Ecco: Logistics Planning

Ecco is a Revit add-in that creates simplified logistics proxies from assemblies, families, and groups by converting their combined geometry into unified DirectShape elements. Each proxy is represented as a single solid, making it easier to support quantity takeoff, delivery sequencing, procurement tracking, and truck-loading workflows directly inside Revit without exposing the full complexity of the design model.

The workflow begins with Create Proxies. Users select assemblies, family instances, or groups, and Ecco recursively gathers all subcomponent solids from the selected elements. It then boolean-unions that geometry into one solid, aligns the resulting proxy according to the source element’s facing direction, and places it at a user-defined staging offset. Each proxy is linked back to its original source element using Revit ExtensibleStorage, creating a bidirectional relationship that helps keep the logistics model connected to the design model.

The Rotate Proxy tool supports visual staging and truck-fit review by allowing selected proxies to be rotated in 90-degree increments around the X, Y, or Z axis. Because the tool is modeless, users can keep it open while rotating multiple proxies without repeatedly restarting the command.

The Set to Truck workflow is designed for fast assignment of proxies to trucks or containers. When opened, it automatically isolates proxy elements in the active view so users can focus only on logistics objects. Proxies can then be assigned continuously to a truck or container ID without reopening the window for each assignment, and the view is restored when the workflow is closed.

The Create Schedule command generates a Revit schedule named Ecco — Logistics Schedule, listing proxy elements by truck or container assignment. This allows logistics and procurement teams to review delivery groupings directly in Revit instead of relying on manually maintained spreadsheets.

Famiglia: Composite Family Round-Trip

Famiglia is a Revit add-in designed to streamline composite family creation, separation, and placement workflows without scripting or manual Family Editor work. It provides three ribbon-based tools: Join Family, Separate Family, and Place Along Curve.

Key benefits include a complete round-trip composite family workflow, accurate preservation of position and orientation, automatic Generic Model template discovery, configurable curve-based placement, and diagnostic log files for troubleshooting.

Join Family combines multiple selected project instances into a new composite family file. It automatically creates the family document, loads each selected component, preserves their positions and rotations relative to the group centroid, saves the new family temporarily, and reloads it into the project at the correct location. This reduces a workflow that might normally take 30–60 minutes manually to roughly 30 seconds.

Separate Family reverses this process by breaking a composite family instance back into its original individual components. It restores each component to its exact world position while preserving horizontal rotation and elevation. Once all eligible components are placed successfully, the composite family is removed. Components that cannot be placed by coordinate, such as some face-based elements, are skipped and reported with warnings.

Place Along Curve lets users select a model curve, choose a family type, and specify spacing in millimeters. The tool then places family instances evenly along the full curve length.

HMK Tools: Productivity Add-ins & AI for Revit

From the HMK Tools website:

The tools that should always be there.

A deep suite of productivity add-ins for Autodesk Revit, plus Pilot AI — an assistant that lives inside Revit and drives Revit, AutoCAD, and Civil 3D from your favorite LLM. All the things your design software should already do, in one place. 

Pilot AI

Pilot Chat

An AI assistant that lives inside Revit.

Pilot Chat is a dockable chat panel right inside Revit. Ask questions about your model, run audits, and automate edits in plain language — without leaving the application. It understands your active document and can act on it directly.

Highlights

• Dockable pane that stays out of your way
• Analyze, automate, and audit your model conversationally
• Bring your own API key — you stay in control
• Works on any open Revit document

How Revit MCP works →

Ceiling Walls: Quickly Create Walls Between Two Ceilings

This plug-in quickly creates walls between two ceilings, making a normally time-consuming task much faster on large projects such as hotels. Users can generate the wall by setting a few options, and it can also create hidden linear lighting at the same time when needed. 

Free Custom Tile Hatch Pattern: Create Custom Tiled Patterns with Specified Gaps

This application creates custom tile hatch patterns with adjustable tile sizes and horizontal or vertical gaps. It helps contractors and designers accurately represent tile layouts on floors or walls by including the required spacing between tiles in the drawing.

PARS-BIM: Architectural Tools & MEP Tools Bundle

Over the past couple days, we posted about PARS-BIM: Architectural Tools and PARS-BIM: MEP Tools. Individual pricing is listed in those posts. The developer also offers a bundle of the two add-ins, priced at $40/month or $240/year. 

There's more information available on the Autodesk Design and Make Marketplace »

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PARS-BIM: MEP Tools

From the Autodesk Design and Make Marketplace:

Common Tools (Included in all versions)

• View & Template: Bulk duplicate views and easily import/export templates between projects.
• Sheet Automation: Batch-create sheets from Excel, auto-renumber, and manage sheet organization.
• Family Placement: Automatically place families onto CAD blocks, native, or linked ceilings.
• Selection & Filtering: Isolate elements via custom rules, group by level, and auto-generate V/G filters.
• Clash Coordination: Sync Navisworks reports or review internal clashes with direct 3D jump-to-clash navigation.
• Annotation & Data: Automate element marking, sync parameters, batch-tag, and clean up schematic line crosses.

MEP Tools (Exclusive)

• Routing & Automation: Model parallel pipes/conduits with spacing, convert 2D CAD lines to 3D pipes, and automate flexible transitions.
• Crossing Engine: Instantly bypass obstacles using 4 custom vertical routing methods (Single or Multi-elements).
• MEP Alignment & Connections: Match elevations/horizontal spacing, align systems in 3D, and connect branches at 45°/90° angles without leaving 3D views.
• MEP Assistant Utilities: Fix "Undefined" system type bugs, auto-add flanges/accessories to open ends, control pipe spacing, and access rapid Edit tools (Rotate/Extend/Elbow/Disconnect).

PARS-BIM: Architectural Tools

From the Autodesk Design and Make Marketplace:

Built on years of hands-on modelling experience, this plugin is designed to dramatically speed up your workflow while saving both time and costs. With powerful automation tools and smart features, it takes the repetitive, time-consuming tasks out of your hands—so you can focus on design.

Here’s what it can do for you:

Common Tools (Included in all versions)

• View & Template: Rapidly duplicate views and standardize templates across projects.
• Sheet Automation: Re-number, manage, and batch-create sheets from Excel.
• Family Placement: Precision-place families on CAD blocks or ceilings automatically.
• Selection & Filtering: Save selection rules, automate V/G filters, and group elements by level/type.
• Clash Coordination: Sync Navisworks clash reports or manage internal model collisions with instant navigation.
• Annotation & Data: Automate Marks, sync parameters, batch-tag elements, and clean up schematic line intersections.

Architecture Tools (Exclusive)

• Room & Interior: Auto-generate wall/floor finishes and visualize ceiling height legends.
• Auto-Modeling: Convert 2D CAD files to 3D BIM elements (walls/doors/windows) and auto-join structural components.
• Magic Dimensioning: One-click auto-dimensioning for Grids, Windows, and Wall openings.
• Level Automation: Instant creation of single or multi-level building structures based on custom rules. 

Qbitec: Frictionless Point Clouds in Revit

Qbitec enhances Revit workflows by enabling seamless point cloud streaming, visualization, and QA/QC validation for as-built data.

It supports large point clouds from many vendors and formats without requiring file splitting, detail reduction, or local copies.

Users can stream NavVis IVION point clouds and panoramas directly into Revit, including data from public URLs.

Its Quality Analysis tools compare point clouds against Revit geometry to check flatness, deviation, tolerances, clashes, and completeness.

Visualization features such as colored X-ray views, clipping regions, custom point cloud colors, and intensity blending make it easier to inspect model conditions.

Integrated panoramas can be displayed directly in the Revit 3D view and aligned with the model.

Geo-referencing and measurement tools help users align models to real-world coordinates and place reference points from point cloud data. 

Management of huge point clouds and panorama images

Kestrel Compliance Platform: Code Compliance Inside Revit

Kestrel integrates building code compliance checking directly into Revit, analyzing BIM models against applicable code requirements and highlighting potential issues early in design. It maps results to model elements, links each issue to cited code references, and includes Kestrel Chat, an AI assistant for exploring code questions. Built with licensed code content and ICC collaboration, Kestrel supports continuous compliance feedback, helping architects reduce rework and approach permitting with greater confidence while preserving professional judgment. 

Review compliance results directly within Revit.
Kestrel organizes identified issues by category

Understand why an issue was flagged. Kestrel provides
detailed explanations, relevant project context, code citation

We're Back... Again!

It's been awhile. Those familiar with Revit Add-ons might know that I suspended it when I joined Bentley Systems in 2020 (that proved to be an ill-advised career departure). My buddy Cord Ellison took over for a couple years, but that, unfortunately, ended. 

Back in 2024, I prematurely announced the return of the blog. That's because I had joined Woolpert as a BIM Coordinator (working on Mission Critical projects) and was free to post again. In fact, my hiring was in large part thanks to my past work here on Revit Add-ons! As such, this blog has continued to reward me. But, over those past two years, after an initial spurt, I've only posted sporadically (five times in 2025). What can I say? It's been hard man... But I refuse to let Revit Add-ons die.

As you may know, we offer ad space here on Revit Add-ons. But, for convoluted reasons I won't go into here, I've been unable to collect revenue from those ads for years. And, as I got older, that revenue had become a prime motivator. Without it, it was hard to find the impetus. Fortunately, that all changes next year (2027), so I figured I'd better get my butt back to work!

Time has marched on. Although mostly fallow, Revit Add-ons has continued to tick up in pageviews, now totaling nearly 8.5 million! Thanks to all of you—it means more than you know.

Free BIMify Add-in: Convert 2D DWG Data into 3D Revit Elements

BIMify is a productivity tool that converts linked 2D AutoCAD DWG data into native 3D Revit elements by reading CAD layer information and automatically generating geometry such as walls and columns. It helps architects, engineers, and BIM managers migrate legacy CAD work or coordinate with 2D consultants while reducing repetitive manual modeling. Users cited include WSP, AECOM, JLL, Arup, and Jacobs.

Conserve Box — A Free Annotation Productivity Suite

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

The following tools and scripts enhance Autodesk® Revit® user's ability to manage annotations, dimensions, and tagging efficiently within their projects:

Grid Annotation: Manage grid bubble visibility and create dimensions for orthogonal grids, ensuring clear and precise grid representations in your project views.

Pirros—the Detail Management Software—is Adding Family Support

Pirros is introducing its new Families module, integrating Revit detail and family workflows into one platform. This early release offers users the ability to:

• Reveal connections between details and families
• Streamline tools into a single solution
• Fast family search with smart filters and 3D previews
• Confident placement with version control and traceability
• Precise loading from ACC, local files, or Revit 

More details to follow as they become available...

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Pirros is brought to you by Pirros. Pricing was not available at press time, but it appears that family management will be available for an additional fee beyond the cost of detail management.

Questions? Contact the developer »

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