Ideate Explorer v2020.0

From the Autodesk App Store:

Ideate Explorer for Autodesk® Revit® gives you an easy, intuitive and profound way to search, filter, quantify and select elements in a Revit model. When having the ability to tie up inter-relationships between 100,000+ building elements can make or break your workday, you need one simple, powerful Revit add-on to help you explore and manage your Revit building information model.

Ideate Explorer for Revit empower you to:

• discover that you have 101 instances of the same DWG embedded and yet invisible in your Revit file
• clean-up rogue line styles
• organize and review your items by works, phase or level
• easily browse, find, and edit instances of revisions, grids, reference planes, color fills, annotation, and other items not covered within the project browser.
• make a selection set based on parameter values
• view and filter Sheets, Views, Schedules and Legends without disrupting the Project Browser setup 
• review Revit warnings while interoperating with Revit

IdeateApps v2020.0

From the Autodesk App Store:

A set of Autodesk® Revit® applications designed to increase the productivity of the entire project team. Developed with specific tasks in mind, these tools address the challenges identified by people who use Revit software every day. You will decrease the time spent on common tasks and increase the accuracy of BIM data in a Revit model, helping to keep projects of all sizes and complexities on time and on budget.

•  ReNumber: Easily renumber any element by selection, path, or auto-update method
•  SpellCheck: Spellcheck text and schedule elements within a project file
•  XRay: Learn why an element isn't visible in a certain view
•  Clone: Copy a sheet and its properties
•  SmartDelete: Avoid accidental deletions of 2D and 3D model elements
•  SheetManager: Filter sheet and view lists, place views on sheets, and more
•  QuickSelect: Quickly select and zoom to elements within a Revit project, template, or family file
•  Align: Align a view on one sheet with views on other sheets
•  ViewCreator: Batch-create multiple Revit views while complying with company-established BIM standards. 

Rockit v2020.0.1

From the Autodesk App Store:

Rockit™ Autodesk® Revit® productivity tools to assist model and BIM managers, and anybody using Revit with a massive collection of the most useful and productive add-in utilities on the market. Using Rockit Bulk Rename you are able to rename multiple views or sheets or anything! with one click using the powerful find & replace, suffix, prefix options. With parameters manager, you are able to quickly find the shared parameter you are after and bind it to the project or family, quickly rename or delete shared and project parameters.

With the project search tool, you can find anything within the project browser so simply like you are using Skype and searching for a contact, this functionality has been included into the object style and materials search, category search and publish tools. Family management commands. Publish to PDF (include sheet revisions), manage links, sheet creator, and so much more.

Rockit Project Search

SheetEz v1.0.2

From the Autodesk App Store:

This add-in includes the following functions:

• Make a sheet with name and number from input or Excel file.
• Rename sheet with some case.
• Transfer viewports from sheets.
• Duplicate sheets.
• Manage Revisions.
• Control Cloud system.

PAD (Project Active Dashboard) – Quickly Test the Feasibility of Projects

From the Autodesk App Store:

Project Active Dashboard allows you to quickly test the feasibility of residential and commercial projects. Once you have begun modeling rooms and areas, PAD allows quick comparison against the project requirements. Simply load the app once in your Autodesk® Revit® project and input required areas and unit counts to visually compare how your design is meeting project requirements. PAD can be easily exported to PDF or Excel which makes it a handy tool for both internal and external meetings.

Highlights:

• Quickly input your client requirements to evaluate the following:
• Gross areas
• Net areas
• Unit numbers
• Levels
• Parking numbers
• Parking percentages
• Typify your level information across multiple levels
• Input Authority floor ratio
• Client requirements as figures or percentages
• Export to Excel or PDF
• Live update with the Revit model
• Save and Load your data for continued use as the project evolves

Egan Spell Check My Parameters

From the Autodesk App Store:

This app will Spell Check Type and Instance text-based Parameters in a Autodesk® Revit® project file.

What you can expect from the Egan Spell Check My Parameters application:

Spell Check
This app will run a spell check on the text-based Parameters of a Revit project file, and provide the user with the ability to ignore, to change or to add words to your custom dictionary, as desired.

Speck Check Main Form

Enscape v2.5

From the Autodesk App Store:

ENSCAPE 2.5

Version 2.5 is now live: in this version we have added new features and overall improvements to optimize your Enscape experience.

Read on for a full overview of the updates and developments included in this latest release.

Let Enscape 2.5 take your design to the next level: streamline your workflow and impress your clients with one click.

Update to Enscape 2.5 today!

Interior Designer – Create Decoration Models Quickly

From the Autodesk App Store:

Interior Designer is an application used to create decoration models promptly. The application includes wall decoration, floor decoration, ceiling decoration and so on. Floor decoration module includes functionalities such as floor finishing, floor tiles creation, tile replacement, tile creation in part of a floor, wooden board modeling and parquet floor creation, etc. Wall decoration module includes functionalities such as wall finishing, wall tiles creation, tile replacement, tile creation in part of a wall, dry-hanging stone creation, and parquet wall creation, etc. Ceiling decoration module includes ceiling finishing, integrated ceiling creation, two-stage ceiling creation, multi-stage ceiling creation, grid ceiling modeling, and wooden keel ceiling creation, etc. Other functionalities include wall paper and skirting modeling and so on.

The application has a 15 days free trial period. After the trial period, you can pay for a standalone version license. Generally, the application can be used on one computer. You can switch to another computer as well following the instruction of the user manual. Furthermore, you can get any update we publish in the following one year.

Free ToRD - Change Text – Change Text Case

From the Autodesk App Store:

This Tool helps to change text format to different text types in Autodesk® Revit®. Change Text tool offers some utilities:

• Change lowercase to uppercase and vice versa
• Change the first letter of each word from lowercase to uppercase
• Change letter after dot from lowercase to uppercase

change text

PassivLink Lite v1.1 – Export to PHPP

From the Autodesk App Store:

Passivlink is the Autodesk® Revit® add-in that exports data directly to PHPP, saving heaps of time and money to Passivhaus designers.

Imagine all the things you could do if you just focused your expertise on priorities such as design and careful execution.

PassivLink main benefits are:

1. SAVES TIME:
PassivLink exports data directly to PHPP.
All the information is exported exactly on the right cell, by just clicking one icon.

2. LETS YOU FOCUS ON DESIGN:
PassivLink allows you to avoid repetitive tasks, increasing your satisfaction and boosting your productivity.

3. PREVENTS MISTAKES:
PassivLink allows you to safely export all the info you need directly to PHPP, eliminating the risk of data loss that comes with the manual introduction of information.

4. DISPLAYS INFORMATION:
By creating dedicated parameters, PassivLink allows users to visualize and select which info they want to export, enhancing control and performance.

Free Express Family Web3d – Share and Collaborate on Revit Models

From the Autodesk App Store:

Express Family Web3d App is a program developed to easily share the model you are working on within Autodesk® Revit® with team members without the construction or technology of a 3d model sharing server. Users can forward comments to 3D models at any time using a PC, laptop, tablet, or mobile Internet browser and can save chat messages to a file for later revision in Revit.

3d model chatting

PlacebyCADblock – Automatically Place Component Elements at Block Locations Within CAD Imports

From the Autodesk App Store:

Place component elements using imported CAD block location

Components' elements are columns, generic models, etc.

Imported CAD block is a part of CAD files.

This app helps place component elements at CAD block location automatically.

Catching Up with ElumTools – v2020.1 (2019.7, 2018.12, and 2017.5 too)

The fine folks at Lighting Analysts have been BUSY, and we'll catch up with a number of releases in this article.

2020.1

There's not much information about this version available on the Autodesk App Store or on the Lighting Analysts website, just that it was released on April 19. 2019. Presumably, this version offers the same features as 2019.7.0.12, just recompiled for Revit 2020.

From the Lighting Analysts website:

2019.7, 2018.12, 2017.15

2019.7.0.12, 2018.12.0.9 – Released: 2019-04-19

• Fix incorrect AVF Spatial Map rotation, occurring in certain cases
• DotNetZip version 1.10.1.
• Fix units issue with Metric Exterior Luminaire Families (.rfa files).

UNIFI Core v3.2.1 & UNIFI Web Portal v2.9.0

From the UNIFI website:

Release Notes: UNIFI Core Version 3.2.1 & UNIFI Web Portal Version 2.9.0

POSTED ON MARCH 17, 2019 BY LAURA MCINTYRE

Hey UNIFI Customers,

We’re pleased to announce our latest software update was released on March 18, 2019. CORE 3.2.1 updates include content upload email notifications, improved materials and fill patterns support, and several bug fixes.  Portal 2.9.0 includes the frequently requested API access! Please read below for further details.

CORE 3.2.1 Highlights

1. Content Upload Email Notifications:

Overview:

– Library Admins will now receive email notifications when a content upload request is created

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.