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Monday, October 24, 2016

Roundup – For the Week of October 16, 2016, New and Updated Revit Add-ins on the Autodesk App Store

A few new Revit add-ins debuted on the Autodesk App Store during the week of October 16th: one for working with datums, the free RevitTea Grid/Level, one for creating 3D PDFs, 3D PDF Maker, and the KeyShot 6 Revit Plugin for exporting to Keyshot 6 for rendering.

Ten add-ins were updated, including the folowing that received relatively significant updates: PowerCad-M, PowerCad-PNL, and Cloud Renderer.

NEW

ReviTea Grid/Level 2017
This tool helps easily trim/extend Grids and Levels, turn on/off multiple bubbles of Grids and Levels | Free
About This Version: Version 1.2.0.0, 10/19/2016 – Original release.

3D PDF Maker for Autodesk® Revit®
3D PDF Maker for Autodesk® Revit® allows to create interactive 3D PDF documents connecting to Revit or by processing the .dwf, .dwg, U3D and PDF files exported from Revit | Trial
About This Version: Version 2.0.0.16, 10/17/2016 – Initial release

KeyShot 6 Revit Plugin
A plugin for integration between Autodesk® Revit® and KeyShot 3D rendering and animation software | Free
About This Version: Version 1.2, 10/17/2016 – Improved Revit support.

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3DPDF Exporter for Revit®
3DPDF Exporter For Autodesk® Revit® exports your model to secured and encrypted 3D PDF file | Trial
About This Version: Version 2.4.0.0 , 10/20/2016 – Added ability to export Revit Link model.

BIM Track™
BIM Track™ is a web-based collaboration platform that empowers your team with better coordination workflows. It provides a central hub for all coordination information from design to construction | Free

About This Version: Version 1.6.1, 10/20/2016 – General bug fixes and improvements


PowerCad-M
Making building your Electrical Revit Model much simpler. A 2D interface allows you to move panelboards and electrical loads between boards then export the system to excel or a drafting view | Trial

About This Version: Version 1.3, 10/20/2016 – For release notes, see this post.

ReviTea Select Tools 2017
ReviTea Select Tools includes a set of tools that can help you browse, select and filter Autodesk® Revit® elements efficiently | Free
About This Version: Version 1.5.0.0, 10/19/2016 – Original release.

BCF Plugin
BIM Collaboration Format Plugin for Autodesk® Revit®. Allows the import/export, creation and modification of BCF files within Revit | Free
About This Version: "Version 2.3, 10/19/2016 – IMPORTANT: The current version on Apps Exchange is outdated! Get the latest here: http://matteocominetti.com/bcfier/ "

Editor's Note: The URL Mateo Cominetti (presumably) provided doesn't work. It's possible that he intended to link to his open source BCFier project. We'll try to get clarification from him and will update this post accordingly.

Family Editor Interface
Family Editor Interface helps users create/change content faster in the Family Editor by adding an easy to use layer of sliders that control the family parameters | Free

About This Version: Version 1.0.4, 10/19/2016 –
  • Added the ability to save and restore a preferred state of the Family Parameters.
  • Now handles the case where an exception will be generated if no Family Type or initial Parameter is initialised, which usually occurs when new Family is created.

PowerCad-PNL
Enhancing your electrical design workflow in Autodesk® Revit® with a live 2D schematic of your connected panelboards | Free
About This Version: Version 2.5, 10/19/2016 – For release notes, see this post.

Cloud Renderer
Cloud Renderer for Autodesk® Revit® is an add-in that enables physically based rendering of Revit models either on the Microsoft® Azure® cloud platform or locally using LuxRender, physically based and... | Free

About This Version: Version 2.0.0.0, 10/18/2016 – Added support of Autodesk Revit 2017

BIM Batch Suite
BIM Batch Suite provides tools that allow Autodesk® Revit® users to process workflows en masse, with a focus on importing and exporting data | Free


About This Version: Version 17.0.8, 10/18/2016 –
  • Plotter and Exporter:
    •   Bug Fix:  Fixed an error that could appear when configuring the scheduler
    •   Bug Fix:  Fixed an error that could appear when an email needs to be sent
  • Project and Families Upgrader:
    •   New Feature:  The user can now select "Open Workset Defaults" when central files are upgraded
    •   Bug Fix:  Fixed a condition that may result in CAD files not copying and their paths not updating correctly

BIM Batch Suite (Purchase)
BIM Batch Suite provides tools that allow Autodesk® Revit® users to process workflows en masse, with a focus on importing and exporting data | USD 324.00


About This Version: Version 17.0.8, 10/18/2016 –
  • Plotter and Exporter:
    •   Bug Fix:  Fixed an error that could appear when configuring the scheduler
    •   Bug Fix:  Fixed an error that could appear when an email needs to be sent
  • Project and Families Upgrader:
    •   New Feature:  The user can now select "Open Workset Defaults" when central files are upgraded
    •   Bug Fix:  Fixed a condition that may result in CAD files not copying and their paths not updating correctly

3D Section Box
3D Section Box - an application, which helps you to find elements in 3D models. Create section box around selected elements. Very useful when you have to work with 2D and 3D | Free

About This Version: Version 1.0.2, 10/17/2016 – View bounding box of Room objects

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