as selecting and clicking." An optional setting uses the doors in each room to extend the floor finishes so they line up with the doors, which gives a cleaner result.
Note on sources: This summary is based on the Autodesk App Store listing, PROISAC's own store page, PROISAC's publisher profiles, and a third-party directory page. I found no independent reviews or hands-on tests. The Autodesk listing shows one 5-star rating, and the directory page reads like a generated write-up of the listing, so I treated it as a copy of the vendor's description, not as a review. The listings give only brief descriptions, so detail on settings and behavior is limited.
Key Facts
- Developer: PROISAC-BIM-VDC (Prometheus Ingenieros SAC), a BIM and VDC company that develops add-ins for Revit, Navisworks, and AutoCAD. It says it was the first Latin American company to publish BIM apps on the Autodesk App Store.
- What it creates: Floor finishes, wall finishes, and ceilings from room shapes or room data. PROISAC's store page also mentions skirting (base) pieces.
- How you use it: From a floor plan view, select Rooms as references, and the finishes are generated with the same shapes as the rooms.
- Door option: Floor finishes can be extended to line up with the room's doors.
- Licensing: Time-limited subscription licenses, not a perpetual license. See Pricing and Licensing.
What It Does
Rooms in Revit carry area, boundaries, and data such as names and numbers, but they aren't physical elements. Finishes such as floor coverings and ceilings usually have to be modeled separately, one space at a time. Room 2 Model closes that gap with three outputs:
- Floor finishes: Created in a floor plan view from selected Rooms, with the same outline as each room. The door option extends them to the door alignment.
- Wall finishes: Created from the room shape or room data.
- Ceilings: Created from the room shape or room data.
Because the finishes are built from room data, the add-in's usefulness depends on the quality of the Rooms. Revit places rooms inside bounded spaces, so unbounded, overlapping, or incorrectly sized rooms will affect the result. Rooms that follow your standards should give the best output.
Pricing and Licensing
- Cheapest route: The 12-month license on PROISAC's store ($70 a year) costs far less than paying $15 a month through the Autodesk App Store ($180 a year). A 3-month license is $30, versus $45 for three months at the monthly rate. The store prices were a snapshot when I looked, so confirm them before buying.
- No perpetual option found: All the options I saw are time-limited. Plan for renewals if the add-in becomes part of your standard workflow.
- Warranty: PROISAC says all its add-ins come with technical support. If there's an installation or operating problem, it has up to 72 business hours from the date of purchase to diagnose and fix it, and refund requests aren't accepted in that period. If the add-in still can't be made fully operational for reasons attributed to the product after that, the customer can ask for a refund to be evaluated.
- Trial: I found no mention of a free trial on the pages I checked.
Fit for a BIM Coordinator
- Where it helps: Interior fit-out, residential, and other projects where finishes are modeled for quantities, schedules, rendering, or coordination. It saves the repetitive step of outlining each room's finishes by hand.
- Standards: Check which floor, wall, and ceiling types the add-in uses, and whether it lets you pick your own types and levels. This matters if your office standards control finish naming, parameters, and worksets.
- Keeping finishes in sync: Finishes created from rooms are separate elements. Find out how they behave when a room boundary changes, and whether you can regenerate or update them. The listings don't say.
- Where to be careful: Test on a small, clean part of a project first. Check how finishes meet at doors, in irregular rooms, and in rooms that span levels.
- Related PROISAC tools: PROISAC also sells Room Intersector (it copies Room data into the parameters of the elements inside, in line with ISO 19650) and many other Revit and Navisworks add-ins. The Revit add-in list on its store shows about 38 products.
Open Questions
- How are skirting and wall finishes modeled?
- Can you choose the floor, wall, and ceiling types, thicknesses, heights, and levels, or are there fixed defaults?
- Do finishes update when rooms change, or do they have to be recreated?
- Does the door option handle double doors, openings without doors, and doors in linked models?
- Can it work from rooms in linked models, or only the host model?
- Can it process many rooms at once across a level or a whole project?
- Does it write room data, such as room names or numbers, into the finish elements' parameters?
- Is there a free trial, and why do the Autodesk and PROISAC stores price it differently?
- Is there a user guide beyond the YouTube demonstration?
Bottom Line
Room 2 Model is a focused productivity add-in that turns Revit Rooms into floor finishes, wall finishes, and ceilings with a few clicks, with an optional door-alignment setting for cleaner floors. It comes from an established Latin American BIM developer. The public information is brief, with no reviews, or detailed documentation, so test it on a small part of a real project before adopting it. Check the finish types it creates, how it handles updates when rooms change, and whether the output meets your office standards.
Sources
- Autodesk App Store: Room 2 Model
- PROISAC store: Room 2 Model (Spanish)
- rvtplugins.com: Room 2 Model directory page
- Autodesk App Store: PROISAC-BIM-VDC publisher profile
- PROISAC: Aplicativos (apps page)
- PROISAC store: Revit add-ins list
- Autodesk App Store: Room Intersector
- PROISAC-BIM-VDC on YouTube
- Autodesk Help: Create a Room
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