Summary
Autotag by Bimrock AI is a Revit-native add-in designed to automate MEP tagging and annotation workflows in Autodesk Revit. Its primary purpose is to replace repetitive, manual tag placement with reusable, rule-based tagging profiles that can be applied across views, sheets, levels, disciplines, and documentation sets. The add-in focuses on ducts, pipes, cable trays, conduits, electrical equipment, and other MEP-related elements, while also noting support for some general architectural elements.
Purpose and Core Value
The add-in addresses one of the most time-consuming production tasks in Revit MEP documentation: placing, moving, aligning, and cleaning up tags by hand. In dense mechanical, electrical, and plumbing views, teams may need to tag hundreds or thousands of elements, then adjust leaders and elbows to avoid overlapping annotation. Autotag is intended to reduce that manual effort, improve consistency, and help teams produce cleaner documentation with fewer redlines.
Workflow
Autotag uses a profile-based workflow. Users create a tagging profile by selecting the Revit categories to tag, choosing the appropriate tag families, defining filtering criteria, and setting placement and orientation rules. These profiles function like annotation-focused standards that can be reused across views, sheets, or projects. Once a profile is applied, Autotag places tags automatically, attempts to avoid overlaps, and gives users post-placement tools for bulk editing, leader organization, and elbow alignment.
Key Features
- Profile-based tagging automation: Teams can define tagging rules once and apply them repeatedly, helping maintain consistent annotation standards across designers, views, and projects.
- Automatic overlap avoidance: Tags are positioned to reduce conflicts with other tags and model elements, limiting the amount of manual cleanup required after placement.
- Multiple placement strategies: Sources describe placement options such as inside elements, adjacent to elements, around crop regions, or outside crop regions, with fallback behavior when the preferred option is not practical.
- Filtering controls: Users can filter which elements receive tags based on criteria such as element type, system type, direction, or minimum length.
- Batch processing: Multiple views or sheets can be queued and tagged in a batch operation, making the add-in useful for large construction document sets.
- Post-placement editing: Users can bulk-edit tags, organize leader lines, and align leader elbows instead of correcting each tag individually.
- Custom family and parameter support: Autotag works with existing Revit tag families, shared parameters, native families, and custom families, reducing the need to rebuild office content.
- Linked model and cloud model support: The add-in is described as supporting linked Revit models, workshared projects, BIM 360, and Autodesk Construction Cloud environments.
- No scripting required: Configuration is handled through rule-based profiles rather than Dynamo scripts or custom code.



















