IMAGINiT Clarity Product Family Released for Revit 2017

From the IMAGINiT website...

Automate the Work, Share the Project.

Save hundreds of hours with task automation.

IMAGINiT Clarity...

1. Automates manual tasks
2. Creates room, equipment, furniture and other data sheets, automatically
3. Liberates valuable information from Revit models, making it available via tablet, smartphone, desktop or notebook
4. Includes administrative tools and project-level security

IMAGINiT Clarity is part of the larger IMAGINiT Clarity product family. IMAGINiT Clarity Connect, is for those who need to collaborate with external partners or those using Revit Server. And  IMAGINiT Clarity Owner Data Portal for owners and facilities managers who want to better understand and access model data in a simple format.

What's New in the 2017 Release

• Improved Task Server Management/Control/Visibility
• Remotely manage (and kill) tasks in progress
• Remotely request task server diagnostics and Revit journals
• Support for additional PDF drivers
• Support for multiple concurrent task server processes
• Support for a common Project Artifacts folder UNC Path.
• Improved Task Configuration UI
• Enhancements to Publish and DB Export tasks
• Tasks visible to regular user roles
• Support for task automation of Revit Server projects using the base version of Clarity.
• Overall User Interface Improvements
• More customizable to meet the needs of your organization
• Simplified UI for "view only" users
• Simplified UI for File Filter setup
• Simplified Reporting UI
• Datasheet Enhancements
• Instance-based Datasheets
• Datasheet plugins
• Room Image Task: Tight cropping with offset option
• Equipment Markers in Room SVG
• Clarity/Revit Analytics
• Admin Dashboard for Revit model issues
• Monthly email for Clarity Usage/Results
• Support for Revit Releases
• Added support for Revit / Revit Server 2017
• Continuing Support for 2014, 2015, 2016

There's more information available on the IMAGINiT website.

BIMsmith – Manufacturers' Content for Revit System Families, Free for Designers

From the BIMsmith website...

DESIGNERS
WHO KNEW FINDING PRODUCT DATA WAS SO EASY?

As a designer, your life is complex enough. Why not make product data easier to gather and get it right the first time? The BIMsmith ecosystem is a network of building product manufacturers whose goal is to help make the product data gathering process more streamlined.

With the BIMsmith Forge interface, multiple manufacturers are brought together to form complete Revit assemblies, cut sheets, and specs. BIMsmith allows you to select and configure what you need quickly, without having to jump through the hurdles of merging multiple products or endless data entry. We have consolidated multiple steps for you because, yes, we love you.
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Press Release – Collaboration Between Saval and Xinaps Empowers Fire Safety Analysis in Revit

Delft, The Netherlands – 22nd of June 2016 – Today Saval and Xinaps join forces to mobilize the collective knowledge in the field of fire safety protection for modelers. They are the first in the world to publically provide a fire safety app for Autodesk Revit®. With Saval Brandveiligheid Assistent™ modelers will be able to analyze and visualize data within Revit® in the preliminary design phase of the building.

Koen van Dijk, Marketing Coordinator at Saval B.V. regarding the inspiration for Saval Brandveiligheid Assistent™: “As a company that develops and delivers innovative solutions in the field of fire safety, we strive to keep up with the current developments. To provide the correct
interpretation of fire safety in the early design phase of a building, ensures that the model of our
building partners is as complete as possible on all levels including the coverage of fire protection
products. "

The partnership between Xinaps and Saval unites the best of software engineering and fire safety by tapping into Saval's expertise of fire safety and Xinaps' unique algorithms in Saval Brandveiligheid Assistent ™. This app analyzes and visualizes data from Revit® in a digital 3D BIM model. Autodesk Revit® software uses a 3D BIM model to facilitate cooperation between various disciplines throughout the lifecycle of the building, from the design of a building to demolition, in the architecture, engineering and construction sector.

Concerning the collaboration and development of Saval Brandveiligheid Assistent™ Frank Schuyer, CEO of Xinaps B.V. shares: “A collaboration with Saval was a logical choice for us because we could utilize the accumulated knowledge of one of the leading manufacturers in the Dutch market, which would definitely lead to the most innovative solution.”

Saval Brandveiligheid Assistent ™ will ensure that Saval customers have the right tools to analyze the required fire extinguishers in the building from the early design stage based on data from their Revit® model. This increases the level of knowledge of the BIM model and places the control of the design process in the hands of Revit® modelers.

Roundup – For the Weeks of June 12 & 19, 2016, New and Updated Revit Add-ins on the Autodesk App Store

This giant-sized roundup covers 2 weeks, and what busy weeks they were, seeing the release of 11 new Revit add-ins on the Autodesk App Store, as well as the updating of a host of others, including the following add-ins being updated to Revit 2017.

• BIMiTs DataLink
• Convert Wire Size (AWG to MM)
• Greenlee BendWorks
• HatchKit
• HTSS Cut Through Basic
• NoteBuilder
• NuPDoorWin
• OBJ Exporter for Revit
• PurgeSharedParam
• ScopeBoxPurge
• Scope Box Reorder
• Scope Box Synchronizer
• Sweets
• Tally

NEW

Rename Param
This App renames bound shared parameters while retaining the parameter values, formula and GUID | USD 10.00
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 6/21/2016 – Initial release.

Flip Work Plane
A tool to flip the work plane of multiple selected items | Free
About This Version: Version 2016.0.1, 6/21/2016 – In this version, the tool will show the list of items that can be flipped. The user can finally decide whether to accept it or not. If the user clicks "NO", the changes will not be made.

Families Ribbon Lite
In a nutshell, the user can add all the library Families to the Autodesk® Revit® Ribbon | Free
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 6/20/2016 – Initial release

Families Ribbon Starter
In a nutshell, the user can add all the library Families to the Autodesk® Revit® Ribbon | USD 1.50/M
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 6/20/2016 – Initial release

Families Ribbon Corporate
In a nutshell, the user can add all the library Families to the Autodesk® Revit® Ribbon | USD 10.00/M
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 6/20/2016 – Initial release

Families Ribbon Standard
In a nutshell, the user can add all the library Families to the Autodesk® Revit® Ribbon | USD 3.50/M
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 6/20/2016 – Initial release

Parameters Text Case
The tool is designed to modify the text case for the parameter's text value in selection or in entire project | USD 3.00
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 6/20/2016 – Initial Release

BIMWERX Translator
Translate all model text in Autodesk® Revit® using Microsoft Translator | USD 10.00
About This Version: Version 1.2, 6/20/2016 – Fixed Arabic language translation server request problem

BIMWERX Capitalize
Capitalize all model text in an Autodesk® Revit® project | USD 5.00
About This Version: Version 1.0, 6/20/2016 – First Release

BIMWERX Batch File Upgrader
Upgrade multiple Autodesk® Revit® Projects (*.rvt) or Revit Families (*.rfa) in a folder to the 2017 version | USD 10.00
About This Version: Version 1.0, 6/20/2016 – First release

Greenlee BendWorks Version 2.0

From the Autodesk App Store...

About This Version
Version 2.0, 6/14/2016

• Easy to use
• Added more information tabs 
• Detects error at the bender 
• Information security 
• Retains information during  the split 
• Able to standardize data per project
• Accuracy 
• Able to color code error conduits 
• Coupling gap information
• Select the conduit mark tolerance
• Flexibility 
• Able to change the conduit type after the split 
• Able to line up coupling in parallel run by using ‘Align conduit’
• Updated Logic 
• Took care of bugs
• Added minimum conduit length information
• More durable software
• Affordable 
• Change to the subscription payment base 

Description

30-Day Full Trial: Downloading this application will grant full access to all features and functionality for 30 days. Upon expiration of the trial, licenses may be purchased from the Greenlee storefront http://www.greenlee.com/products/BendWorks.html.  The subscription is available for monthly and annually auto renewal as well as single and a five (5) licenses group pack for better pricing.

The sample Greenlee conduit rvt files are provided within the installer and can be found under following path: %Documents%\Greenlee\Bendworks

Rename Param

From the Autodesk App Store...

A simple and effective tool that will enhance your productivity particularly when working on office templates and creating families.

This App enables you to rename bound shared parameters while retaining the parameter values, formula and GUID.

Individual bound shared parameter names can be completely changed or multiple parameters can have a Suffix and/ or Prefix added to the name. As well as retaining the parameter values and formula, the parameters also retain their GUID.

Within families, the family parameter formula are also amended to reflect any dependent changes made to the Shared Parameter name.

Works with Families, Projects and Templates.

Bound Shared Parameter name filter.

Active Document Bound Shared Parameters & Shared Parameters File.

Batch Rotate Family Add-in

From the Autodesk App Store...

In Autodesk® Revit® you can't rotate more than one family at once.
This tool will enable you to rotate more than one family at once.



About This Version
Version 1.0.0, 6/10/2016
Initial Release

The Batch Rotate Family add-in is brought to you by BIM SOFT. It's priced at 2.50 USD.

There's more information available on the Autodesk App Store.

Free Pelco Camera Plugin for BIM

From the Autodesk App Store...

Pelco Camera Plugin for Autodesk® Revit® App allows you to quickly and efficiently select the Pelco by Schneider Electric camera you need and integrate into the Revit software. With the ability to filter based on common camera attributes, you are sure to find the camera that best meets your specific needs.

The application enables the user to select a camera, place on a Revit drawing and project its Field of View based on the maximum resolution of the selected camera. Cameras can be placed in both indoor and outdoor settings.

Have questions concerning the camera(s) you have selected? No need to fill out long forms, just simply email Pelco support directly through the application.

Pelco Add-in

Opening

Camera Selection

Parameters Text Case

From the Autodesk App Store...

The tool is designed to modify the text case for the parameter's text value in Autodesk® Revit®.

This function will enhance working with text in Revit and it will help the user to change the text case for the “Parameters text value” to be Upper case, Lower case, Sentence case and Title Case.

About This Version
Version 1.0.0, 6/20/2016
Initial Release

The Parameters Text Case add-in is brought to you by BIM SOFT. It's priced at 3.00 USD.

There's more information available on the Autodesk App Store.

BIMWERX Translator

From the Autodesk App Store...

This add-in requires you to sign in with a Microsoft account in order to make use of the free* Microsoft Translator API.

A step-by-step help dialog in this application will guide you to set this up if you are not yet familiar with this process.

BIMWERX Translator for Autodesk® Revit® will translate all model text (in all views) from the source language to the destination language, as selected by the user.

* Free plans for up to 2 000 000 characters per month, paid plans for larger.

About This Version
Version 1.2, 6/20/2016
Fixed Arabic language translation server request problem

The BIMWERX Translator add-in is priced at 10.00 USD.

There's more information available on the Autodesk App Store.

BIMWERX Capitalize

From the Autodesk App Store...

Capitalize all model text in an open Autodesk® Revit® project.

This application requires minimal input, and will scan the entire model, including all views and sheets, when converting text elements to the upper case equivalent.

This application will reduce the mundane task of enforcing drawing standards that requires upper case text annotations in a project.

About This Version
Version 1.0, 6/20/2016
First Release

The BIMWERX Capitalize add-in is priced at 5.00 USD.

There's more information available on the Autodesk App Store.

Free Flip Work Plane Add-in

From the Autodesk App Store...

While placing the host based elements from the Ceiling Plan or Floor plan, sometimes our components are not in the same direction as we expect.

We end up in a situation, where we manually flip the workplanes of all elements.

This version tool allows the user to select multiple elements and flip the work plane all together.

About This Version
Version 2016.0.1, 6/21/2016
In this version, the tool will show the list of items that can be flipped. The user can finally decide whether to accept it or not. If the user clicks "NO", the changes will not be made.

The free Flip Work Plane add-in is brought to you by Zha Software Developers.

There's more information available on the Autodesk App Store.

Families Ribbon Add-in

From the Autodesk App Store...

AVAILABLE EDITONS

• Families Ribbon Lite - only the first 15 buttons are enabled 
• Families Ribbon Starter - maximum 2 simultaneous users under one account
• Families Ribbon Standard - maximum 10 simultaneous users under one account
• Families Ribbon Corporate - unlimited number of simultaneous users under one account 

KEY FEATURES

• Add any Autodesk® Revit® Family file to the Revit Ribbon
• Share Ribbon Layout across the network to all users
• The option to place the Family into the current view after the button has been clicked
• The option to Duplicate and update the Family's Type Parameters
• Use any type of Family (i.e. Single Type Families, Multiple Type Families and Catalog)

HOW IT WORKS

Families Ribbon Revit plugin allows the user to easily create custom Revit Ribbon Buttons to insert the existing library Families into Revit Project Browser and place the Family Type into the current view. The user has the option to design his own layout to suit whatever Family library database he is using. This is a faster alternative to searching a Family Type in Revit Project Browser (which in the case of a more complex job or even in a blank template could be time consuming due to the large amount of items) and placing into the current view. The plugin will search whether the Family Type is currently loaded, and if the result is false the type of the specified Family is imported. Moreover, you have the option to perform advanced tasks such as duplicating the Family Type and specifying any Type Parameters before insertion or placement.

The designed Revit Ribbon layout can be shared over a network by placing it in a network folder. If all the users over a network are using the same library folder and one of them is adding, modifying or removing a button, all other users will have the updated Ribbon on the next Revit restart. If any modifications to the Ribbon Layout occur while in use, then all users will receive a one-time prompt to restart Revit for the new changes to take effect.

Library buttons can be assigned to a Ribbon Panel which can hold up to 18 grid items and 3 lists (each list can contain up to 20 items). The maximum allowed number of panels is 12.

About This Version
Version 1.0.0, 6/20/2016
Initial release

The Families Ribbon add-in is brought to you by .NETtools. Pricing is as follows:

• Families Ribbon Lite – Free
• Families Ribbon Starter – 1.50 USD/month
• Families Ribbon Standard – 3.50 USD/month
• Families Ribbon Corporate – 10.00 USD/month

BIMWERX Batch File Upgrader

From the Autodesk App Store...

Upgrade multiple Autodesk® Revit® Projects (*.rvt) or Revit Families (*.rfa) in a folder to the 2017 version.

The batch file upgrader will scan a user specified folder for project files and family files, upgrade them and save them in the same folder. All backup files are automatically removed afterwards in order not to clutter the folder that is being upgraded.

This application requires minimal input, and works great with multiple library file upgrades.

About This Version
Version 1.0, 6/20/2016
First release

The BIMWERX Batch File Upgrader is priced at 10.00 USD.

There's more information available on the Autodesk App Store.

Product Roundup – Juan Osborne's Free Add-ins on the Autodesk App Store (Updated)

From the Autodesk App Store...

Juan Osborne
Contact Us
Juan Osborne independent developer
Consulting Services
Custom Development

ElementRenumbering
Re-assign the number properties, or other, of multiple elements in the order that the user selects by picking | Free

FilterMore
Advanced filter with expand capabilities and selection keeper | Free

TransferSingle
Advanced way to transfer content and standards between one file and another (or multiple) | Free

WorksetCreator
Workset creator will let you handle workset names and create multiple worksets in just a few clicks. WorksetbyAverage will let you assign workset to multiple elements based in category, family or type | Free

There's more information available on the Autodesk App Store.

Editor's Note: It looks like Juan Osborne is a talented and interesting guy. Based on his website, Osborne is an artist as well as a fellow Revit geek. Based on the images above, I believe it (some add-in developers might be well advised to outsource the graphics end of things to Osborne). Here are some other examples of his BIM-related artwork. Nice!

Free Element Renumbering Add-in

From the Autodesk App Store...

ElementRenumbering will let you renumber different kind of elements, just picking one by one. This tool is a modification of ADN Room Renumbering but with expanded capabilities. Source code is in documentation folder.

About This Version
Version 1.0.0, 6/16/2016
First Public Version

The free ElementRenumbering add-in is brought to you by Juan Osborne.

There's more information available on the Autodesk App Store.

Related: Roundup – Juan Osborne's Free Add-ins on the Autodesk App Store