Bonus Tools v20.18.06.07

From the Autodesk App Store:

About This Version

Version 20.18.06.07, 6/11/2018

• Revit 2019 fix.
• 112 Dockable Dialog - Removed - Will still show for the following tools as their feedback window. 08 Family Tracking, 13 Dimension, 15 Elements On Level, 16 Inplace Families, 17 Referencing Files, 18 Remove All Views, 23 Group To Family, 28 Reference Planes, 29 View Template Usage, 31 Setting Out Points, 32 Navis To Revit, 33 Excel New Rooms, 33 Excel New Sheets, 34 Add Shared Parameters, 40 Copy Parameter Values, 41 Room Number To Door Number, 43 Place Family Types, 47 Areas Rooms To Mass, 52 Renumber Category, 58 File Coordinates, 59 Clash Importer, 67 Extensible Storage List, 71 RDS Tool, 73 Unused Elevation Markers, 75 Import Family Type, 78 Plan Regions, 79 Grid Alignment, 80 Revision List, 84 Scope Box Map, 85 Line Patterns Advanced, 87 3D Room Tag, 88 Element Properties Advanced, 90 Copy View Templates, 96 Room Paint Bomb, 98 Find Painted Elements, 99 Copy Scope Box, 100 Schedule Usage, 105 Tag All, 108 Add Project Shared Parameters, 110 Legend Usage, 111 Shared Parameter Usage, 112 Dockable Dialog, 114 Fill Patterns, 116 Line Styles, 121 Document Marcos, 122 Material Usage, 124 Update Key Plan
• 113 Dockable Element Dialog - Removed - Pending further development. 
• 08 Ribbon Settings - Update - Supply Usage toggle to turn off/on. Each time a tool is activated, a record will be sent to Kiwi Codes. This allows us to focus development on those high use tools. 
• 08 Ribbon Settings - Update - Supply Warnings toggle to turn off/on. Each time a warning is created, a record will be sent to Kiwi Codes. This allows us to focus on fixing and removing bugs.
• 35 View Filters - Reinstated. 
• 127 Style Output - New - Export Style information to Excel.
• 128 Filter Usage - Number changed.

Free SpankMyRevit – Punish Revit for not Doing what You Want

From the Autodesk App Store:

Frustrated with Revit and need an outlet? Then the free SpankMyRevit app is for you!

With the add-in installed, simply type <Alt> + <S> and Revit will emit an audible slapping sound followed by an "Ow!" Press multiple times for the exclamations to become more pronounced.

For extra fun, record a soundbite exclaiming "bad Revit" or "stupid Revit," and the app will play it at the beginning of each sequence.

It's so easy, and feels SO GOOD! Get SpankMyRevit Today!

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

Kiwi Codes Bonus Tools – 106 Tools, Bargain Priced! (Updated)

Kiwi Codes continues to add tools to its bargain-priced Bonus Tools at breakneck speed. We'll update this article as new add-ins are released.

Update 9/10/2016: Added tools #92 through 106.

From the Kiwi Codes website...

And, because I'm a glutton for punishment, here's a complete list of the tools that comprise Bonus Tools (I'm not, however, crazy enough to add an image for each tool – sorry!):

• 06 Ribbon Settings
• Give the Ribbon a Custom name to suit you or your company
• View and change the Ribbon Settings by selecting the tools you want to see on the Ribbon and re-order them to suit you or your company.
• 07 Window Watcher Settings
• Add Revit Window names you would like to either block and/or report on the windows activation as part of a Company Standard. 
• Blocking a window does just that, blocks it and replaces it with a warning message.
• Reporting on a windows activation writes to a log file listing the project and users name who activated the window. It also warns the user the window activation is being recorded.
• Primarily used to block/report on 'In-place Families' and 'Importing of CAD files'.
• 08 Family Tracker
• Lists all Loaded Families and/or Groups in the Project and the date of insert and the date of reload (modification).
• From the list, highlight families that are out of date in the project file, reload or repath them.
• 09 3d Views for All Levels
• Create a 3d View for each level in the Project.
• 10 3D Views for all Worksets
• Create a 3d View for each Workset and hide all other Worksets in the view.
• 11 3D View for Selected Elements
• Create a 3d View with a Section Box around the currently select elements.
• Specify a margin around the elements to extend the Section Box by.
• 12 Change Text Case
• Change text case between Title, UPPER and lower.
• Applies to Annotation Text, Model Text, Room Names, Area Names, View Names & View Titles on Sheets.

My Favorites 2016 Basic Add-in – Add Families to the Revit Ribbon

From the Autodesk App Store...

Our My Favorites (Basic) application will allow you to save your most used families to the Autodesk® Revit® Add-ins ribbon giving you quicker access and improving your content creation times.

No more searching and scrolling through the project browser for your most used families.

Once the app is installed, you will be able to:

• Assign families to your My Favorites ribbon (system or non-system families).Basic version is limited to assigning five families to the ribbon.
• Assign custom naming and descriptions to each family button.
• Assign custom graphics icons to each family button using the default .rfa image, a custom image such as a JPG, JPEG, etc. as well as taking a screen capture of any image on your screen.
• Assign a keyboard shortcut to each of the five families.
• Once the family is assigned, that family will automatically load into your projects when picked from the My Favorites ribbon.
• Now that you have your My Favorites setup, you can quickly access your families from the ribbon or using the keyboard shorts that you assigned.

Default Location on the Ribbon

Setting a new Favorite Family

Image Shows First Family Loaded in My Favorites

More Info:

This download is a fully- functional 14 days trial. Please contact us via email at appstore@fastpassconsulting.com for any questions.

About This Version
Version 1.0.0, 5/4/2016
Initial release

The My Favorites 2016 Basic add-in is brought to you by Fast Pass Consulting. Pricing was not known at press time.

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

Kiwi Codes' Bonus Tools Expands to 87 Tools!

On 4/15/2016, Kiwi Codes released Version 20.16.03.17of their Bonus Tools add-in for Revit. As part of this release, the following tools were added to the add-in (numbered for your convenience – all text courtesy Kiwi Codes):

• 76 Element Tracker
• This tool will allow you to communicate to Consultants any changes within a week.
• 77 Project Parameters
• View and bulk assign Shared Parameters to Categories.
• 78 Plan Regions
• Bulk copy Plan Regions between Views.
• 79 Grid Alignment
• Bulk align Grid 2D extents between Views.
• 80 Revision List
• Lists all Revisions in a List.
• 81 Floor To Follow Floor
• Make a Floor follow another Floor.
• 82 Detail Group To View Map
• Check which Views, Details groups are added to.
• 83 Create Area Lines
• Quickly convert Detail Lines to to Area Lines.
• 84 Scope Box Map
• View which Scope Boxes are in use.
• 85 Line Patterns
• View all Line Patterns in the Project.
• 86 Rename number Sheets
• Quickly rename and renumber sheets.
• 87 3D Room Tags
• Place a Generic Model Family with Room information to create a 3D Room Tag.

Free Egan Project Startup Add-in for Revit

This app provides startup utilities for Revit®: Icons to display your company’s help file and splash view, start the Worksharing Monitor automatically and place the Central File name on prints.

What you can expect from the Egan Project Startup application:

Icon to display your own Custom Help

If your company has developed its own help document and you are looking for a way to make it conveniently available to all users, here is your app. The app provides a customizable icon on the ribbon and/or a keyboard shortcut. 

Custom Help Settings

Custom Help Notes

YourRibbon Add-in for Autodesk Revit

HotKey

• Assign a HotKey to a specific component
• Saves time of having to scroll through the list of components to place each one
• HotKey can place any family that you can open in the family editor

Color

• Bring color back to your working environment in Revit
• Turn color on while working in Revit and back to black when it's time to print
• Assign line styles and object styles to match your firm's standards

There's more information available on the YourRibbon website.