Multi Connect Fire Sprinklers to Fire Pipe

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

This tool will help you to connect multiple sprinklers to the fire pipe automatically.

It tool will save you many hours of work used in this process.

Distribution Sprinklers from CAD Link

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

This tool is designed to copy the sprinklers from an Autodesk® AutoCAD® drawing that contains distributed closed circles which refer to the location of sprinklers, where the center of each circle indicates the location of the sprinklers, and takes into account that sprinklers become a host in the ceiling under condition that the active view contains rooms or spaces because sprinklers take height from the height of rooms or spaces. The volume of rooms or spaces inactive view must be activated by using volume computations or the user adjusts the height of Rooms and spaces from floor to ceiling manually.

The user can specify Sprinkler & CAD, then the user specifies the method to distribute the sprinkler according to the height of room or space or by the height of selected sprinkler.

Finally, the program has distributed sprinklers according to the center points of CAD.

The application will save a lot of time and effort in case the user needs to copy sprinklers, especially in shop drawings. This tool allows converting the location of sprinklers in CAD drawings to model in an Autodesk® Revit®File.

Note: Volume computations may affect Revit performance, and you can follow these steps:

1. Click Architecture tab Room & Area panel drop-down   (Area and Volume Computations).
2. On the Computations tab of the Area and Volume Computations dialog, under Volume Computations, select (to enable) or clear (to disable) Areas and Volumes.
3. Click OK.

Calculate Fire Fighting Pipes According To NFPA 13

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

This plugin is designed to calculate the size of Fire Fighting Pipes according to NFPA 13 Code and take that into account to calculate the size of the Pipe Fittings.

The user has the ability to select the network that contains Sprinklers, Pipes, and Pipe Fittings, then the user can click (Run) to calculate the size of Fire Fighting Pipes. It should be noted that the network must be closed, or the network must be connected with each other.

This plugin contains many options such as change units (Imperial or Metric) and change material (Copper or steel) according to NFPA 13.

The plugin will save a lot of time and effort where the user needs to calculate and draw the size of Fire Fighting Pipes.

Distribution Sprinklers based on Hazard NFPA 13

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

This tool is designed to distribute sprinklers according to Hazard by using NFPA Code. It takes into account that sprinklers become a host in the ceiling under the condition that active view contains rooms or spaces because sprinklers take height from the height of rooms or spaces, so the volume of rooms or spaces inactive view must be activated by using volume computations or the user adjusts the height of Rooms and spaces from floor to ceiling manually.

The user can specify Sprinkler & Space or room, then the user selects the Hazard Types (Light, Ordinary or Extra) to distribute sprinklers according to the height of room or space or by the height of the selected sprinkler.

Finally, the program has distributed sprinklers according to the hazard type by using NFPA Code.

The application will save a lot of time and effort in case they need to distribute sprinklers, especially in the initial design. Users can define the spaces between sprinklers if the specific distances between sprinklers differ from NFPA Code.

Note: Volume computations may affect Autodesk® Revit® performance, and you can follow these steps:

1. Click Architecture tab Room & Area panel drop-down (Area and Volume Computations).
2. On the Computations tab of the Area and Volume Computations dialog, under Volume Computations, select (to enable) or clear (to disable) Areas and Volumes.
3. Click OK.

Bodyboard - Sprinkler Head Layouts

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Tired of the hours and detail lines that it takes to layout sprinkler heads to ensure complete coverage? Now you can layout an entire building with sprinkler heads in minutes! Choosing either to host them to the ceiling or a reference plane. Bodyboard is a must-have tool for your team and you won't want to layout sprinkler heads any other way moving forward. Simply pick your Autodesk® Revit® family. the coverage diameter of the sprinkler head, hosting type and Bodyboard will take it from there. Simple, quick and easy for you and your team. 

A solution that you'll want to have because you'll love how fast it takes you through your projects! 

Host your sprinkler heads either to the ceiling or a reference plane across an entire Revit model in minutes! This enables coordination to happen so that you are in sync with the other trades and ready to tackle the project sooner, saving you tremendous amounts of modeling time. 

CTC BIM Project Suite 2019 v19.0.4

From the Autodesk App Store:

To purchase the full version of BIM Project Suite through Autodesk App Store, click here

This setup will install add-in tools for Autodesk® Revit® 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. The BIM Project Suite is part of the CTC Express Tools family of products, and contains the following tools:

BIM List (free)

This tool is a content management solution providing the ability to browse, sort, search and leverage your families more effectively, helping to enforce company standards.

Fire Sprinklers – Effective Design of Fire Sprinkler Systems

From the AGACAD website:

BIM software for effective design of fire sprinkler systems

Fire Sprinklers (previous name Smart Sprinklers) makes it quick and easy to design high-quality fire sprinkler protection systems in Revit®, with automated real-time updates for project changes. That ensures you’ll get accurate bills of materials and builders work drawings, and accurate on-site assembly. 

The software incorporates NFPA, AU and ISO standards and can accommodate any others. It uses simple yet flexible rules to distribute sprinkler heads instantly throughout a current or linked Revit model with the clash tolerance you specify. It also properly sizes system pipes and automatically connects them based on the visually-depicted routing option you choose.

AutoSPRINK RVT

From the M.E.P.CAD website:

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS

 Design

• Automatically generate multiple arm-over connections from sprinklers to branchlines in seconds
• Branchlines routings created automatically between selected sprinkler heads and mains piping
• Multiple riser-nipple connections made between selected branchline and mains piping even when addressing multiple angles
• Apply designer defined pipe schedule to all or part of the system at once

Free Firestop Clash Management (FCM) Plugin

From the STI Firestop website:

Introducing a powerful new plugin for AutoDesk Revit®. The FCM (Firestop Clash Management) plugin uses clash detection to find locations where penetrants meet fire-rated barriers and automatically selects the appropriate firestop systems.  It removes the complexity of designing firestop systems and ensures that when it comes time for construction, the systems selected provide the fastest installation and best installed cost.  It is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

Step 1: Clash Detection

Scan the Revit® model to find clash points where firestopping is required.

HydraCAD – Fire Protection Systems Design in Revit

From the HydraCAD website:

HydraCAD for Revit™ Software

Fire Protection add on to Revit MEP.

Do Everything in Revit

HydraCAD for Revit provides you with all the powerful and familiar tools for designing your Fire Protection systems, but now in the native Revit environment!

Product Roundup – MEP Software from MagiCAD

From the MagiCAD website:

MagiCAD for Revit MEP and AutoCAD

The MagiCAD software for Revit and AutoCAD is the flagship BIM solution for MEP (mechanical, electrical and plumbing) design in the Nordic countries, Russia and China, with 20,000 licenses sold in more than 50 countries.

MagiCAD delivers simplicity, flexibility and time savings to the user by providing powerful design and calculation functions to produce BIM model designs and configurable printouts.


Additionally, MagiCAD allows you to design projects from more than one million real MEP product models from leading international manufacturers, each containing full dimensions and technical data to accurately calculate your designs in Revit and AutoCAD.

MagiCAD Sprinkler Designer

From the MagiCAD website:

MagiCAD Sprinkler Designer for Revit and AutoCAD

MagiCAD Sprinkler Designer is a global solution for designing fire prevention systems that combines the power of MagiCAD's design functions with the intelligence of an embedded calculation engine

Hilti Button for Firestop Plugin

From the Hilti website...

Detect. Match. Done.

Hilti Button for Firestop automates the entire firestop BIM process by identifying penetrations, and recommending listed firestop systems, saving you time and giving you the information you need to get the job done right.



The Hilti Button for Firestop plugin is priced at 995.00 USD per year per user.

There's more information available on the Hilti website.