Free Share Model – Create a Shared Model and an NWC File in One-Click

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

This multifunctional plugin helps to automate the process of creating a Shared model and an NWC file in one click. It has a lot of useful utilities that will help you with customizing and cleaning your shared model from unused and unnecessary elements.

Key features:

• Creating a shared model from the current work project;
• Sorting base elements into base worksets;
• Adding prefixes and postfixes to a new model;
• Exporting a 3D view to an NWC file (needs Autodesk utility to be installed);
• Deleting view, sheets and schedules in the shared model;
• Changing offset of the level boundary;
• Unloading link files in the shared model;
• Archiving the already existing shared model;

Product Roundup – Bird Tools' Add-ins

From the Autodesk App Store:

Building Information Researchers and Developers OÜ

Building Information Researchers and Developers OÜ is a BIM Research & Development company that mainly specializes in the development of productivity tools for several Autodesk® products and based on several Autodesk® APIs, such as that of Revit®, Forge® (now known as APS, or Autodesk® Platform Services), Navisworks® and AutoCAD®.

The entire pack of tools published by BIRD OÜ is known as BIRD Tools (in case you're asking yourself: "Why is it called Bird Tools?"). Every tool can be purchased or downloaded separately, or as part of a discounted multi-seat pack. You may find more information about the pack of apps by visiting the Bird Tools App Store.

As for who we are...

...we are a software development unit that makes it its priority to drive change within the AEC industry. Our goal is to be different, and make a difference. Thus, and with the support of an awesome community of AEC professionals and product users, we dedicate our time to explore and research every possible aspect of every available API to conceive innovative workflows, aiming to introduce our share of disruption into an industry that is as old as time itself.

Throughout the years, a diversity of users located all around the world have supported and trusted us and benefited from our tools and services. The worldwide trust, support, and positive feedback (of which we selected a handful of testimonials that may be found on the site's homepage) that we were privileged with is what plants seeds of motivation into our journey of innovation...

Nav to Rev

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

When working out of an Autodesk® Navisworks® model while using Autodesk® Revit® as your design software, Nav to Rev allows a user to instantly transfer geometry and points from Navisworks to Revit in real-time.

Many times, it becomes necessary to reference geometry in a Navisworks model from a file that was not provided to you. With the Mesh->Revit functionality you can instantly transfer the selected geometry from Navisworks to the last active Revit View. You also have the option to export all selected objects as one piece of generic geometry in Revit, or you can export each selected object separately.

Have you ever been working with a Navisworks model and had to reference a location in Revit? The Points->Revit tool allows you to instantly reference points used in the measurement tool into the last active Revit view. Simply snap some points using the "Point to Point" measurement tool in Navisworks, then select the "Points->Revit" button in the ribbon.

Pre-requisite: Both Revit and Navisworks need to be installed on your machine to transfer the points or geometry from Navisworks to Revit. 

Fordify — Improves 4D and 5D Workflows

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Fordify was developed to improve existing 4D & 5D BIM workflows between Autodesk® Revit® & Autodesk® Navisworks®, acting as a Primer for rapid 4D & 5D workflows between Revit & Navisworks. A step towards “Model-driven construction planning & scheduling” approach to construction planning, a radical approach compared to the conventional way of drawing up Gantt charts from zero.

• Simple controls to dictate precedence of elements during the simulation. 
• Select your Groupings ordered by Categories, Levels, Zones and/ or Rooms.
• Organize each Group's precedence in respective settings.
• Customise desired task label output using Prefix, Suffix & Delimiters
• Use Fordify for tag annotations as well !
• Generate sequenced tag labels for documentation within seconds !

Check out our video demonstration to understand how Fordify works !

Batch Export 3D views to NWC

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Usually, Autodesk® Revit® only allows you to export an NWC file from 3D view one by one and the export option is not easy to config. This tool can help you to save time by exporting multiple 3D views from your selection to multiple NWC files to work with Autodesk® Navisworks® software.

All the export options can be quickly defined directly from the add in. You can also easily rename the output file name.

Main UI

SwitchBackClash

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

This application allows Autodesk® Revit® users to view clashes created by Autodesk® Navisworks® in Revit by doing the following steps:

1. Select button SwitchBackClash to trigger the application
2. Browser to the XML clash report exported from Navisworks
3. Select the family that will be placed in the Revit model at clash points. You can load the default family by clicking the Load Family button or you can use your own family
4. Define family parameters that you want to write clash information
5. Click OK

Roundup – For Dec 30, 2019 - Jan 12, 2020, New and Updated Revit-Related Add-Ins on the Autodesk App Store

Revit

New

Auto Join Geometry
This application allows Autodesk® Revit® users to join geometry between categories or element groups automatically | Trial
★★★★★ (1 review)
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 1/8/2020 – First version.

Distribute Lighting & Data Devices from CAD
Distribute Lighting Fixtures and Communication/Data devices from a Linked/Imported Autodesk® AutoCAD® drawing (Autodesk® Revit® 2019 & 2020) | USD 10.00/M
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 1/9/2020 – Initial release.

Updated

Pipe Pack 2019
This tool will bring the Speed, Accuracy and Quality together while modelling and Coordinating Pipes | USD 50.00/M
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 1/10/2020 – Initial release

Roundup – For December 10-22, 2019, New and Updated Revit-Related Add-Ins on the Autodesk App Store

Revit

New

Pipe Pack 2018
This tool will bring the speed, accuracy, and quality together while modeling and coordinating pipes | USD 50.00/M
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 12/19/2019 – Initial Release.

InternalOriginHide-ifier
Hides the Internal Origin category in all views in Autodesk® Revit® 2020.2 and up | Free
★★★★★ (1 review)
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 12/18/2019 – Initial release.

Pipe Pack 2018 - Trial
This tool will bring the Speed, Accuracy, and Quality together while modeling and Coordinating Pipes | Trial
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 12/18/2019 – Initial Release.

Free Butterfly TimelinerTask Find/Replace for Navisworks

From the Autodesk App Store:

This app can find various Timeliners by task name, scope, task type, and user definition. The result can be displayed in the dialog box, to easily change the name of the task and connect model items.

Connect / Disconnect Model Item

Roundup – For Oct 21 - Dec 10, 2019, New and Updated Revit-Related Add-Ins on the Autodesk App Store, Somebody-Please-Shoot-Me-Sized Edition

Revit

New

Print Setup Manager
This add-in will help you to manage all print setups in an Autodesk® Revit® file | Free
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 12/9/2019 – Initial release

Codemill DataManager
Codemill DataManager is an Autodesk® Revit® plugin for design and construction project life cycle management, assets management and facilities management | Trial
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.1.0, 12/9/2019 – Initial release.

Add View To Sheet
This application allows Autodesk® Revit® users to add multiple Views into Sheet very quickly | Free
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 12/9/2019 – Initial release

Fast Track for Autodesk® Navisworks®

From the Autodesk App Store:

This app reads the project information and then applies it to any parts found in the current model. The data is written to the properties, so that the project database does not have to be supplied with a published Navisworks file.

Ridiculously Over-Sized Roundup – For Jul 22 - Oct 13, 2019, New and Updated Revit-Related Add-Ins on the Autodesk App Store

Revit

New

SetWorkplanePoint
Set Workplane in a variety of ways. Move the Workplane to the pick a point or offset it by the specified distance | USD 1.90/M
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 10.11.9365, 10/10/2019 – License release.

BIM_SOFT_Tool_Package_V_17,18,19,20
This application contains 12 useful tools to facilitate work in Autodesk® Revit® | USD 20.00/Y
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 10/1/2019 – First release.

Section on Element
Create Section view parallel or perpendicular to selected element | USD 2.00
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.0, 9/30/2019 – Initial release.

Define Clash Tests for Navisworks – Import Clash Tests from Excel

From the Autodesk App Store:

Instead of defining Autodesk® Navisworks® clash tests manually, one by one, this app automatically defines Navisworks clash tests from a Clash Matrix CSV file.

A clash Matrix Excel file should be a part of your company's standards, and should be utilized for your projects.

If two test names in the Excel file match the defined Navisworks search set names, it creates a clash test for you. You can define the clash tolerance by editing the value between a column and a row in the Excel template file provided with the app.

Results...

BIM SOFT Tool Package

From the Autodesk App Store:

This application contains 12 useful tools to facilitate work in Autodesk® Revit®.

Convert Text Case

The tool is designed to modify the text case for the "Text Notes category" in Revit.

This function will enhance working with text in Revit. It will help the user to change the text case for the “Text Notes category “ to be (Upper case, Lower case, Sentence case, and Title Case).

Upgrade Files

This tool will upgrade previous versions of Revit files to the latest Revit format. The tool can upgrade families, template files, and project files.

This will reduce the time used in upgrading the manually. It will save a lot of lost time.

Centralized families cannot be upgraded to the latest version of Revit.

A different folder path needs to be selected to save the upgraded files.

Export Link Path To Excel

This tool is designed to export a Revit link file's path to Excel.

It's very useful, especially for large projects with many links.

You can also use it to check the linked file's paths.

Free BIM 360 Issues for Navisworks

From the Autodesk App Store:

Throughout all phases of the project multidisciplinary team members need to collaborate and communicate with each other. There are multiple tools and technologies that are used to facilitate those interactions from informal / unstructured mechanisms (e.g. phone calls, emails, f2f meetings) through to highly structured and contractual systems  (e.g. cost, change or bid management systems). Most project teams need a system that provides structured, audited and controlled interactions between team members for tracking formal but not contractual interactions, typically referred to as an issue tracking system. 'Issues' can comprise questions, clarifications, notifications and alerts across anyone in the project team. The issue tracking system provides a mechanism to document issues, assign responsibility and view the status of how the issue resolution is progressing.

Frequently the project participant that is responding to or raising an issue will be a persona that is creating or consuming data in a desktop product such as Autodesk® Navisworks®. This persona is likely to receive issues that have been created by other project participants that need clarity on the design content that has been created, and to collaborate with other project team members as they develop their design and fabrication content. They may also use issues to track and resolve problems relating to clash and coordination problems or changes to the project.

AR VR for Autodesk® Navisworks®

From the Autodesk App Store:

About the plugin:

The plugin allows you to publish Navisworks models to Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality.

For more details, Please visit our website : https://visionworkplace.com/products/ar-vr-for-autodesk-navisworks

Android App (to open exported model to AR VR): Epic AR VR

Contact us for,

1. If you need any custom development on AR and VR
2. If you want to integrate this plugin to your solution
3. SDK to read .unitydata file in unity

Critical Mass – 5-Star Rated Add-ins on the Autodesk App Store for Summer 2019

For your convenience, below is our bi-annual list of the 5-star rated Revit-related add-ins on the Autodesk App Store (with at least four reviews). The list is sorted by number of reviews, highest to lowest. Add-ins are also separated between free and paid.

The add-in that gained the most reviews since our last listing was Color Splasher with 8 (for 21 total).

Eighteen add-ins made their debut on the list this go-round. The add-in debuting with the most reviews was BIM BOQ Quantifier with 9 reviews.

Remember, reviews are important. Please take a few minutes to share your experiences with apps on the App Store by submitting reviews!

Revit

Free

COINS Auto-Section Box
"Brings fluidity to the Autodesk® Revit® section box when modifying complex areas of a model. Saves seconds when communicating, costly minutes when modeling, and valuable hours throughout a project."
★★★★★ (102 reviews ⁺³ )

Palladio X BIM WindowsLayout
Arrange windows by a scheme.
★★★★★ (63 reviews ⁺² )

Roundup – For July 1-7, 2019, New and Updated Revit-Related Add-Ins on the Autodesk App Store

Revit

New

Batch Join , Unjoin Elements with custom order
A tool to help you join and unjoin quickly multiple elements selected by Category, Family and Types | USD 8.00
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 7/2/2019 – The first release.

Updated

CAD Files Explorer 2019
Instantly shows, selects, or deletes all linked or imported CAD files in Autodesk® Revit®. Lists and opens all views & sheets where a CAD file is visible. Scans all loaded families for nested CAD | USD 7.95/M
★★★★★ (3 reviews)
About This Version: Version 2019.2, 7/5/2019 – Family Scan feature added.

Giant-Size Roundup – For May 27 - June 30, 2019, New and Updated Revit-Related Add-Ins on the Autodesk App Store

Revit

New

Room Tools
Aligning tools for room and room tag | Free
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.0.1, 6/28/2019 – Fixed Area Issues.

FBX Exporter
Batch exports Autodesk® Revit® geometry to individual FBX files | Free
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 6/27/2019 – Initial release.

Warning Manager
This app is designed to help you manage all warning messages on Autodesk® Revit® models with Isolate and create a Bounding box around the error Elements | USD 8.00
☆☆☆☆☆ (0 reviews)
About This Version: Version 1.1.0, 6/27/2019 – For release notes, see this post »

DXF Converter for Autodesk® Navisworks®

From the Autodesk App Store:

About the DXF format:
Autodesk® AutoCAD® DXF (Drawing Interchange Format or Drawing Exchange Format) is a CAD data file format developed by Autodesk for enabling data interoperability between AutoCAD and other programs.

About this application:
Create a DXF file of your design in a moment and share it with anyone in one go. It will translate designs to a DXF file that can be opened in AutoCAD.

It allows you to create CAD file from any model that can be opened in Autodesk® Navisworks®.

Application Offers:

1. Generate DXF file format(.dxf)
2. Quick DXF conversion
3. Small file size
4. Colors and material
5. Selected parts can be converted, and hidden parts will be skipped.
6. Sectionbox export
7. Pixel culling. Skip small sized entities.