Free NWC Batch Export Add-in for Revit

EXPORT YOUR REVIT 3D VIEWS IN BATCH TO NAVISWORKS

The NWC Batch Export is a tool by BIM One that helps you export your 3D views in batch to a predefined folder. Instead of having to go through the classic export process for each and every view, you can simply select multiple views at once and let the plugin do the rest.

• Time saving
• Constant export through NWC files
• Naming convention is dealt within Revit

There's more information available on the BIM One website.

Autodesk Announces Autodesk A360 Collaboration for Revit at AU

From Autodesk's website...

Formerly code-named Project Skyscraper, Autodesk A360 Collaboration for Revit is game-changing service that connects building project teams with centralized access to BIM project data in the cloud.  The new service is available in commercial release in North America, starting on December 7.

Overcoming the barriers of corporate firewalls and physical location, A360 Collaboration for Revit enables true centralized access to Revit models by team members in all disciplines from multiple firms or sites.  It also replaces costly work-arounds for sharing models such as use of FTP sites, sharing software or inefficient use of email with attached PDFs. As a cloud service, Collaboration for Revit does not require complex and costly IT setup and maintenance.  All project and design data is stored in Autodesk’s secure cloud environment.*

Included with subscription to A360 Collaboration for Revit, access to the Autodesk A360 Team cloud-based project collaboration platform allows the entire project team, even project contributors who do not use or have access to Revit software, to view, search, and socially interact with all project design data. With both the web and mobile A360 experiences, all members of extended project team can work together more efficiently on projects, make more effective decisions and deliver superior results.

With A360 Collaboration for Revit, team members can automatically see who else is working on the project, and changes made by one team member are immediately visible and available to everyone.  No contact lists to manage, and no FTP exchanges needed.

With the Communicator for Revit in-context chat tool that comes with A360 Collaboration for Revit, project team members from all disciplines and firms can communicate directly with each other, in real-time while working on their project models in Autodesk Revit. A vast improvement over email or phone, Communicator provides notifications of new chat messages, connection requests, and sync status for workshared models to help the team work better together.

Describing his firm’s use of the beta version of A360 Collaboration for Revit on a major renovation project for the Oregon State Capitol building, Bjorn Clouten, project manager and senior associate architect at SRG Partnership said: “We’re sharing linked BIM project models with the entire project team in the cloud. Everyone has instant access to the latest information. It’s terrific. We’re enjoying the kind of smooth BIM collaboration that we’ve sought for more than 10 years.”

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

Roundup: New and Updated Revit Add-ins on Autodesk Exchange Apps for the Week of 11/23/2014

NEW ADD-INS

Enscape™
Inreal Technologies | Win32 and 64 | 11/28/2014 | Trial

Enscape™ – the best way to virtually walk through Projects in Autodesk® Revit®. It enables you to show and communicate designs in your team or to your customers effortlessly.

Auto Floors Builder
BIMCODER, Inc | Win32 and 64 | 11/26/2014 | USD 19.99

Customers use the tool to automatically generate floors based on beams and columns of given level. So customers can save a lot of human operations and time.

Text Utility
Hyder Consulting | Win32 and 64 | 11/24/2014 | Free

"Text Utility" to update Text font style.

KazQR
BackToCAD Technologies, LLC | Win32 and 64 | 11/24/2014 | Trial

KazQR allows the creation of vector and raster QR Codes as full editable CAD drawing or as a raster file for PhotoShop, InDesign, and Illustrator etc.

EquipIt
LowCarbonComfort | Win32 and 64 | 11/24/2014 | Trial

Dynamically create 1000s of MEP equipment families.




UPDATED ADD-INS

Auto Join All
Architecture For Humanity | Win64 only | 11/29/2014 | USD 15.00

Think about sitting on your chair and watching all building elements getting joined together.

PowerMeasure
AsiaSW | Win32 and 64 | 11/25/2014 | USD 19.00

Do you need to measure the surface of a face, the length of an edge from an object of Autodesk® Revit® or pick points in a 3d view to get distance from this points,PowerMeasure is the solution for yo...

CL3VER
CL3VER | Win32 and 64 | 11/25/2014 | Free

CL3VER transforms your Autodesk® Revit® projects into browser based interactive 3D presentations to reach any stakeholder with an engaging presentation of your design intent and win bids.

Curtain Modeler
BIMCODER, Inc | Win32 and 64 | 11/24/2014 | Trial

Creates curtain system on the surfaces of linked models, and modifies panel types easily for specified curtain panels by selecting, save and reload.

STF Exporter
Kyle T. Morin | Win32 and 64 | 11/24/2014 | Free

Export Autodesk® Revit® Spaces and Light Fixtures to STF File format.

Enscape - Virtual Walkthroughs in Revit

From the Autodesk Exchange Apps website...

Enscape™ – the best way to virtually walk through Projects in Autodesk® Revit®.
It enables you to show and communicate designs in your team or to your customers effortlessly.

BENEFIT
Enscape™ enables you to walk through your project using realistic real-time rendering. This facilitates the preparation of meetings and saves a lot of time.

ITERATION
Through the app’s unique technique changes in the model are displayed in Enscape instantly. In addition to architectural changes Enscape is able to display changes in sun lighting, materials or furniture as well.

EFFORTLESS USAGE
You can use Enscape™ without making any adjustment to your planning. Once you click on the Enscape™ button it starts in a new window without requiring any firther steps.

AURALIZATION
In addition to the realistic graphics, Enscape™ allows you to place soundsources. You can directly hear the impact of the acoustics in your building. With libraries like the OWAconsult designer, you can directly hear the effect of acoustic elements like ceilings or absorbers.

KEEP YOUR TOOLS
Enscape™ simply makes your project look good without any further steps. No additional tool has to be learned. All  information for materials acoustics and geometry, comes directly from your CAD data.

FREE TRIAL
Enscape™ free Trial version is limited to 45 days after activation

VIDEO
Under the following YouTube link you find an Enscape demo video.

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

Auto Floors Builder Add-in for Revit

From the Autodesk Exchange Apps website...

Autodesk® Revit® users spend a lot of time creating floors after creating columns and beams. In order to accurately calculate quantities, these floors should embed among space that columns and beams enclose. Generally, there are hundreds of these floors on one level, so BIMCoder developed “BIMCoder Suites – Floors Builder", to save Revit users significant time. After testing, we found that the tool is able to automatically generate > 99% floors.

Click  here for a video demonstration of the features and quick tips.

Specify parameters on floors build.

Original project model without floors created yet

Project model updated after floors are created

The Auto Floors Builder Add-in for Revit retails for USD 19.99.

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

Free Text Utility Add-in for Revit

From the Autodesk Exchange Apps website...

Update “Font Style” for Project or Active document.


Select the new “Font Style” NAME on Text utility form drop down list and Process - the entire projects text property will be updated with new “Font style”.

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

KazQR Add-in for Revit

From the Autodesk Exchange Apps website...

KazQR generates QR codes as raster images (JPEG,TIFF etc.) and DWG/DXF files for CAD systems as real vectors.

Software Features:

• Creates QR Code as TIFF, JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF
• Creates QR Code as Vector DWG, DXF
• Full Logo Ability (max. 35% cover)
• Free QR Code Background
• Free QR Code Color
• Saving and Loading of Settings
• Saving and Loading of Text
• Four Error Correction Levels
• QR Code with Unicode Ability (Arabian, Japanese etc. Letters)
• Generation via Prepared List
• Generation via Excel or Access Table
• Generation via CSV Formatted List

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

EquipIt Add-in for Revit

From the Autodesk Exchange Apps website...

EquipIt enables users to dynamically create 1000s of MEP equipment families. The software selects equipment from a manufacturer’s database based on type, duty etc., then dynamically creates an Autodesk® Revit® family with geometry, parameters and connections. Selections are made from each of the manufacturer’s ranges available. The Revit family created is generic in that it takes into account all the manufacturer selections, and is not therefore necessarily manufacturer specific. This and the speed of use of the software make it ideal for early design purposes.

The trial version will run for 28 days. The user can select and create a Revit family of any MEP equipment included. The duty, type etc. of the equipment is fixed in the trial version.

There's more information available on the Autodesk Exchange Apps website. This add-in was removed from the Autodesk App Store.

Roundup: New and Updated Revit Add-ins on Autodesk Exchange Apps for the Week of 11/16/2014

NEW ADD-INS

Export Schedule
Russ Green | Win64 only | 11/19/2014 | USD 1.99

Export an open schedule from Autodesk® Revit® direct to Microsoft Excel either in CSV or XLXS formats from an open schedule view.

Import plate reinforcement from Robot
Ar-Cadia | Win64 only | 11/19/2014 | USD 15.00/Month

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®.

Switch Join Order
BIMCODER, Inc | Win32 and 64 | 11/18/2014 | USD 6.99

Switch join order of columns, beams and floors to guarantee columns join to beams (or floors), and beams join to floors.

3DPDF Exporter

ProtoTech Solutions and Services Pvt. Ltd. | Win32 and 64 | 11/17/2014 | Trial

3DPDF Exporter For Autodesk® Revit® exports your model to secured and encrypted 3D PDF file.


UPDATED ADD-INS

ScheduleSync Pro (Trial)
BIMCODER, Inc | Win32 and 64 | 11/20/2014 | Trial

Export Autodesk® Revit® schedule data to an Excel file to allow a user to edit schedule data externally and import Excel file back to Revit to automatically refresh the Revit model parameters.

Topo Align
Archisoft | Win64 only | 11/20/2014 | USD 1.99

Align topography to elements picked in the model.

Excel2R
AGA CAD Ltd. | Win32 and 64 | 11/19/2014 | Trial

Excel2R imports MS Excel spreadsheets to all Autodesk® Revit® projects with its design settings. Such data can be synchronized with the original MS Excel spreadsheet at anytime.

Export Schedule Add-in for Revit

From the Autodesk Exchange Apps website...

Adds the ability to export a schedule to an Excel file. Unlike the current export via a text format the app can respect font styles, column widths, merged column headers and background colors.  At this time schedule border styles are not exported.

The Export Schedule Add-in for Revit retails for USD 1.99.

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