Setout Point Coordinate

From the Autodesk App Store...

This App allows the scheduling of X, Y, and Z coordinates of any given point of a site, project, building, an object or an element.

You place instances of a “Setout Point Marker” family to the points where the coordinates should be exported and scheduled. This family definition contains shared parameters to hold the data required for scheduling.

The app will then automatically extract the relevant X, Y & Z coordinates of given points from the model and populate the “Setout Point Marker” families parameters with the value. They can be formatted and placed on a drawing sheet.

This app provides a 15 days trial period with full functionality.

About This Version
Version 1.0.1, 1/20/2016
Updated release

The Setout Point Coordinate add-in is brought to you by Theptech. The price was not known at time of publication. There's more information available on the Autodesk App Store.

MEP Pipeline Tools Add-in for Revit

From the Autodesk App Store...

This application is useful when you need to modify Pipes, Ducts and Cable tray systems.

You can save a huge amount of time when working on large projects as it will help with the modification of the elevation, splitting and breaking of elements.

Deleting of Tee fittings is also very flexible and it helps to reduce the rework.

This application provides a set of tools to modify the properties of the pipeline, automatically connect the pipes, and other tools.

For example：

• Configuration piping system type and Mech system type info. You can add, modify, and delete system type info.
• User picks 2 point, and then modifies all these pipe elevation (or dn, width, height) to avoid collision.
• User selects pipes, and then links these with fitting (Elbow, Tee, and cross). Pick 2 Point, link 2 pipes with fitting and create vertical pipe.
• User selects multiple Pipes, Split Pipes every N meters.
• User picks 2 point, break this pipeline...

The ribbon panel

Modify Elev: Pick 2 points, then modify all these pipe elevations

Modify Dn: Pick 2 points, then modify all these pipe dn or width, height

 

Pick 2 points, break pipe

del fitting, merge pipe

Our app will continue to develop.

About This Version
Version 1.0.0, 1/18/2016
Initial release.

The MEP Pipeline Tools add-in is brought to you by Revit Studio and is priced at 2.00 USD. There's more information available on the Autodesk App Store.

Roundup – New and Updated Revit Add-ins on the Autodesk App Store for the Week of January 10, 2016

The week of January 10th saw the release of a new Revit add-in for exporting plate reinforcement from Robot Structural Analysis on the Autodesk App Store. It also saw updates published of the popular Excel to Revit add-in, Ideate Sticky, and to the RushForth Tools for Revit.

NEW

Import plate reinforcement from Robot
OS: Win64
The application performs the import of theoretical reinforcement plates from Autodesk® Robot Structural Analysis and allows controlling the actual layout of reinforcement in Autodesk® Revit® | Trial

UPDATED

liNear Routing & Content Tools
OS: Win32 and 64
This set of tools speeds up your work if you are creating pipe or duct systems. Family generators for piping manifolds and air handling units as well as powerful routing assistants are a must have | Free
About This Version: Version 1.0.2, 1/13/2016 – Failure of loading a warning tag family fixed. Dialog about upgrading the model when issuing commands “Manifold/Ventilation device” fixed.

Convert Text Case
OS: Win32 and 64
The tool is designed to modify the text case for the “Text Notes category “in Autodesk® Revit® | $3.00
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 1/11/2016 – Initial Release

Ideate Sticky 2016 - Trial
OS: Win64
Ideate Sticky for Autodesk® Revit® combines the ease and flexibility of Excel spreadsheet editing with the convenience of a sticky note | Trial
About This Version: Version 2016.2, 1/11/2016 – Support for Images (2015 and 2016 only). Excel line weight mapping. Support for hidden rows and columns. Support for breaking long Excel worksheets into pages.

Rushforth Tools For Revit 2013
OS: Win32 and 64
Save hundreds of hours with productivity tools including synchronizing data with Excel, filtering elements using parameter data, automatically creating elements around space boundaries, and much more! | $99.99
About This Version: Version 1.0.5, 1/10/2016 – New Parameter Transformer and Sheet Creator interfaces.

Rushforth Tools 2014 (Trial)
OS: Win32 and 64
Save hundreds of hours with productivity tools including synchronizing data with Excel, filtering elements using parameter data, automatically creating elements around space boundaries, and much more! | Trial
About This Version: Version 1.0.2, 1/10/2016 – New features including the Parameter Scheduler tool.

RushForth Tools 2014
OS: Win32 and 64
Save hundreds of hours with productivity tools including synchronizing data with Excel, filtering elements using parameter data, automatically creating elements around space boundaries, and much more! | $99.99
About This Version: Version 1.0.2.15, 1/10/2016 – Project Setup Tool Enhancements.

RushForth Tools 2015 (Trial)
OS: Win32 and 64
Save hundreds of hours with productivity tools including synchronizing data with Excel, filtering elements using parameter data, automatically creating elements around space boundaries, and much more! | Trial
About This Version: Version 1.0.1.15, 1/10/2016 – Project Setup Tool Enhancements.

RushForth Tools 2015
OS: Win32 and 64
Save hundreds of hours with productivity tools including synchronizing data with Excel, filtering elements using parameter data, automatically creating elements around space boundaries, and much more! | $99.99
About This Version: Version 1.0.1.15, 1/10/2016 – Project Setup Tool Enhancements.

RushForth Tools 2016 (Trial)
OS: Win32 and 64
Save hundreds of hours with productivity tools including synchronizing data with Excel, filtering elements using parameter data, automatically creating elements around space boundaries, and much more! | Trial
About This Version: Version 1.0.2, 1/10/2016 – Project Setup Tool Enhancements.

RushForth Tools 2016
OS: Win32 and 64
Save hundreds of hours with productivity tools including synchronizing data with Excel, filtering elements using parameter data, automatically creating elements around space boundaries, and much more! | $99.99
About This Version: Version 1.0.2, 1/10/2016 – Project Setup Tool Enhancements.

Import Plate Reinforcement from Robot Add-in for Revit

From the Autodesk App Store...

The application performs the import of theoretical reinforcement plates from Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis and allows controlling the actual layout of reinforcement.

User work process:

• selects the necessary floors (walls);
• performs the import of theoretical reinforcement from program Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis;
• monitors the actual layout of reinforcement made standard tool “Reinforcement area”.

The work process creates two specialized views: "Reinforcement from Robot “and” Check reinforcement.”

The results of import are displayed on this data views as color contour plots.

The application update the results dynamically when user makes changes in the areas of reinforcement plates.

This application facilitates and accelerates the process of reinforcement of floors and walls.

In the case of the trial version the results are display for only one layer of reinforcement plate.

The Import Plate Reinforcement from Robot add-in is brought to you by AR-CADIA and is priced at 120.00 USD. There's more information available on the Autodesk App Store.

Roundup – New and Updated Revit Add-ins on the Autodesk App Store for the Week of January 3, 2016

Better late than never...

The week of January 3rd saw the release of updates to Revit Structural add-ins from SOFiSTiK and updates to add-ins for Revit MEP from BIM SOFT, as well as a new parameter management add-in, also from BIM SOFT, and an update to the popular Number add-in from archisoft tools.

NEW

Copy/ Combine (Text Parameters)
OS: Win32 and 64
This tool is designed to copy or combine text parameter between Autodesk® Revit® elements | $5.00
About This Version: Version 1.0.0, 1/7/2016 – Initial Release

UPDATED

Automatic Conduit
OS: Win32 and 64
The tool is designed to create power circuits and connect fixtures with conduits instead of Autodesk® Revit® default 2D wire | $20.00
About This Version: Version 1.1.0, 1/8/2016 – Updated for 2016.

Duct Hangers
OS: Win32 and 64
This tool is designed to place duct hangers along the duct automatically | $5.00
About This Version: Version 1.1.1, 1/8/2016 – The tool will change the hanger size due to the change in duct size. The tool will change the hanger offset due to the change in duct offset. The user can choose to enter the distance between hangers in mm or inches. If the duct moved the hanger will follow the duct.

Number 2016
OS: Win64
This app is used to sequentially number objects by clicking on them. Supports numbering with prefix or suffix into any text based parameter | $1.99
About This Version: Version 1.4, 1/7/2016 – Once objects are clicked they are temporarily highlighted a different colour to show which items have been numbered.

SOFiSTiK Reinforcement Generation 2016 (Rental)
OS: Win64
SOFiSTiK Reinforcement Generation generates a 3D rebar model from computed analysis and design results in the Autodesk® Revit® Structure environment | $150.00/M
About This Version: Version 2.1, 1/4/2016 – Update Release 2016-2.1

SOFiSTiK Reinforcement Generation 2016
OS: Win64
SOFiSTiK Reinforcement Generation generates a 3D rebar model from computed analysis and design results in the Autodesk® Revit® Structure environment | $1,950.00
About This Version: Version 2.1, 1/4/2016 – Update Release 2016-2.1

SOFiSTiK Reinforcement Detailing 2016
OS: Win64
Using "SOFiSTiK Reinforcement Detailing" enables user to directly extract 2D reinforcement sheets from 3D model in Autodesk® Revit® | Trial
About This Version: Version 4.0, 1/4/2016 – Update Release 2016-4.0

BIM Workshops Announces 2016 Dates, Locations, and New Event Format

From the US CAD website...

The regional training conference expands with the addition of Las Vegas, NV event

Newport Beach, California, January 6, 2016 – The BIM Workshops, a regional technology training conference, announces its 2016 lineup of locations and dates. By popular demand, the Workshops is expanding its multi-city footprint to include Las Vegas, NV.

The 2016 BIM Workshops host cities and dates are:

• Las Vegas, NV on May 5th, 2016
• Orange County, CA on June 9th, 2016
• Omaha, NE on August 4th, 2016
• Honolulu, HI on October 20th, 2016
• Phoenix, AZ on October 27th, 2016

The 2016 BIM Workshops will continue to feature established speakers and experts from the architecture, engineering, and construction industries. The Workshops will also offer several promotions, such as early bird savings and group discounts.

Key changes to the 2016 events include:

• A condensed one-day event that reduces attendees’ time spent away from work, offers a more affordable price point, and provides more class options for selection.
• Enhanced lab sessions where attendees bring their own laptops, which provides a more familiar desktop environment for attendees to learn intermediate and advanced-level skills.

“We look forward to expanding the BIM Workshops to Las Vegas to serve the growing demands and needs of this unique BIM community,” explains Danny Counts, CEO of U.S. CAD. “This region is home to some of the most sophisticated and complex projects in the hospitality industry, and we are excited to bring this high-quality training conference here.”

Registration for the Las Vegas event opens on January 18th, 2016. To sign up for notifications about the 2016 events, please visit http://www.bim-workshops.com.

About the BIM Workshops

The BIM Workshops events started with the Central States Revit Workshop in 2012. The continued success of the Workshop, along with the technical community’s positive feedback, prompted a multi-event expansion and a re-branding to the name BIM Workshops. Hosted by U.S. CAD, the Workshops were created originally to connect local users with national, regional, and local industry speakers and leaders. For many users, the Workshops continue to be the most cost-effective opportunity to get training in BIM Technology software. These events provide a great opportunity to learn from and network with their industry leaders and peers. For upcoming events in your area or to learn more about the event, visit http://www.bim-workshops.com.

RapidPad™ – Map Revit Commands to Any Standard 10-Key Number Pad for Fast Input

From the Autodesk App Store...

RapidPad helps you to execute AutoCAD® and Revit® commands faster. It is cloud-based so your settings go with you. It is easy to get started and easy to use.

You can use RapidPad with any standard numeric keypad and easily map two number combinations with an AutoCAD command. You can map any AutoCAD command, LISP routine, or chain of commands. RapidPad comes with 20 mappings already setup to help you get started. You can easily change them and add new ones to make it just how you want.

RapidPad also supports Revit. You can easily select any standard Revit command and execute those commands without using the keyboard or Ribbon bar.

When RapidPad first starts you'll be asked to start a 30-day free trial, or if you already have a license you can login to retrieve it.

Note:  This app uses a custom installer (and not the standard App Store installer).

About This Version
Version 1.2.2, 1/28/2016 – Improved version.

RapidPad is brought to you by Hovey Tech LLC and is priced at 24.99 USD/month or 239.88 USD/year. There's more information available on the Autodesk App Store.

Ideate Software Announces New Version of Ideate Sticky for Autodesk Revit

From the press release...

San Francisco, CA, 1/26/2015 – Ideate Software, a veteran Autodesk Developer Network member, announced today that updates are available for Ideate Sticky for Autodesk Revit versions 2014, 2015 and 2016. Ideate Sticky imports and synchronizes Microsoft Excel file content into the Revit project environment. The updates to Ideate Sticky for Revit include significant enhancements and improvements.

In response to a top customer support request, visual fidelity has been improved by added support for Line Style Mapping. “Ideate Sticky user feedback was integral in the development of the features in this update,” says Glynnis Patterson, Ideate Director of Software Development. “We designed this to allow end-user control of the assigned line styles, as well as out-of-the-box default values to get our customers up and running with great results.”

Other improvements in this release of Ideate Sticky include:

• Added support for hidden rows and columns within your Revit project
• Designers and engineers can now use any Named Region as a way of defining a Sticky, an easy method for splitting a long Excel worksheet into separate 'pages'
• Versions 2015 and forward now support inclusions of an image, such as a company logo, within the header

Richard Taylor, Ideate Software Technical Evangelist says, “The ability to support embedded graphic images in the Microsoft Excel schedule, plus the ability to support many Excel line styles, will greatly enhance the graphic fidelity of the Sticky Schedule within the Revit environment, reducing the necessity for additional schedule editing.  Customers can easily link the Excel Schedule into Revit knowing that the proper formatting of fonts, graphic images, line styles, hidden rows and columns, and merged cells, will be handled by Ideate Sticky effortlessly and elegantly.”

He adds, “No matter your discipline, Ideate Sticky allows you to extend the project team by providing the ability to link non-BIM Excel data directly into the Revit project.”

Bob Palioca, President, Ideate Software says, “Ideate Software is always listening and deeply involved in how are customers are using our Ideate Software solutions. The latest release of Ideate Sticky reflects that commitment to our customers.”

To ensure consistent graphic results, all Ideate Sticky end-users should be updated at the same time.

Ideate Sticky carries a five-star rating on the Autodesk App Store, and is available with a non-commercial free trial. Download  the trial today.

Vabi Software Rebrands as Xinaps

Vabi Software has released a number of innovative Revit add-ins over the last year, and now Vabi Software has rebranded to Xinaps.

From the press release...

Xinaps promises to enrich drawing solutions for AEC professionals with intuitive plugins for Revit®

Delft, the Netherlands – February 3rd, 2016 – Vabi Software International today announced it is now called Xinaps. After an eventful year on the international market, the forward-thinking Dutch startup changes its name to match more closely with its core values and goals.

The innovative team of Xinaps continues with full force the development of quick, easy-to-use and reliable building model checking plugins for architects who use Revit®. Originally founded as a spin-off of the Dutch Vabi Software, Xinaps inherited the methodology of the renowned on the Dutch market building simulation modelling company.

Vabi is where we began and it will always stay in our hearts. However, our market is the world and we are ready to dive in the international AEC sea”, the CEO Frank Schuyer shared. “Our aim is to help architects become more effective in their work and help them optimize some tedious tasks. We’re working hard with development partners around the globe on delivering the preferred architectural tools fully integrated in Revit®.”

Since its foundation in 2015, Xinaps has already launched 5 apps, plugged into Revit® and fully up-to-date with the latest drawings. With lots of perspiration and determination, the team has promised to deliver 2 game-changing apps and lots of desired upgrades in 2016.

Eager to take an app for a spin? A 30-day free trial can be downloaded from www.xinaps.com or from the Exchange Store of Autodesk.

Are you BIM-savvy? Do you work in the area of financial profitability, daylight area, model validation, sustainable building, or building accessibility? Staying upfront with the latest developments in the AEC must be important to you. So, find Xinaps on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or YouTube and stay tuned!