Product Roundup – Organizers from NET Spider Studio

NET Spider Studio

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The NET Spider Studio (NSS) consists of a group of people who love the .NET technology and its derivatives from Microsoft, Autodesk and other game players. They create addins and tools for some big and popular software products and platforms, which adopt the .NET technology, including but not limited to Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Inventor, Navisworks, Microsoft Visual Studio, and Windows itself.

We try our best to provide you, our dear customers, the best software products and services, in a timely manner. We try our best to make our software easy to use, reliable, expandable, and affordable at the same time.

Revit Organizer
Includes Revit Parameter Organizer, Revit Family Organizer, and Revit Project Organizer. It provides all features of the three organizers and their performances become much better since communications among them are much straightforward. So, maintenance work is less, benefits are more, and cost is effective | 598.00 USD

Revit Project Organizer
Provides 248 tools that help organize Revit projects | 298.00 USD

Revit Parameter Organizer – Includes 153 Tools

From the NET Spider Studio website:

Revit Parameter Organizer 2019 provides 153 tools so far in a single package.  It helps organize almost all kinds of Revit parameters such as shared, family, project, global, built-in, element, category, scheduled, formulated, referenced, and associated.  It helps View, Edit, Explore, Connect, Load, Bind, Schedule, Add, Copy, Examine, Change, Rename, Replace, Convert, Remove, Purge, Transport, Export, Import, Lock, Un-Lock, Sort, Inspect, Associate, Report, and Adjust parameters in either single model mode or batch mode regarding both opened models in Revit and external files on disk.  It supports all Parameter Types such as Image and MultilineText, Groups, and Family Types (Categories) such as Bridge ones.  It can operate on all kinds of Revit models and files such as projects, families, templates, opened, loaded, nested, and external.  It supports Revit 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2016 and any of their flavors that support the addin technology.

Shared Parameters toolset (22 tools)

Raven - A BIM Communication Tool

From the Autodesk App Store:

Since the Autodesk Communicator was discontinued for the new BIM 360® Design platform, we're back to the most efficient means of communication in Westeros: Ravens...

"Raven - A BIM Communication Tool" is an Autodesk® Revit® communication tool that monitors the user's activity for the new BIM 360 Design platform, and enables users to send instant messages through a common conversation specific to the project they are collaborating in.

It notifies the user instantly whenever a team member joins the active project, is no longer active, reloads the latest modifications, or synchronizes with the central file (check screenshots).

It is crucial for every collaboration team so that they avoid overlapping synchronize with central operations which lead to hours of wasted time. In addition, it helps these team members communicate with their remote counterparts.

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Raven - A BIM Communication Tool

Revit Family Organizer – Includes 162 Tools

From the NET Spider Studio website:

Revit Family Organizer 2019 provides 162 tools so far in a single package for Revit 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2016 .

It helps organize various Revit family forms including family files, family models, and loaded families such as component, system, style, miscellaneous, assembled and nested. It helps View, Browse, Explore, Open, Load, Reload, Convert, Change, Rename, Switch, Place, Replace, Seek, Purge, Remove, Update, Edit, Assemble, Save, Transport, Export and Import various family instances, styles, families, files and so on in either single mode or batch mode. It helps organize Family Materials in various ways. It helps organize Family Parameters in many useful ways, like viewing, creating, deleting, converting, replacing, loading, locking, sorting, exporting and importing, either for a single parameter or multiple at the same time, either for a single open model or files in batch.

Tools of Family Files (12 tools)

Free Webinar Mar 1 – How to Manage Parameters With Naviate

From the Symetri website:

March 1st 12:00 CET

Join us in our Naviate for Revit webinar series. This months topic:

How to manage parameters with Naviate

In the webinar we will go through how you can:

• Edit parameters
• Merge parameters
• Combine parameters
• Batch combine parameters

The webinar is for free and will last approximately 1 hour. During the session, you will be able to ask questions to our experts. When you have signed up, you will receive a mail on how to connect to the webinar in practice.

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devBLD Topo and Utility Tools

From the devBLD website:

Topo Tools

devBLD Topo Tools are a suite of tools to automate the transformation of total station gathered data on site during topographic surveys into Revit models.

v1.0 Features

• Create toposurface
• Add points to toposurface
• Add point object
• Configurator

Utility Tools

devBLD Utility Tools is a suite of tools to automate the transformation of total station gathered data on site during utility surveys into Revit models.

v1.0 Features

• Create Pipes
• Create Manholes
• Configurator

Revit Project Organizer – Includes 248 Tools

From the NET Spider Studio:

Revit Project Organizer 2019

Revit Project Organizer 2019 works with Revit 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016.  It helps organize Revit projects in many different and good ways.

It provides many tool bundles such as Creators, Duplicators, Loaders, Placers, Copiers, Adjusters, Finders, Inspectors, Editors, ReNumbers, Flippers, ReNamers, Exporters, Importers, View Cleaners, Sheet Cleaners, Schedule Cleaners, UnPlaced Cleaners, UnUsed Cleaners, UnExpected Cleaners, Cloud Cleaners, Link Cleaners, File Cleaners, Purgers, Transporters, Closers, Element Gadgets, Text Gadgets, Group Gadgets, Suite Organizer, Selection Organizer, and Material Organizer. It also provides some other nice tools such as Files Upgrader, Events Monitor, Fonts Setter, Failures Handler, Problems Isolator, Issues Fixer, Dialogs Suppressor, Elements Hider/Seeker/Browser, Document Locator, Aliases Namer, and so on in a single package.

It has 248 tools in total so far: (25 for Setup tools, 48 for Process tools, 79 for Refinement tools, 40 for Cleanup tools, 51 for Gadgets, and 5 for Information)

DIY Temperature and Humidity Sensors with Near Real-Time Data Displayed in Forge Viewer

From the BIM 42 blog:

DIY temperature sensor

Feb 24, 2019

I recently had to work with the BMS system of my office building and study how to retrofit it with new web-based technologies. I am by no mean even slightly knowledgeable about these systems, but this gave me a few ideas to explore.

For example, I wanted to measure temperature and humidity in my apartment to understand thermal conditions and optimise comfort in my own home.

I first looked into integrated home monitoring systems, but they are more expensive that I wish to spend on this small experiment. Furthermore, they mostly work with proprietary software solutions and offer little possibility for tinkering.

Instead, I ordered two Raspberry Pi Zero W along with two DHT22 humidity and temperature sensors to build my own Wifi enabled indoor thermometer and humidity monitor. Since I will need to use the GPIO interface of the Raspberry Pi, I ordered the H version of the Raspberry Pi Zero W, with pre-soldered headers. This allows me to connect the DHT22 to the GPIO interface of the Raspberry Pi without having to solder it on the board. Following the instructions from this post in Home Automation Community, I quickly plug the sensor into the GPIO interface of the Raspberry.

Read more on the BIM 42 blog  »

Free Webinar Feb 28 – Unleashing the FULL Power of AVAIL's FREE Version

From the registration website:

Topic
Unleashing the FULL Power of AVAIL's FREE Version

Description
Got 15-minutes? Join us to learn about a new change that now allows free AVAIL users to share their content. We’ll demonstrate how easy it can be to collaborate. Get colleagues on board and try out content sharing with your team to get the full AVAIL experience.

As a registered AVAIL user we want you to be the first to learn about our new features — particularly the ability to now share your content with other free AVAIL users in your plan. Get colleagues on board, watch our short demo, and try out content sharing with your team.

Time
Feb 28, 2019 1:30 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Revit SPF (Shared Parameter File) Organizer – Includes Free Revit SPF Viewer (Updated)

From the NET Spider Studio website:

Revit SPF Organizer 2019

It includes Revit SPF Explorer, Revit SPF Editor and Revit SPF Viewer. They are all standalone, not depending on Revit, Notepad, or Excel. They help explore, edit and view Revit shared parameters and their files on disk. All kinds of Parameter Types and Family Types (Categories) for whatever Revit versions (e.g. 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014) are supported. Parameters can be displayed in different views such as flat, by group, by displine, and by parameter type. Parameters can be regrouped, property matched, GUID changed, renamed, and case converted. Parameter groups can be added, changed, swapped, and merged. Parameter files can be sought by file name/version/date or parameter group/name/GUID.

After Revit SPF Organizer is installed, three shortcuts will appear on Windows desktop. They may look as follows:

Revit SPF Explorer:  It helps explore Revit Shared Parameter Files (SPFs) in any folders.  It lists out all shared parameter files of the current folder including its nested ones if opted into the right pane.    A lot of useful information such as Folder, File, Groups, Parameters, SPF Version, Date, and Size are shown for each SPF, and each column can be sorted at will.  The tool also provides many commands such as Save SPF Lib, Open SPF Lib, Open in Editor/Viewer, Open in Windows Explorer, Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete to manage shared parameter files.

Free Webinar Feb 27 – UNIFI Industry Insights: What IA Wants in BIM Content

From the registration website:

Join us Wednesday, February 27 at 11 am PST for our Industry Insights Episode 6: What IA Wants in BIM Content

Join us to learn what firms want in BIM content from the firsthand experience of Nancy McClure, Digital Design Application Specialist at Interior Architects (IA).

We will get our guest’s take on the key elements of high quality BIM content as well the specific components she looks for in the vetting process. We will also discuss geometry standards, data standards, and overall what makes a good Revit family. Finally, we will get insight on panelist’s experience working with UNIFI’s own Content Creation team and explore how UNIFI has been utilized as an extension to IA’s design team.

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FormIt v17 Enhancements Review

From LinkedIn:

You Should Experience the FormIt v17 Release – Here’s Why

By Emily Bisaga Dunne
February 22, 2019

Happy Friday! I wanted to share some news with you about our early stage concept modeling tool, FormIt. If you’re less familiar with FormIt, FormIt is a solid modeler, that enables enhanced shape manipulation, and is typically used to express early-stage building design ideas.

This week FormIt has had a major update and we’re pleased to announce that FormIt v17 is now available! – that includes an upgraded FormIt and Dynamo experience, the ability to create custom plug-ins, enhancements to geometry, visualization, customization and filtering options.

Read more on LinkedIn »

The Week That Was in Revit Add-ons for Feb 18-24, 2019

Revit

New

From the Autodesk App Store, we posted about the free Backup File Organizer, the free MEP Length, and the free Renumber Parts, for numbering MEP elements for spooling, and colorizing based on Spool Name.

From around the Internet, we posted about Naviate Landuse, for creating zoning plans, and the free On the Roof, for designing a roof in three steps.

Updated

From the App Store, we posted about the free CSI link v0.3, and CSI Link Plus v0.3.

For App Store updates not mentioned here, see our latest roundup »

From around the Internet, we posted about a couple of new-ish tools that are part of other products, the Cobie Family Setup Tool in the free Autodesk COBie Extension for Revit 2019, and the Naviate Pattern Editor in several Naviate products.

Roundup – For Feb 18-24, 2019, New and Updated Revit-Related Add-Ins on the Autodesk App Store

The week of February 18, 2019 was a moderately busy one for Revit-related add-ins on the Autodesk App Store. Three new add-ins were published and eight were updated.

New

MEP Length
The script collects MEP communications (cable trays, ducts, pipes) and/or length of lines and summarizes them | Free
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.0, 2/13/2019 – First release

Renumber Parts
This app allows you to number MEP elements for spooling | Free
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.0, 2/11/2019 – Initial release.

CSI Link Plus v0.3

From the Autodesk App Store:

About This Version

Version 0.3, 2/21/2019

In this version:

• Various bugs reported from the previous release were fixed.
• Performance has been improved taking advantage of identifying the typical floor from settings dialog.
• Exports bracing.
• Slabs with free form edges are being exported as polygons approximating the original curve. 
• Wall openings are now exported by subdividing the shell element (ETABS only)
• Pier and Spandrel labels are exported to ETABS
• Beam/Bracing and Column end-releases are exported to ETABS and SAFE
• Export Revit boundary conditions 
• Export springs 
• If boundary conditions are not available in the Revit model, CSI Link can generate fixed boundary conditions automatically.
• Ability to adjust the column location to align with closest slab edges.

Note: Model with more than 100 analytical nodes requires a commercial license

Description

CSI Link Plus is an external application for Autodesk® Revit® that enables users to transfer the analytical models from Revit to CSI SAFE and CSI ETABS for structural analysis. The goal is to eliminate the need for any extra modeling work in the target software meaning once the export file is generated, the structural model from the CSI application will be open and ready to run the analysis.

Free CSI link v0.3

From the Autodesk App Store:

About This Version

Version 0.3, 2/21/2019

• Various bugs reported from the previous release were fixed. 
• Exports bracings.
• Slabs with free form edges are being exported as polygons approximating the original curve. 
• Wall openings are now exported by subdividing the shell element (ETABS only) 
• Pier and Spandrel labels are exported to ETABS 
• Beam/Bracing and Column end-releases are exported to ETABS and SAFE 
• Export Revit boundary conditions 
• Export springs 
• If boundary conditions are not available in the Revit model, CSI Link can generate fixed boundary conditions automatically. 
• Ability to adjust the column location to align with closest slab edges. 
• Model size is limited to 100 nodes.

Description

CSI Link is an external application for Autodesk® Revit® that enables users to transfer the analytical models from Revit to CSI SAFE and CSI ETABS for structural analysis. The goal is to eliminate the need for any extra modeling work in the target software meaning once the export file is generated, the structural model from the CSI application will be open and ready to run the analysis.

Naviate Landuse – Create Zoning Plans

From the Naviate website:

Working with Naviate Landuse will save you valuable time, enabling more time to create good zoning plans. Naviate Landuse is a solution built for Revit that not only facilitates the acceleration of project documentation; it also helps optimise working methods. standards are built-in; everything is preconfigured to enhance your BIM workflow.

Naviate Pattern Editor

From the Naviate website:

How to create Revit hatch patterns using Naviate Pattern Editor

By Thorbjörn Hoverberg 
On Feb 18, 2019 10:00:00 AM

With Pattern Editor you can directly edit the settings for any Revit hatch pattern. Simple patterns (equal distance and same angle on all lines) can be edited directly in Revit itself, but more complex patterns require the user to write a custom hatch pattern definition file (a .pat-file) and then import the definition file to a Custom Pattern instead of a Simple Pattern.

Writing this type of definition file is quite a challenge, since the format is based on the same kind of hatch patterns used in AutoCAD. With Pattern Editor you can edit existing patterns and create new patterns without using a pattern definition file. You can also preview the changes as well as duplicate, rename and apply the pattern to materials in the Revit project.

Autodesk Research Seeking Testers and Feedback on Space Analysis with Dynamo & Refinery

From the Through the Interface blog:

Interested in space analysis for Dynamo and Refinery?

By Kean Walmsley
February 21, 2019

Over the last few weeks colleagues in Autodesk Research have been building the foundations for a space analysis package that can be used for generative design workflows in Dynamo. We’d love to hear from you if you’re interested in taking it for a spin.

But first, a little background…

We’ve known we’ve needed to get better performance when analysing 2D and 3D spaces since embarking on the original layout of the new MaRS office in Toronto as part of Project Discover: the approach we had worked well – as I think is clear from the results of the project – but it wasn’t in a state that could usefully be shared externally.

Product Roundup – Free Autodesk BIM Interoperability Tools

From the Autodesk BIM Interoperability Tools website:

AUTODESK BIM INTEROPERABILITY TOOLS

These free Autodesk apps are designed to help architects, engineers, contractors and owners with their Building Information Modeling (BIM) workflows.

Autodesk Classification Manager for Revit
Assign multiple classification systems to multiple elements with a single click

Autodesk Enhanced DWG Exporter for Revit
Improves the DWG Export from Revit, helps overcome a number of limitations of the built-in DWG Export feature, and makes the management of configurations simple and straightforward

Free Autodesk COBie Extension for Navisworks

From the Autodesk BIM Interoperability Tools website:

AUTODESK COBIE EXTENSION FOR NAVISWORKS

Export COBie data from your Navisworks model

This free tool from Autodesk will allow you to Export a COBie formatted document from a Navisworks model

COBie Extension for Navisworks Features

COBie Drop Configuration

Simple configuration allows for customization of each required data drop.

Free Webinar Feb 25 – MagiCAD for Revit Ventilation: Duct Sizing and Balancing Calculations

From the registration website:

MagiCAD for Revit Ventilation - Feature Overview: Duct Sizing and Balancing Calculations

Mon, Feb 25, 2019 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM EST, 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM GMT

Setting up and creation of ventilation systems and using the calculations tools to determine sizes of ductwork, pressure drops, balancing and equipment selection, including diversity calculations.

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Free Renumber Parts – Number MEP Elements for Spooling, and Colorize Based on Spool Name

From the Autodesk App Store:

With this add-in you can number the elements of your spools with a customized prefix, you just have to click the elements one by one and the numbers are assigned automatically.

It also helps you in fixing the mistakes you make if you forget to select a specific element. Finally, after you have assigned a number to all your elements you can colorize them based on their spool name.

Free Dynamo Basics Online Training Course

From the DiRoots website:

Dynamo Basics | Training Course

Course Description

Dynamo opens up the door of advanced computation modelling for data management and geometry based in logic and algorithms. This open-source software is deeply integrated with Revit and allows Revit users to solve and develop impossible workflows that seems not achievable in Revit. The target of this online course is to develop a basic knowledge about visual programming and node logic.

What you’ll learn?

• Node logic introduction
• Become familiar with visual programming
• Develop problem solving skills in a Revit project environment
• Overcome geometric and data management limitations of Revit

The Cobie Family Setup Tool in the Free Autodesk COBie Extension for Revit 2019

From the Cadline Community website:

Revit 2019 - Cobie Family Setup Tool

By James Philip
January 21, 2019

The Revit 2019 Cobie Family tool is included in one of the three BIM tools which you can download from Autodesk’s BIM Interoperability Site. The tools have been updated in Revit 2019 and now have a new location on the BIM  Interoperability Tools Tab. It allows users to add Cobie parameters to their Revit families in batches and is an essential part of the BIM Level 2 requirement. I have divided the instructional videos into the three distinct stages of the process.

FormIt v17 – Includes New Dynamo Experience

From the FormIt website:

Introducing FormIt v17

by Josh Goldstein
February 20, 2019

The FormIt team is pleased to announce FormIt v17 is available now!

We're kicking off this release with FormIt for Web and Windows. We'll shortly release FormIt for iOS, and FormIt for Windows will also soon be available from the Autodesk Desktop App.

This FormIt update is huge, with dozens of new features, service changes, and general fixes and improvements. Read about the biggest changes below, and head over to the Release Notes for complete details on all the changes.

Enhancements

A New FormIt + Dynamo Experience

Dynamo is now integrated with FormIt for Windows as a desktop application, enabling graph authoring and execution from inside FormIt using your local Dynamo files. (FormIt for Windows only)