Free Data Exchange for Dynamo (Early Access)

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

The Autodesk® Dynamo® Connector allows you to create, share, and bring in exchanged data to and from other Autodesk and non-Autodesk applications, such as Autodesk® Revit®, Autodesk® Civil 3D®, Autodesk® Inventor®, Rhino, Grasshopper, Tekla Structures, and Power Automate.

For more information on how to get started and work with Data Exchanges, such as creating, updating, and loading the latest Data Exchanges, Please visit the Documentation section under resources on Autodesk Feedback Community Portal. 

Authentication: 

This app uses 3-legged Authentication for accessing ACC Accounts and projects for creating and loading exchanges.  

PushIt!

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

PushIt! will allow you to move elements to closer obstacles in a 3D View.

It will stop any visible element in the selected 3d view.

You can use the bounding box as the limit and also apply offset from the detected collision point.

Movements are restricted to horizontal and vertical main directions.

4D BIM – Simulate the Work Schedules of Projects Within Revit

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Simulate the work schedule of your project (4D) in Autodesk® Revit®. Now you can create a S-Curve graphic of your project. 

Also you will be able to save drafting views with you Gantt graphic.

Export your 4D programming from Autodesk® Navisworks® or create it in Revit from scratch

Option 1:

In any Navisworks project, define your Planning 4D. Now you can export the 4D schedule of your project from Navisworks to Revit and view the execution of your project in your source BIM model:

Step 1: Export the information from Navisworks.

Step 2: From Revit load the information to your project.

Step 3: Simulate the schedule of your project and visualize the items in the form of a table and Gantt chart (4D)

Our Newest Advertiser – CTC Software!

CTC Software has become Revit Add-ons latest advertiser, and the first to take advantage of our donation in lieu of pay offer. The offer is simple: instead of paying Revit Add-ons for advertising, donate the same amount to the charity of your choice. CTC donated to Meals on Wheels, and I must say, it made us feel good–as I'm sure it must have made them.

Our latest offer includes a 50% discount, so, if you've ever wanted to advertise on Revit Add-ons, there's never been a better time!

This is a return for CTC, as they advertised with us in the past, and we're happy to have them back! We've posted extensively about their products here on Revit Add-ons, their powerful suites, most of which include free tools. We just realized though that we've never done a product roundup of their offerings. We'll correct that oversight soon, maybe over the coming weekend. With their array of tools, it'll take awhile. Anyway, look for that in the coming days.

Welcome CTC Software, and thank you!

Want to know more about advertising on Revit Add-ons? Hit up this page. And remember, we're offering 50% off the published rates!

NCeption Viewer – For Use With NCeption Exporter

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

For use with NCEPTION EXPORTER (Sold Separately), Nception provides a fast, easy-to-use solution to take your projects to VR with a click of a button. 

Working with the light and materials settings in Autodesk® Revit® Nception lets you visualize and explore your designs in first-person, interactive 3D.

Perfect for testing various design scenarios before committing them to plan. Nception works on projects of all sizes and disciplines.

In Nception viewer access all the information about an object just by selecting it while you walk through your model.

Nception helps you quickly move from Revit to real-time with absolutely no additional effort. 

Understand your projects as never before and get things right from the start with Nception.

Viewer is now available for all Windows-based PCs.

Nception Exporter – Take Projects to Interactive, First-Person 3D Models That Include All the Project Data

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Note: Prerequisite Nception Viewer  app to be installed (Free app, download separately)

Nception provides a fast, easy-to-use solution to take your projects from Autodesk® Revit® to an interactive, first-person 3D model that includes all of the project data. 

Working with the light and materials settings in Autodesk® Revit®, Nception lets you visualize and explore your designs in first person, interactive 3D. Perfect for testing various design scenarios before committing them to plan.

Nception works on projects of all sizes and disciplines. In the Nception viewer access all the information about an object just by selecting it while you walk through your model.

Nception helps you quickly move from Revit to real-time with absolutely no additional effort.

Understand your projects as never before and get things right from the start with Nception. The Viewer is now available for all Windows-based  PCs (here).

Prerequisite: The Nception Viewer app must be installed to explore your .vim files

Full User Guide now available!

TabManager – Colorize and Wrap Project Model Tabs Into Multiple Rows

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

TabManager: Open up new horizons in tab management!

In a world of rapidly changing technology and the need for prompt access to information, our latest TabManager add-on offers incredible possibilities for efficient work in Autodesk.

Color Highlighting: Distinguish project tabs from family tabs with intuitive color solutions. Active tabs stand out especially, so you can always quickly switch to the required document.

KLH Tools – General, Electrical, Mechanical and Model Management Tools

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Visit our YouTube channel for tool demos and instructional videos: KLH Engineers - YouTube

Request a personalized demo! Contact SoftwareSubscriptions@klhengrs.com.

General Bundle

Boost your Autodesk® Revit® toolbox with innovative tools designed to reduce design times by eliminating inefficient tasks while enhancing quality and increasing profitability. Quickly edit parameters in bulk, duplicate and flip families, match the location of tags and parameters, unhide elements, and more with the General Bundle.

Bulk Parameter Editor

Id:door&window – Create Fully Configurable Parametric Doors and Windows

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

This add-in allows you, through a graphical interface, to create fully configurable parametric doors and windows from more than ten preset types, add them to your project and modify them easily and quickly.

More information

Main features:

• Simple, fast and intuitive graphical interface
• 10+ Door Types.
• 10+ Window Types.
• Imperial and metric units.
• Set frame parameters.
• Set sash and grid parameters.
• Set sill and board parameters.
• Set interior and exterior trim parameters.
• Create custom windows by combining different types of sash into up to six individual panels.
• Create custom doors by combining different types of panels.
• Define the type parameters from the graphical interface.
• Assign materials to each of the parts.
• The name of the doors or windows can be defined automatically or customarily.
• Windows created with id:window can be modified and edited with the same graphical interface.
• Doors created with id:door can be modified and edited with the same graphical interface.
• All families of doors or windows have shared parameters that allow them to be included in schedules.
• The opening line can be shown or hidden.
• Change the family to another from the graphical interface.
• Three levels of detail: coarse, medium, and fine.
• Set the horizontal cut plane of the custom window that will be shown in the floor plan.

Columns Automatically Created By Cad

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Typically, we need each column to be created in Autodesk® Revit® by clicking them one by one.

This app【 Columns Automatically Created By Cad tool 】converts the DWG File to automatically to Create Columns in Revit.

1. Import .dwg in Revit.
2. Choose column type
3. Select column layer
4. Automatically Created column

Auto Finishes – Automatic Creation of Floors, Walls, and Ceilings

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Features

• Automatic creation of floors, walls, and ceilings at the same time.
• Use formatted Metric and Imperial units and formulas everywhere in Autodesk® Revit®.
• Select ranges of rooms with advanced filters.
• Give warning of types of walls that are too wide.
• Joined finished geometry with the main walls.
• Creates wall finishes around columns and wall edges.

The main features are the creation of separate floors, walls, and ceilings automatically for selected rooms in a project. You can add the finish to all rooms in one go if you wish. Curtain walls and room separators are ignored but the column and wall edges are "coated" with the selected wall type. Additionally, this plugin can be used for the creation of a skirting board around the edges of a room.

Free Dynamo Multiplayer 2.0 Released – New! Desktop Shortcuts That Batch Open and Process Revit Files With Dynamo

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Dynamo Multiplayer is a Free Autodesk® Revit® Add-In by Bird Tools. It is the ultimate universal Autodesk Revit batch processing tool, allowing the user to batch process several Revit models or families using one or multiple Dynamo scripts.

The range of functionalities offered by Dynamo Multiplayer is infinite, as the user can use it to batch export PDF, NWC, DWG, and IFC…files from Revit, to batch edit multiple Revit models, to achieve batch project setup, to batch perform quality assessment operations, to batch load families, to batch upgrade models, to batch edit families… and all of that using Dynamo, which provides the user with the highest level of flexibility. That makes Dynamo Multiplayer a universal batch processor for Revit.

Not only that, Dynamo Multiplayer takes Revit add-ins to a new unprecedented level, as it’s probably the first free non-Autodesk Revit add-in ever to support Autodesk® BIM 360®/ACC models through Autodesk Platform Services (APS, formerly Forge): the tool can batch process BIM Collaborate Pro (a.k.a BIM 360 Design) workshared models as well by retrieving them through APS, batch controlling them through the Revit API, and processing them using Dynamo.

Moreover, starting with v1.1, users can schedule automated Dynamo runs, so that multiple models can be automatically processed at a user-specified time, which can also be regular daily or weekly scheduled Dynamo runs, and starting with v2.0, those runs can also be sent to the user's Desktop as Desktop shortcuts.

Free AXIS Plugin – 3D Camera Visualizations for Professionals

From the Axis Communications website:

Planning makes perfect

The AXIS Plugin for Autodesk® Revit® allows users to plan entire surveillance systems directly in Autodesk® Revit® building plans by giving users the ability to add cameras or other products quickly and easily to the plan. The plugin is fully integrated into Autodesk® Revit® projects with quick access to a wide variety of Axis products as realistic 3D models. The models provide complete 3D visualizations of CAD design, giving a simple, intuitive way to configure and verify coverage areas.

NonicaTab PRO Gets New Automatic Hangars Button

From LinkedIn:

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NonicaTab PRO is brought to you by Nonica. It's priced at USD 9.00/month or USD 90.00/year. A free 30-day trial is available.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020. 

Download from the Autodesk App Store » 

Questions? Contact the developer »

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CTC Software Releases Nexus Suite – Includes Ally, a Guardian Competitor

CTC Software has released a new collection of tools named Nexus Suite. It contains Ally, a new apparent competitor to the well-established Guardian. It also contains PAL (Project Activity Logger), which is used to visualize how users work in Revit models. Lastly, it contains CMS (Content Management System), formerly known as Hive. I've no idea why they changed the name, Hive was so much better than a simple acronym. 

Nexus Suite is a seeming bargain, starting at USD 135.00/user/year. Volume discounts apply.

From the CTC Software website:

The Nexus Suite contains powerful tools comprising a system that enables organizations to take control of every aspect of their design processes and production.

Ally ensures that modeling practices and standards are encouraged and enforced in real-time production of Revit models. The flexible rulesets can be targeted to all users, specific projects and groups based on the objects they affect or the actions of the Revit operator.

PAL (Project Activity Logger) is used to monitor, log and visualize the way an organization’s users work in Revit model. The online dashboards offer standard visualizations and with the available APIs, those interested in deeper dives or more customized reports can implement integrated BI consoles to their specifications.