Error Fix for Autodesk Seek Plugin for Revit 2017

From the IMAGINiT Technologies Support blog:

You may bump into an error running Revit 2017 with the Autodesk Seek plugin installed.

Error message:

"Revit cannot run the external application "Autodesk Seek Plugin for Revit". Contact the provider for assistance. Information they provided to Revit about their identity: Autodesk, www.autodesk.com.

System.NullReferenceException 
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. 
at 
Autodesk.Seek.Plugin.For.Revit.ExternalApp.createRibbonButton..."

To resolve the problem:

Rename the folder RevitPlugin to 111.-RevitPlugin (or you can use a different name or even delete it):

C:\Users\<<UsersLoginName>>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Seek\RevitPlugin

Then go into Control Panel > Programs and Features and search for Seek, select it and click Repair.

It will automatically recreate the folder, replacing a corrupted .ini file.

There's more information available on the IMAGINiT Technologies blog.

Free Quick View 3D – Quickly Create Cropped 3D Views

From the Autodesk App Store:

Quick View 3D is a free plugin which makes 3D Crop view by drawing a rectangular boundary around the object, where user can specify z value. This is especially nice if you’re working on coordination. It will concatenate the user name along with timestamp which can be easily filter on later stage and save time. The application must be run in a Plan View.

About This Version

Version 1.0.0, 11/29/2016 – Initial release.

The Quick View 3D add-in is brought to you by elementBit. It's free.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2017 and 2016.

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

Detail Filter Pro – Advanced Element Selection

Editor's Note: This is an update of the previously free Detail Filter.

From the Autodesk App Store:

You may need additional capabilities for filtering in picking up desired elements in addition to Category as a filtering key.  “Detail Filter Pro” takes in “Search Filter” and “Common Search Filter” in addition to the previous version of “Detail Filter” which has received a favorite reputation at Autodesk App Store.  “Search Filter” and “Common Search Filter” help you to pick up desired elements with additional filtering keys of type of category and parameter value, like “Quick select” of Autodesk® AutoCAD®.

“Detail Filter” can be applied to filter elements out of selected elements by its parameter of Category, Family, Family Type and Parts Materials of elements.

“Search Filter” can be applied to filter elements out of all elements or visible elements in the current view, by Category and parameters.

“Common Search Filter” can be applied to filter elements by value of parameter in the same Category of selected element.

“Search Filter” and “Common Search Filter” are used with setting operator as filtering condition.

Each filter has a function of highlighting filtered elements, this enables you to confirm the filtering effect.

Webinar – Using FenestraPro Premium 3.0 to Optimise Façade Design and Performance

From the FenestraPro website:

FenestraPro will be running a series of webinars to educate viewers on optimising facade design and performance and to also showcase the new features of FenestraPro Premium for Revit Version 3.0 - choose from two dates in either US or EU/UK timezones:

Webinar 1: EU/UK Timezone
December 1st* | 12:30PM - 1:30PM GMT *Rescheduled Date

Webinar 2: USA Timezone
December 1st | 12:00PM - 1:00PM CST

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WEBINAR OVERVIEW:

FenestraPro Premium 3.0 for Revit

Using FenestraPro Premium to Optimise Façade Design and Performance

Content:

Discover how to enhance your workflow and design better performing buildings using FenestraPro Premium for Revit Version 3.0, with additional functionalities including supporting project environment modelling alongside conceptual design environment to iterate designs from concept to detail stages. Additional topics covered: Compliance checking tool, data snapshots and generative design options.

Time:     1 hour

CPD:      1 LU/HSW Credit TBC

Structure:

• Revit models and guidance around modelling to bring designs from conceptual massing through to detailed modelling.
• Navigation of FenestraPro through Project Manager, Building Manager, Performance Manager, and Façade Manager to optimise thermal, solar and daylighting performance.
• Using Compliance Checking to understand the implications of regulations and standards on the aesthetic design of the façade.
• Using Generative Design to configure façade based on performance characteristics.
• Generating snapshots and design options to carry out comparative analysis on different options.

Please fill in the contact form on our website and specify which webinar date suits best. We will follow up with an email with more information.

Compare Levels

From the Autodesk App Store:

This tool is designed to compare the linked file levels with the current project levels.

It will check the level name and elevation.

It will fix the level elevation to match the linked file levels elevation.



About This Version

Version 1.0.0, 11/28/2016 – Initial Release

The Compare Levels add-in is brought to you by BIM SOFT SOLUTIONS. It's priced at 2.99 USD.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2017.

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

Copy Electrical Circuits

From the Autodesk App Store:

This tool is designed to copy electrical circuits from floor to floor or in the same floor.
The app will save a lot of time for electrical engineers in case they need to copy the electrical circuits.

Dynamo for Revit Version 1.2.1 Released – Bug Fix Update

From the Dynamo website:

November 29, 2016
ZACH KRON

Have you noticed a little green cloud in the upper right corner of your Dynamo for Revit?  We’ve released an update to 1.2! This is simply a bug fix for a late breaking critical bug, where Dynamo Player takes all of 1 processor when launched. You can upgrade simply by clicking on the green cloud and following the instructions, or downloading the latest build from DynamoBIM.org

This build will be included in any subsequent Revit 2017 releases and will convey 2 additional fixes:

• Full Installation of Dynamo for Revit included in Revit 2017 will no longer remove Dynamo 1.x installations in previous versions of Revit.  Dynamo for Revit 1.2 will now also be installed for any installation of Revit 2015 or 2016 as well.
• Dynamo for Revit will be included in Revit 2017 network deployments

Thanks Everyone, and happy Dynamo-ing

Love,

The Dynamo Team

Dynamo for Revit is brought to you by the Dynamo Team. It's free!

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2017, 2016, and 2015.

There's more information available on the Dynamo website.

The Week that was in Revit Add-ons for the Week of November 21, 2016

We started the week off by announcing our then-upcoming Cyber Monday promotion of exceptional online deals. Several promotions went live yesterday (Monday in the Far East), and are still available:

• RTV Tools is offering 30% off their line of products 
• Revit Works is offering 20% off their line of products 
• Emmanuel Favreau is offering a buy-one-get-two-free deal

We're offering our own Cyber Monday week-long sale: 33% off advertising rates on Revit Add-ons, and it's available to new, returning, and continuing advertisers!

We hope to have more Cyber Monday deals for you today. If you're a vendor or developer and want to participate, contact us. There's no fee to participate, and all manner of promotions are welcome, such as deals on event registration, books, and consulting services.

A little while back, we noticed that the afore-mentioned RTV Tools had changed some of the branding of their products. We wanted to update our product roundup accordingly, and, in preparation for that task, were surprised  to discover that we hadn't posted individually about most of their products here on Revit Add-ons. This was surprising because we've been longtime fans of the New Zealand-based company; we've always liked their branding, and they've been and continue to be one of the staunchest supporters of our site and the Revit add-ons community at large. We were happy to belatedly get all the information about their products up on Revit Add-ons, as follows:

• RTV Xporter
• RTV Xporter PRO – an Editor's Choice Award winner!
• RTV Drawing Manager
• RTV Reporter
• RTV Shared Parameter Manager
• RTV Paint
• RTV Aconex Uploader – Free!

We also updated our product roundup of RTV Tools' offerings.

Ånond Viki of Simplify AS sent us a message letting us know about their Revit Productivity Kit. And what an add-in it seems to be...

Several new add-ins were released on the Autodesk App Store last week: the self-explanatory QuickSelect and Ungroup All Groups, as well as the free Autodesk Forge Model Metadata to Excel app for extracting file metadata from Autodesk Forge and writing it to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

We posted an update to our previous article on Emanuel Favreaus's free Slapshot, correcting the actual function of the add-in (to duplicate and renumber multiple family types).

AGACAD released a new version of their Cut Opening add-in that features new functionality, as did Juan Osborne with his free TransferSingle – an Editor's Choice Award winner!

Be sure to check out our weekly roundup of all the add-ins that were added to or updated on the Autodesk App Store last week. We mentioned some of them in this article, but not all.

What Trended

As far as what articles trended during the week, our roundup of Autodesk-authored Revit enhancements continued to have exceptional staying power – it's been in our Top Ten list for about 2-1/2 months now, and will probably top our What's Hot list for the second month in a row.

Kiwi Codes' latest update of their Bonus Tools trended near the top of the list for most of the week – it's an Editor's Choice Award winner!

The afore-mentioned Slapshot charted for most of the week, as did our belated posts related to Troy Gates' Revit Coaster, BIM Consotium 2015 update and a roundup of Troy's free Revit macros. Also, our roundup of ProtoTech Solutions' Revit Exporters.

Roundup – For the Week of November 21, 2016, New and Updated Revit Add-ins on the Autodesk App Store

The week of November 21, 2016 was a quiet one with regards to Revit add-ins on the Autodesk App Store. This was probably due to the Thanksgiving national holiday in the US.

Three new add-ins did make their debut, the self-explanatory Ungroup All Groups and QuickSelect, as well as the free Autodesk Forge Model Metadata to Excel for extracting model metadata from Autodesk Forge to Microsoft Excel.

A couple of add-ins were also updated, including the free TransferSingle, which received a relatively significant update.

NEW

Ungroup all Groups
This tool is designed to ungroup Autodesk® Revit® Groups | USD 3.50
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 11/24/2016 – Initial Release.
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 ratings)

QuickSelect
The quickest way to select elements in Autodesk® Revit® | Trial
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 11/23/2016 – Initial release
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 ratings)

Autodesk® Forge Model Metadata to Excel
This app will help you to extract the metadata of a Model to an Excel file using Autodesk® Forge. It creates a metadata Excel file from your uploaded design in A360 | Free
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 ratings)

UPDATED

liNear Routing & Content Tools
This set of tools speeds up your work if you are creating pipe or duct systems. Family generators for piping manifolds and air handling units as well as powerful routing assistants are a must have | Free

About This Version: Version 17.0.0, 11/24/2016 – Added latest support.
★★★★★ (7 ratings)

TransferSingle
Advanced way to transfer content and standards between one file and another (or multiple) | Free
About This Version: Version 1.1, 11/22/2016 – For release notes, see this post
★★★★★ (6 ratings)

V-Ray Swarm Video – Distributed Rendering with V-Ray for Revit

From YouTube:

This QuickStart video covers how to use V-Ray Swarm, a distributed rendering system that allows you to render on multiple machines at once using a simple web interface. Swarm provides dynamic control of several machines to render scenes out at a significantly faster rate than locally on a single computer. This video includes how to install Swarm onto machines without even needing Revit installed, how to access and control the Swarm options, and how to get a Swarm render running inside of Revit.



For an in-depth tutorial on the content discussed in this video, please see our V-Ray for Revit QuickStart – V-Ray Swarm page found on the V-Ray Documentation site

Related

V-Ray for Revit – Initial Commercial Release

Free TransferSingle Version 1.1 Released

From the Autodesk App Store:

Tired of all or nothing regular transfer standards? With Transfer Single you will be able to transfer just one item of most of the standards, event to multiple files at one time! Also you will be able to copy additional elements like views, printing setups, section boxes; worksets... even legends with contents!

About This Version

Version 1.1, 11/22/2016 –

• Added More Standards: Line Patterns, Fill Patterns, Dimension Type, Parameters, Rooms, Spaces...
• Ability to transfer Sheets (but without Views)
• Ability to transfer annotation elements in Views (in any Sheets, Floor Plans, etc...)
• Different behavior when selecting/clicking. Now you can use control, shift and marquee when selecting multiple standards.

TransferSingle Notes

Cyber Monday Week-Long Deal – Save 33% Off Advertising Rates on Revit Add-ons! (Updated)

Updated on November 29 with some additional details, such as sample deals.

Save 33% off Revit Add-ons ad rates! Deal good for new, returning and current customers!

Whether you've been thinking about advertising on Revit Add-ons for the first time, returning after a hiatus, or if you would like to extend your current plan, now's a great time to save!

We try to have plans for every budget. Here are some example deals for new customers:

• 12-month Saver Sidebar ad: 182.91 USD
• With small business discount: 137.18 USD
• 16:9 aspect ratio, 217px wide x 122px high
• 12-month Horizontal Sidebar ad: 261.30 USD
• With small business discount: 195.98 USD
• 4:3 aspect ratio, 217px wide x 163px high
• 12-month Vertical Sidebar ad: 522.60 USD
• With small business discount: 391.95 USD
• 3:4 aspect ratio, 217px wide x 289px high
• 12-month Top Banner ad: 1,567.80 USD
• With small business discount: 1,175.85 USD
• 1,167px wide x 177px high
• 12-month Top Banner and Vertical Sidebar ad bundle: 1,829.10 USD
• With small business discount: 1,371.83 USD
• 12-month Top Banner, Vertical Sidebar, and Bottom Banner ad bundle: 2,025.08 USD
• With small business discount: 1,518.81 USD

Deals are good through Friday, December 2, 2016! Many other options, combinations, and terms are available.

Contact us for details!

Cyber Monday Deal – Buy One Emanuel Favreau App and Get Two Free!

Purchase Emanuel Favreau's RebuildWalls on the Autodesk App Store and receive his Crowd and Rewrite for free!

Cyber Monday Deal – Save 20% on Revit Works' Line of Products!

One-day only: save 20% on Revit Works' line of products!

Revit Works commercial products are:

• Door Factory
• Casework and Interior Joinery
• Fixings
• Piping for Revit Architecture
• Flashings

To receive the 20% off discount, on the Revit Works website, use the coupon code REVITADDONS*28NOV

Cyber Monday Deal – Save 30% on RTV Tools' Line of Products!

Save 30% on RTV Tools' line of products until midnight, November 30, 2016 NZST!

RTV Tools commercial products are:

• RTV Xporter
• RTV Xporter Pro
• RTV Drawing Manager
• RTV Reporter
• RTV Shared Parameter Manager
• RTV Paint

To receive the 30% off discount, on the RTV Tools website, use the coupon code CyberMonday30

Product Roundup – RTV Tools (Updated)

Originally published on July 18, 2015. Updated on November 27, 2016 to add the RTV Aconex Uploader and to include current information and branding for the other apps.

From the RTV Tools website...

About RTV Tools

RTV Tools Limited (RTV Tools), an Authorized Autodesk® Developer, was founded in Wellington, New Zealand in 2007 by a group of passionate and expert Autodesk® Revit® users with over 60 years combined experience in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry specializing in Building Information Modelling (BIM) strategies and implementation.

RTV Xporter
RTV Xporter for Autodesk® Revit®, automates the process of exporting and printing drawing sheets and views in Autodesk® Revit®. Quickly browse, search and filter Revit® drawing sheets and views using the intuitive RTV Xporter user interface. Automate the process of creating PDFs, DWG, DWF, DWFx, DXF and IFC files. RTV Xporter’s built-in parametric file naming engine automatically saves the exported files to match any company’s or project team’s file naming conventions with ease. RTV Xporter also supports batch printing to two separate printers simultaneously giving your project teams more time to design and coordinate their BIM projects. With virtually no setup required, just install and automate!, RTV Xporter is ideal for Architects, Interiors Designers, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Visualization Artists using Autodesk® Revit® | From 9.99 USD

RTV Xporter PRO
Building on the success of the RTV Xporter for Autodesk® Revit®, we now have the pleasure of releasing the RTV Xporter PRO that now includes a revolutionary new Batch and Scheduling functions that brings the ability to create scheduled tasks in Autodesk® Revit® that are executed in a fully autonomous mode, including the starting up of the Autodesk® Revit® application, opening and closing Revit project files, and executing the pre-configured tasks, including Printing and Exporting of files from Autodesk® Revit®. With virtually no setup required, just install and automate!, RTV Xporter PRO is ideal for Architects, Interiors Designers, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Visualization Artists using Autodesk® Revit® | From 49.00 USD

Free RTV Aconex Uploader – Automate Bulk Uploading to the Aconex Platform

From the RTV Tools website:

Product Description

RTV Aconex Uploader is a standalone application that runs independently of any other BIM or Modelling software such as Autodesk® Revit®. Our Aconex Uploader automates the process of bulk uploading documents to the Aconex platform with a very simple 3 steps (1.Connect, 2.Publish, 3.Transmit). When it comes to generating your new electronic documents or revisions to existing electronic documents from Autodesk® Revit® our Aconex Uploader can works in harmony alongside our RTV Xporter Pro plug-in giving your project teams more time to design and coordinate their BIM projects. With virtually no setup required, just install and automate!, RTV Aconex Uploader is ideal for Architects, Interiors Designers, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Visualization Artists using Aconex.

RTV Aconex Uploader features include

• Bulk Upload to Aconex.
• Dynamic user interface to quickly check, edit and update required Aconex meta-data fields.
• Publish and Transmit documents to Aconex without logging into the Aconex platform.
• Minimal and fast learning curve with the intuitive and clean graphical user interface (GUI).
• No setup required, just install and automate your work processes today.

Minimum system requirements

• Windows 7, 32bit and 64bit (64bit recommended).

Software Licensing Terms and Conditions

• Click here for our Software Licensing Terms and Conditions.

RTV ACONEX UPLOADER

RTV ACONEX UPLOADER

Free!






About RTV Tools

RTV Tools Limited (RTV Tools), an Authorized Autodesk® Developer, was founded in Wellington, New Zealand in 2007 by a group of passionate and expert Autodesk® Revit® users with over 60 years combined experience in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry specializing in Building Information Modelling (BIM) strategies and implementation.

The mission: to automate BIM and enhance the productivity of all Autodesk® Revit® users worldwide.

RTV Paint – Colour your BIM

From the RTV Tools website:

Colour your BIM with Paint

Try it Free     Buy Now

Interactive Paint Colour Wheel
Search through 1000’s of manufactures paint colour swatches by colour hue and colour name, including Dulux, Benjamin Moore, Resene, Sherwin Williams and more.

Built-in colour matching algorithms
RTV Paint uses advanced colour matching algorithms to create complimentary colour schemes and paint materials within your Autodesk Revit projects.

Manage Autodesk Revit material naming syntax
RTV Paint automatically manages the material naming syntax of the paint materials as they are created in Autodesk Revit, including custom company or project code prefixes.

Import custom Autodesk Colorbook (.acb files)
Create Autodesk Revit paint materials from imported custom or other 3rd party Autodesk Colorbook files.

Automatically create Autodesk Revit Paint materials*
RTV Paint automatically creates single or multiple Autodesk Revit Paint materials from the supplied manufacturer colour swatches directly within your Revit project file.


* Due to a current limitation in the Autodesk Revit API, the Revit user must copy the shade colour (RGB values) to the render appearance colour settings manually to see the paint colours in a rendered 3d view.

RTV Shared Parameter Manager – Organise your BIM

From the RTV Tools website:

Organise your BIM with Shared Parameter Manager

Buy Now     Try it Free

Centralised Shared Parameter database
RTV Shared Parameter centrally stores and manages all your Autodesk Revit shared parameter requirements, including the management of multiple shared parameter files.

Manage your existing Shared Parameters without data loss
Edit, publish Shared Parameter input values and data without data loss, including replace, substitute, edit and purge.

Update multiple Autodesk Revit family and project files
Automatically manage new and existing Shared Parameters in multiple Autodesk Revit family and project files, batch process selected files or all files in an entire directory.


Product Information

DESCRIPTION

RTV Shared Parameter Manager for Autodesk® Revit®, automates the process of creating and editing Shared Parameters in Autodesk® Revit®. RTV Shared Parameter Manager is ideal for Architects, Interiors Designers, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Visualization Artists using Shared Parameters in Autodesk® Revit®.