Popular RTV Xporter PRO Gets Some Updates

From the RTV Tools Limited Facebook page...

New features include; Document Transmittals, revamped Sheet Revisions engine, and Remote server based batch processing of printing and file exports.

From the RTV Tools website...

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Building on the success of the RTV Xporter for Autodesk® Revit®, we now have the pleasure of releasing the RTV Xporter PRO that now includes a revolutionary new Batch and Scheduling functions that brings the ability to create scheduled tasks in Autodesk® Revit® that are executed in a fully autonomous mode, including the starting up of the Autodesk® Revit® application, opening and closing Revit project files, and executing the pre-configured tasks, including Printing and Exporting of files from Autodesk® Revit®. With virtually no setup required, just install and automate!, RTV Xporter PRO is ideal for Architects, Interiors Designers, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Visualization Artists using Autodesk® Revit®.

RTV Xporter PRO features include:

• Create, save and execute Batch and Scheduled tasks for Exporting and Printing from Autodesk® Revit® project files, tasks can be automatically run as a single Batch process or on a repeating Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Hourly Scheduled process.
• Automatic creation of PDFs, DWG, DWF, DWFx, DXF, DGN, NWC and IFC files from Autodesk® Revit® drawing sheets and views.
• Built-in parametric file naming engine automatically saves exported files to match any company’s or project team’s file naming conventions.
• Batch print large format and reduced hardcopies to two separate printers simultaneously.
• Minimal and fast learning curve with the intuitive and clean graphical user interface (GUI).
• No setup required, just install and automate your work processes today.

RTV Xporter PRO is brought to you by RTV Tools Limited with pricing starting at USD 49.00.

While it's probably overdue, I'm happy to present RTV Xporter PRO with an Editor's Choice award!

Luke Johnson wrote a review of RTV Xporter Pro on his What Revit Wants blog.

There's more information available on the RTV Tools website.

Credit:

Today we release the next update to our very popular Xporter PRO for Autodesk Revit, New features include;... http://t.co/aKByPWTYhr
— Jason Howden (@RTVTools) February 8, 2015

Full disclosure: RTV Tools is an advertiser on Revit Add-ons.

Award-Winning Kiwi Codes Bonus Tools Add-in Gets New Tools!

In the 5 months since I last wrote about Bonus Tools, Kiwi Codes has added several new tools and options to their award-winning add-in.

From the Kiwi Codes website...

January 17, 2015

Copy Areas

• Copy Areas between Area Schemes.
• There is no way to Copy Areas between Area Schemes within Revit.
• This tool copies (recreates) Areas by:
• Choosing the selection set, current selection or view.
• Selecting the Areas Scheme type.
• Selecting the destination View.
• Note: if there are no area boundary lines in the destination view, then expect 'Area is not in a properly enclosed region' warnings.

November 22, 2014

Ribbon Settings – Multiple Ribbons and name your panels

• View and change the Ribbon Settings.
• Select the tools you want to see on the Ribbon and re-order them to suit you.

SheetEMup

• Duplicate a sheet and select the views.
• Quickly duplicate a sheet multiple times by:
• Selecting from a list of current sheets, the one to duplicate.
• Choosing to either duplicate the existing views or selecting from a list of project views to place on the new sheets. If the selected view is already on a view it will also be duplicated.

Ideate Sticky – Elegantly Connect Non-BIM Data from Excel to Revit

From the Ideate Software website...

Format with Ease

Ideate Sticky for Revit Connects and Formats non-BIM Data

• Stick a code compliance worksheet onto the cover page
• Update non-BIM consultant data from MS Excel into Revit
• Represent subtotaled data or matrix data
• Stick a non-Revit Electrical Panel onto a Sheet
• Place the same Sticky on multiple Sheets

Ideate Sticky elegantly connects non-BIM data from an Excel file into your Revit project.

Ideate Sticky for Revit combines the ease and flexibility of Excel spreadsheet editing with the convenience of a sticky note. Use Ideate Sticky to elegantly connect non-BIM data from an Excel file into your Revit project. Revit schedules are the perfect tool to represent the data behind your Revit elements, but lack of a text editor makes organizing and formatting other essential non-BIM data frustrating and time consuming. Let Sticky manage the look and feel of your text and other tabular data. Other schedules do not interfere with table creation or modification, and the table generated does not accidentally start scheduling things. Enjoy the benefits of formatting inside of Excel or Revit. What will you Sticky?



There's more information available on the Ideate Software website.

Roundup – Expiration Dates for Revit-Related Autodesk Labs Technology Previews

Over on his excellent It's Alive in the Lab blog, Scott Sheppard recently posted the expiry dates for free technology previews currently on Autodesk Labs. Here I've whittled the list down to the technology previews that are Revit-related.

February 19, 2015
Project Scorch
Perform fire simulations within a structure.

February 28, 2015
Solar Analysis for Revit
Perform solar analysis on the faces of a mass in Revit.

March 31, 2015
FABmep Import for Revit MEP
Import FABmep models/projects into Revit MEP.

April 1, 2015
Project Gaudi for Rhino
Try structural geometry generation/analysis for design.

April 30, 2015
Project ECMFin
Conduct financial analyses on the desired energy conservation measures.

April 30, 2015 tech preview
Project Rosenfeld for Rapid Energy Modeling in the field
Capture existing building conditions and create energy analyses.

April 30, 2015
Revit Credit Manager for LEED
Manage your LEED credits with ease.

April 30, 2015
Dynamo Plug-in for Robot Structural Analysis
Connect Dynamo to Robot Structural Analysis.

April 30, 2015
Project Octopus for Robot Structural Analysis
Integrate analysis results with Excel.

May 6, 2015
Project Dalton
Conduct pipe flow simulation and analysis.

June 1, 2015
Project Energy Cost Range
Use a single, simple indicator of potential building energy use and the key factors that influence it.

June 30, 2015
Project EnergyPlus Cloud
Experience EnergyPlus raised to the power of cloud.


Scott's original post may be viewed here.

Credit:

Updated List of Expiration Dates for Autodesk Labs Technology Previews http://t.co/MbH9aw6JlO #autodesklabs
— Autodesk Labs Scott (@scottsh115) February 3, 2015

Roundup – New and Updated Revit Add-ins on Autodesk Exchange Apps for the Week of 2/1/2015

NEW

Mesh Import from OBJ Files
Import meshes from OBJ files into Autodesk® Revit® | truevis.com | USD 50.00



UPDATED

WebGL Exporter For Revit®
WebGL Exporter For Autodesk® Revit® exports your model to an HTML file. You can then view your model in the browser without any external application/plugin installation, manipulate the view and share | ProtoTech Solutions and Services Pvt. Ltd | Trial

Structural Analysis Toolkit 2015
The toolkit is a suite of tools that supports the BIM process and allows structural engineers to analyze structures from within the Autodesk® Revit® environment | Autodesk, Inc | Free

View Duplicator
Duplicate multiple views, with applying new View template, rename the views and name the Title on the sheet | Hyder Consulting | Free

Remove Duplicate Mark Warnings
This tool is designed to remove duplicate mark warnings from the Autodesk® Revit® files | BIM Soft Solutions | USD 10.00

Wiip Numbering
Allow you to renumber rooms, doors, columns, text notes and all objects that can be numbered | WIIP | USD 49.00

Raychem
A design tool to assist with pipe freeze protection and pipe flow maintenance applications | Pentair, Inc | Free

BIMcollab® BCF Manager
The BIMcollab® BCF Managers for Autodesk® Revit® provide an efficient collaboration workflow for communicating BIM issues. Use the BCF Manager in any situation where issue management for BIM is needed | KUBUS BV | Free

STL Exporter
The STL Exporter is designed to produce a stereolithography file (STL) of your building model | Autodesk, Inc | Free

Bonus Tools
Bonus Tools contains multiple apps and can help any practice save time. New tools include; SheetEMup, Renumber Parameter, Highlight 3D Elements, Areas or Rooms to Mass. Also major Ribbon upgrades | Kiwi Codes Solutions Ltd | Trial

Selection Master
Filter the model for elements based on their level, category, parameter values, and more | Revolution Design, Inc | Trial

Lighting Analysis
Lighting Analysis for Autodesk® Revit® is a fast cloud service that uses Autodesk® 360 Rendering to expose electric and solar lighting results directly on the Revit model | Autodesk, Inc | Free

XYZ Coordinates
Extracting XYZ coordinates from Autodesk® Revit® family Structural Column and Foundation categories | Hyder Consulting | Free

Text Utility
"Text Utility" to update Text font style | Hyder Consulting | Free

myShortcut
New shortcut keys for direct access to the desired folder in one click | Hyder Consulting | Free


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Mesh Import from OBJ Files

From the Autodesk Exchange Apps website...

Import meshes into Autodesk® Revit®! Within limits, all kinds of shapes and objects can now be brought into the project environment. Meshes in OBJ format may be made from free-form modeling software such as Autodesk® Meshmixer or can be generated from photogrammetry.

The Mesh Import from OBJ Files is brought to you by truevis.com and is priced at USD 50.00.

There's more information available on the Autodesk Exchange Apps website.

Free Rhynamo – Refactored and Data-Centric

From Nathan Miller's The Proving Ground blogsite...

The new version of Rhynamo exposes new data from 3DM files
There is much more to Rhino files than NURBS geometry.  This latest release of Rhynamo extends the users ability to access different data and objects within a Rhino file from Dynamo... from general file information, to layers, or materials.  Geometry conversions will also return other important information about the object including GUIDs, layers, colors, and names.

In order to better develop this new functionality, the Rhynamo library has been refactored Rhynamo's for better organization... this will almost certainly break existing definitions that use older versions, but this is an important evolutionary step for this tool.  Older versions are still downloadable on the package manager for legacy use.

Geometry converters also return information about object GUIDs, names, layers, and colors.

Materials, layers, linetypes, hatch patterns, and camera view data is now available.

Visit the Rhynamo source to get the latest...

Related: Rhynamo – Rhino to Revit Via Dynamo.

Credit:

Yahoo! RT @archinate: Rhynamo - Refactored and Data-Centric... new version out NOW! cc: @case_inc @DynamoBIM http://t.co/WQtidMOfJY
— William Wong (@williamwong) February 1, 2015

Update to Free Project Gaudi for Rhino

From the Autodesk Labs website...

Project Gaudi for Rhino is our free technology preview that provides a structural geometry generator and analysis engine for use as a Rhino plug-in for conceptual design workflows. You can take a conceptual form as a Rhino mesh, add structural framing systems (trusses, beams, columns, etc.) to the form, analyze your system to see stresses and displacements, and then either return the geometry to Rhino, or send it to Robot Structural Analysis for further analysis and start your BIM workflow with Revit.

The most recent update of the project corrects an installer problem where project participants were unable to access steel profiles.

Join the project.

Related: Free Project Gaudi for Rhino – Structural Geometry Generator and Analysis Engine.

Credit:

Two Technology Preview Updates: Project Scandium and Project Gaudi for Rhino http://t.co/PG8x4G9gS2 #autodesklabs
— Autodesk Labs Scott (@scottsh115) February 2, 2015

Roundup – New and Updated Revit Add-ins on Autodesk Exchange Apps for the Week of 1/25/2015

NEW

User Activity
User Activity records user’s interaction within Autodesk® Revit®, allowing users to accurately complete their time sheets and highlight within the model changes made from date x to date y | Kiwi Codes Solutions Ltd | Trial


UPDATED

CTC BIM Project Suite 2015
Automate tedious tasks, use the power of Excel with Revit, manage content, compare a project at 2 points in time, validate families in rooms and much more. For Revit 2013-2015 | CTC, Inc | Free/Trial

CTC BIM Manager Suite 2015
For people who manage Autodesk® Revit® content and projects, BIM Manager Suite contains tools to help standardize, protect, and quickly change Revit families and projects. For Revit 2013-2015 | CTC, Inc | Free/Trial

A4H_Align Topo to Road
This tool will help designers to Align the Topography to a created Road "Floor or Roof" | Architecture For Humanity | Trial

BIM Helper Tools
Batch print, batch parameter actions, batch subcategory definitions, element selection manager (import and export), sheets generation and duplication and library browser | VV-Software | Trial

ViewSync
Automatically sync open views in a way that will make you look at Revit in a whole new way | Marsh API LLC | USD 9.00



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US Structural Content Extension for Revit 2015 from Autodesk

From the Autodesk Subscription website...

Release Date: 2014-11-19

The US Structural Content Extension for Autodesk® Revit® 2015*, Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2015, and Autodesk® Revit® Structure 2015 provides the latest AISC standard 14.1 hot rolled structural steel shapes.

Content is available in English only.

There's more information available on the Autodesk Subscription website.

Related – Roundup: Revit 2015 Autodesk Subscription Product Enhancements (Updated).