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Monday, January 31, 2022

Section/Elevation Height Editor

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

When you draw a section or elevation in Autodesk® Revit®, the height of its crop box usually don't match your needs and there isn't any control or parameter that make it easier to change. You have to individually edit each section elevation by opening it, and resizing the section's/elevation's crop box height with difficulty!

It's time consuming and tedious work, especially when you have lots of sections elevations you want to use in sheets.

But the "Section Height Editor" App allows you to select multiple drawn sections and edit the height just by one click (you can set the configurations first and after that, it uses those set configurations.


IFC Analytical Model — Generate Center Lines for Elements Even if They Are Non-editable

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

The App can be used for different purposes, but the main objective is to solve a difficult problem as shown in the below link:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-structure-forum/no-analytical-model-when-i-import-a-model-from-ifc-data/td-p/10195606

by generating center lines for geometric elements even if they are non-editable such as steel members imported as IFC format.

Opportunity District - Expo 2020 Dubai Creating
Analytical Model of Opportunity Expo 2020 in 48 secs only.

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Data Ctrl Electrical — Pushes Parametric Information Through the Electrical Network

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Data Ctrl pushes parametric information through the entire Electrical network, to help maintain parameter values updated as you make changes to the network. Data Ctrl will also push the parameter values to the Run Schedule. If any changes are made to the Run Schedule, these changes will be transferred to the conduit or cable tray network accordingly.

The main functionalities of the app work automatically in the background. The user should only need to select the parameters he/she wants to use.

This App works with the following systems:

  • Conduits 
  • Conduit Run Schedule
  • Cable Trays
  • Cable Tray Run Schedule 

Export Schedule Tool, export schedules to Excel® file(s) even if Excel isn’t installed.

Since Version 2.0

When editing feature

When editing individual elements in a run, Data Ctrl will push updated parameter values to all connected elements or single run to maintain consistent information in the schedules.

Data Ctrl — Pushes Parametric Information Through the MEP Network

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Data Ctrl automatically pushes parametric information through the entire MEP network, to help maintain parameter values updated as you make changes to the network. For Electrical networks such as conduit and cable tray Data Ctrl will push the parameter values to the Run Schedule. If any changes are made to the Run Schedule, these changes will be transferred to the conduit or cable tray network accordingly.

The main functionalities of the app work automatically in the background. The user should only need to select the parameters he/she wants to use.

This App works with the following systems:

  • Conduits 
  • Conduit Run Schedule
  • Cable Trays
  • Cable Tray Run Schedule
  • Ducts
  • Pipes

Export Schedule Tool, export schedules to Excel® file(s) even if Excel isn’t installed.

Since Version 2.0

When editing feature

When editing individual elements in a run, Data Ctrl will push updated parameter values to all connected elements or single run to maintain consistent information in the schedules.

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

View Tracker — Views Organized in a Dockable Panel, Grouped by Parent File

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Have you ever had so many views in so many files open that even colorized tabs couldn't help you? (kudos to Ehsan for pyRevit <3) Unfortunately there is a limit where horizontal lists like the view tabs get unmanageable, and you lose track of what you have open. The other built-in lists which are provided are quite inconvenient, and difficult to overview.

Then comes View Tracker to save your day!

This tool provides a user-friendly way of managing your currently or recently open views. Your views will be organized in a simple dockable panel, grouped by their parent file. You can collapse these groups to free up real-estate, and you can close any view or project if you wish to. You closed a view by accident? Don't worry, we got you covered! Just enable `Show Recent Views` and you can see the views which were open in your current session.

This tool can be extremely helpful for BIM Managers, or any power users who must deal with many files and many views simultaneously.


СOLORING TABS

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

  • When working simultaneously with several projects, situations arise when several views or sheets in different projects have the same names. Therefore, it is often difficult to determine the correct tab.
  • Ability to enable tabbed previews to quickly navigate between views
  • This add-in solves this problem by separating the tabs of open projects by different colors.
  • The functionality allows you to set the style and color palette for displaying the tabs of open projects and arrange windows in a cascading or mosaic form.
  • Separation of tabs according to their belonging to documents.
  • Set the color and thickness of the selected document and the selected tab
  • Switch between documents, close all document tabs.


Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Free Color By Parameter

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Color By Parameter is a free plugin for Autodesk® Revit® that allows users to color element by parameter value.

Main features:

  • Color element by parameter value.
  • Color element by category.
  • Clear all color.

Free Favourite Views

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

This simple tool will help you find and use your most important views, like your work-in-progress views or any sheets that you are currently working on for a longer period. You can have your Favourite Views always accessible and just a click away. You don't have to mess with the cumbersome Browser Organization anymore!

It is inspired by the pin function available in some browsers, that lets you pin any of your open tabs to the beginning of your infinite list of tabs, and keeps them in front of you wherever you are.

While this function can't be exactly reproduced in Autodesk® Revit®, it is possible have something similar, just dock your Favourite Views panel above your project browser.


Monday, January 24, 2022

Free bim4med — Access Specialized Manufacturer Medical Equipment Models

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Speed up the process of selecting equipment and solutions for your medical facility model.

This free tool provides access to specialized medical equipment models from market-leading manufacturers. Using this Autodesk® Revit® plug-in you can pre-select models by usage, assigned category, or library language.

You can also adjust your own toolbox for your favorite models, which will allow you to use them quickly and easily in your project.


Free CopyElementLayers — Copy Layer Information to Type Parameters

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

This app copies the layer information of wall, floor, roof, and ceiling elements to specific type parameters.

These elements have layers, which contain information about function, material, and thickness.

Users can set the desired category, layer information, and type parameters.

Pressing the Apply button copies these layer information in text form to the selected type parameter.

The entered information can be expressed in the drawing by using the tag.

This app saves you time annotating to describe the layers of wall, floor, roof, and ceiling elements.

Please note that the copied content is not automatically updated when the layer is changed.


Sunday, January 23, 2022

conVoid — Drive Efficiency Managing Openings, Penetrations and Recesses

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Use conVoid to drive efficiency and accuracy in creating, tracking, approving and managing openings, penetrations and recesses (voids). Create and update thousands of voids in your project in just a few minutes to reduce clashes.

Converting Elements to Openings, Penetrations and Recesses (Voids)

Based on a background interference check between current, linked, or IFC files, conVoid creates and converts voids with high accuracy. The quality optimization algorithm ensures that models can be used without model requirements. Voids can be created or converted based on all kinds of elements and can be linked to each other if required.

Tracking Changes and Updating

conVoid uses a unique tracking algorithm to identify and update voids throughout the whole designing process. Just use your current and external models, and conVoid will automatically inform you about any changes to keep your void coordination on track.

Approval, Management, and Export

Run your Approval and Management-Process with conVoid Manager. It displays the Drawn- and Approval-Status of the voids, which can be filtered and exported in multiple ways.

Furthermore, you can have the possibility to cut your voids with the Host-Element and start an interference check based on a clash zone to make sure the voids have a certain distance from each other.

PointCloud to Surface Suite

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

PointCloud to Surface Suite has been designed for surveyors, architects, builders and developers working on as-built projects. It reads laser scan data captured onsite and imported into Autodesk® Revit®, streamlining the workflow needed to create complex surfaces in a BIM project to match as-built conditions.

Works with both structured and unstructured point cloud instances. Supports shared co-ordinate models.

The 14 Tools include:

Surface from Point Cloud Selection: This allows you to draw a selection box around the points of interest then select whether they should be mapped as either a topography, floor or roof element. For roofs and floors, you can select the build type and level for the new element. The section box can be used to filter out points on a broad scale, so by working in 3d view the section box in conjunction with the user drawn selection box allows very specific filtering of points to be added to each new element.

Surface from adaptive points: Reads all adaptive points from your document and creates a new topography, floor or roof element mapped to those points. This takes advantage of adaptive point ability to snap to pointclouds since Revit 2011.

Add Adaptive Points to Existing surface: Reads all adaptive points from your document and adds them to the existing topography, floor or roof element of your choosing.

Wall Tool: Mark out your wall lines with adaptive points that snap to the point cloud then use the wall tool to create straight or curved walls that align to your marks.

Model Lines: Mark out your lines with adaptive points that snap to the point cloud then use the Model Lines tool to create straight or Model Lines that align to your marks.

Saturday, January 22, 2022

Free Rebar Image

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Rebar Image is a free plugin for  Autodesk® Revit® that allows users to create an image (.jpg) base on rebar shape then assign it to rebar.

Main features:

  • Create image base on rebar shape
  • Save image to local folder (optional)
  • Delete all exists rebar image



Free Private Login & Lock

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

If you do not want other people looking at your work in Autodesk® Revit®, just lock it!

The addin helps you to create a login dialogue with a password when you start the Revit program.

You also can lock the screen when you are away from your PC.

You can customize the password, image banner and color.


Friday, January 21, 2022

Free Project Wipe-Out

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

The app will help you to clean your project. You do not need to manually delete all the things.

Main functions:

  1. Wipe reference planes
  2. Wipe all views
  3. Wipe all levels
  4. Wipe all Autodesk® Revit® links
  5. Wipe all Imported instances


Free Magic Views

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Magic Views consists of 3 different tools:

Magic Section

The easiest and fastest way to create and show a Section View on screen

  • Works in any plan view, even if sections are hidden
  • Pick the section start point, end point, and depth (far clip offset) directly on screen
  • Magic Section will generate a new section and directly show it on screen
  • The next time you run the add-in, Magic Section will reuse and move the same section that was originally generated
  • You will never have trouble again with new views being generated with a very large default depth, and taking forever to load

Magic 3D Box

The easiest and fastest way to create and show a 3D Section Box on screen

  • Works in any plan view, section view, or elevation view
  • Pick on the active view the rectangular box you want for your 3D view
  • Magic 3D Box will automatically show the resulting 3D section box on screen
  • The next time you run the add-in, Magic 3D Box will reuse and move the same 3D view that was originally generated
  • Unlike the native "Selection box" command, you don't need to select elements prior to running the addin. Pangolin Magic 3D Box works well when working with linked models

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Free Conduit Decouple and Heal

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Conduit detailing software.

Easy-to-use interface for immediate productivity.

Conduit Splitter provides Autodesk® Revit® with an extra toolbar specifically for detailing of conduit runs and couplings. Design conduit the way you build it using your content while letting us do the math to get those couplings just where you need them.

With Conduit Decouple you can now quickly decouple runs by automating the repetitive tasks previously involved in coupling placement with native Revit. You can now focus on the skilled part of the design rather than having to deal with time-consuming repetitive work.

Benefits:

  • No proprietary content, use your fittings and conduit types
  • Decoupling tool to quickly remove couplings from conduit runs with the added benefit of reconnecting the split conduits in Revit 2021+ since they will no longer heal themselves as with previous versions

Select placed couplings and click the
Decouple Run button in the Add-ins toolbar

Keynotes Editor

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Some of the top features of Keynote Add-in include:

  1. Multiple users can edit Keynotes at the same time.
  2. Automatically save Keynotes Path (Just load the Autodesk® Revit® keynotes for the first time).
  3. Able to edit Keynotes from Server (LAN) or Autodesk® BIM 360®.
  4. Simple editing of Keynotes content (Add, Copy, Paste, Search.,).
  5. Automatically update the Revit keynote parameters when the key values are changed. 
  6. User monitor editor status by username and color table.
  7. Warning when the cell you are selecting is being used by another user.
  8. Automatically Reload Keynotes & Close Keynotes form in the Revit model.

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

MOICON Digital Twin

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Moicon© utilizes Autodesk® Forge and Digital Twinning technology forged in gaming to help organize manufacturing data from machines, components, sensors, devices, and workers into easy-to-read, instantly available breakdowns that the whole operation can reference.

Why? to grant the entire team of industrial workers and facility owners better overview and continuous insight into factory process planning & operations, enabling better decision support, anywhere – on any device.

Moicon© is an Forge Certified Systems Integrator – trained by Autodesk experts to provide customers with reliable support resources. Wherever you are, your integrated Digital Twin factory model is there with you – enabling higher flexibility, agility and innovation.

Get Started with Moicon©! To learn about features, onboarding, or upgrading your Moicon© subscription today, contact our Customer Support team at support@moicon.net.

Trial Description

Try PRO License for 14 days. Gives instant access to your own digital twin platform with a ready-to-use features for manufacturing:

  • Upload your own 3D models
  • Up to 3 users
  • Unlimited projects
  • Process Analysis
  • Moicon Assets PRO

Upload your own 3D models

We support over 60 formats including most popular ones (STL, OBJ, FBX, STEP, etc.)

RV BatchTransmit

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

(To get the latest app version for other Autodesk® Revit® releases, visit  https://rv-boost.com/revit-plugins/rv-batch-transmit/)

Does it take you hours or even days to manually export lots of Revit models to RVT, NWC & IFC files? It doesn’t have to be this way!

With RV BatchTransmit, you can define your export settings just once, list all models you need to issue, click a single button, and then become free to do something else while Revit steadily produces all required files for you. Follow simple steps in our video below to make the model issue process truly automatic! 

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Ceiling Walls — Create Walls Between Two Ceilings

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Creating a wall between two ceilings especially in large projects and hotels always takes a lot of time. But not anymore. By using this plug-in you can create a wall between two ceilings by setting just a few options. Also if your ceilings have hidden linear lighting, you can create it simultaneously.

App user interface

Auto-Section Box

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

This tool is designed to Auto-section a box for levels and crop selection and change orientation in 3d view.



Saturday, January 15, 2022

POWERBIM — An Easy-to-use Digital Twin Platform

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

POWERBIM is a solution to give an answer to one of the most important problems that appear when the digitalization of the AECO sector is becoming a reality, the problem is the DATA that is always growing and it’s difficult to manage, coming from multiple sources, not only included in BIM models, but also coming from external sources of data, including real-time data, multimedia, and others.

POWERBIM organizes functionalities, datasets, and BIM / digital uses by dimensions, 1 dimension or N dimensions can be activated for each project at any moment, and data management can be used in a multi-project and multi-user mode, connecting the stakeholders with different roles and accessibility to data and functions, integrating virtual components to physical devices, building and energy management systems (BMS / EMS / CMMS), IoT sensors or unmanned devices, POWERBIM integrates multiple technologies in a cyber-physical ecosystem for building performance.

1D – Data validation / Auditing using rulesets / EIR compliance (ISO 19650) / SQL integration
2D – Documents and Multimedia for Asset Management / Sheets and Deliverables Management
3D – BIM data management with Power Bi integration, BIM federation
4D – Timeline management for Design / Construction and Operations
5D – Quantity Takeoffs / Bill of Quantities / Sales and Tenders Management
6D – Digital Twin integration to IoT / BMS / EMS / CMMS / Simulations / Advanced Analytics 

NOTE: Users will first initiate the basic subscription with 2D + 3D dimension activated only and limited scope, prior to contract a pilot project to include more dimensions and functionalities for a full scope in the pro subscription

Model MEP Elements from CAD Lines

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

This tool is designed to Model MEP elements automatically such as (Pipes, Ducts, Cable Trays, Conduits, and Wires) from CAD Lines by layer names; this add-in will save a tremendous amount of time in the project.


Thursday, January 13, 2022

RV FamilyPurge

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

(To get the latest trial of this app for other Autodesk® Revit® versions, visit https://rv-boost.com/revit-plugins/rv-family-purge/)

Have you tried everything to reduce a Revit model’s file size? How about opening each family loaded in your model, do Purge Unused, repeat for any nested families, and reload things back into your project?

If that sounds like an enormous task, RV FamilyPurge will make you smile! It’s the one-click solution for cleaning all loaded families in your model, including all their nested components no matter how many nesting levels deep.

Use RV FamilyPurge and then do a final Purge Unused in your model to see your file size drops significantly, often by 40% to 60% in our tests!

Why not start right now with this free trial with all available features?

Find out more at https://rv-boost.com/revit-plugins/rv-family-purge/


Free bimU.io Agile — A Cloud-Based BIM Issue Tracking Platform

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

bimU.io Agile - Cloud-based BIM issue tracking platform

bimU.io Agile is a Cloud-based BIM issue tracking platform that streamlines the traditional design review process. BIM managers, drafters, designers, and engineers can work together to track down and close out design issues across multiple BIM environments. This gives the project team better visibility to “who is responsible for what and by when” for more effective multi-disciplinary coordination and communication.

bimU.io Agile Intro

https://bit.ly/bim-agile

bimU.io Official Site

https://bimu.io/

User Guide

https://docs.bimu.io/agile/overview/

Log in to bimU.io Agile

RV RoomLink

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

To get the latest trial of this app for all Autodesk® Revit® versions since 2016, visit https://rv-boost.com/revit-plugins/rv-roomlink-easily-schedule-revit-objects-by-linked-rooms/

RV RoomLink helps you create associations between elements in one model to rooms in another. Our one-click solution directly pulls room data from Revit links to elements in your main model! With RV RoomLink, it is super easy to:

  • Select Revit links containing required room data
  • Select elements which need room data
  • Set syncing options and Sync

Why not start right now with this free trial with all the available features?

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Topo Toolkit

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

The plugin has two tools in it.

  1. Stepping walls
  2. Push To Topo

Stepping Walls 

Stepping Walls is a plug-in that can be used to step selected walls along a topo surface. This tool can be used to create compound walls along the toposurface quickly and easily. 

Push To Topo

This tool is to push the selected Generic Models or Site Components onto the selected toposurface. This might be used to place manholes, seating benches, lamp posts, or other site features on a toposurface if they are of the Generic Model or Site category.


Free GLTF XPORTER

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

About the *.gLTF format:

*.glTF file helps to minimize both the size of 3D assets and the runtime processing needed to unpack and use those assets in modern web platforms. glTF is a royalty-free specification for the efficient transmission and loading of 3D scenes and models by any application. 

About this application :

*.gLTF file is very useful because of its reach set of features and its size. This plugin will convert your Revit Design to .gLTF in order to use the Autodesk® Revit® Model in different platforms like Unity3D, Unreal Engine, Web, etc. Nowadays people use .gTLF for AR VR applications because of its size and loading speed.

The output file can be used for AR/VR and apps like Unity.

For more details, please visit our website: www.in9plus.com or mail us: msp@in9plus.com

Application Offers:

  1. Generate GLTF file 
  2. The fast GLTF conversion process 
  3. Share design without needing any special software to view it
  4. Small file size
  5. Control quality and size while converting to GLTF file
  6. Colors and material (texture not supported in the current version)


Export Multiple Sheets to One DWG File

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

At present, when exporting from Autodesk® Revit® to DWG, each sheet is exported as a separate file, therefore, if you want one single DWG with all drawings and sheets, it has to be combined manually or by importing each layout in CAD. This Add-in will make your work easier to export with the help of these two tools:

  1. Sheet to 1 DWG tool: Export multiple sheets (using your sheets set) to one DWG file, with all drawings in the model tab and sheets in the layout tab. You can also use your export settings or default settings Revit.
  2. Views to sheet tool: Place multiple views (using your view set) into one sheet, then you can export the sheet to the DWG file.


Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Design Option View Isolator

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Isolate and organize your Autodesk® Revit® Design Options into their own 3D views so that it is easier to export them separately prior to importing them into a visualization software that supports multiple file import. This tool will make your design option exporting workflow more efficient by taking care of all the required steps to isolate a design option into its dedicated 3D view for you.

For detailed description visit: https://thetoolbelt.com/design-option-view-isolator