Features

360xPlorer is a tool for decoding the collaboration cache of BIM 360 / ACC projects. If you have ever had a corrupt file or hiccup with BIM 360 that prevents you from opening the file, you know that the fix is typically to delete all of your collaboration cache. The unfortunate part is that if you delete the entire folder, your other BIM 360 projects are also forced to reload. This tool allows you to pinpoint exactly which “local” file you want to delete and force it to reload again and fix the issue.

You may also find this tool handy if you are disconnected from BIM 360 and wish to open a specific collaboration “local” file (it will be detached from BIM 360 obviously). When and if there is an outage in BIM 360, you can open this local file and save a copy locally to continue working. There is a lot of flexibility built into this tool that can save you time and work effort.

Type in simple view and sheet references and updates them automatically when the reference changes.

Key Points

• Works in plain text, parameters, and keynotes*
• Link to views in linked models
• Simply type the view reference and let autoLink do it’s thing, no special tools to use
• Link to a sheet or a view on the sheet
• Fully customizable autoLink symbols, parameters, and naming standards
• Follow links to the view or the sheet they are on

*Linking inside of keynotes requires both autoLink and Keynote Manager

Perfectly align your viewports on sheets so they look clean and tidy.

Key Points

• Perfectly align floor plans, ceiling plans, area plans between sheets
• Align legends between sheets
• Place legends consistently on sheets that do not have them
• Align even if the title block has been moved
• Other view types can be aligned including 3D views, sections and elevations {Beta}. These view types have variable origin locations and therefore may not always function as expected, please use caution when aligning these view types.

Quickly identify objects that are not properly located to avoid unnecessary errors.

Key Points

• Improved quality control by quickly identifying elements that are not dimensioned.
• Search for dimensions in only the current view or callouts of the current view as well.
• Real time feedback as you dimension elements.
• Fully customizable categories to check.

Override many dimensions in a single command

Key Points

• Override prefix, suffix, above, below, and dimension value
• Automatically calculate divisions for stairs, etc.
• Set frequent overrides for single click access
• Standardize text to avoid typos

Have you ever wanted to model floor finishes in Revit but didn’t want to spend the time creating floors in every room?

finishFloors can create floors for just a few rooms or every room in your project in just a few clicks, automatically coordinated with your finish schedule!

Just tell finishFloors what floor types to create for each finish code and which rooms need floors and they will be automatically generated with the correct floor type, offset by their thickness so that they will sit on top of the structural floor. Floors generated by finishFloors are linked to rooms, so if the room boundary or finish ever change updating the finish floor is one button click away!

•  Automatically map finish codes from the finish schedule to floor types and generate finish floors coordinated with the finish schedule.
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• Save your standard finish code mapping and settings will be automatically loaded.
• Finish floors automatically sit on the top of the structural floor.
• Finish Floors can have automatic thresholds created at doorways extending to the center of frame, face of frame, or no thresholds at all.
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•  When finishes or room boundaries change, existing floors update instantly and automatically.
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• Pre-select rooms to focus on a single area or select nothing to work with all rooms in the project.
•  Use ‘Floors by Click’ to generate floors one at a time with a single click, just like Revit ceilings. Click For Video Example

Revit automatically numbers doors, windows, etc. in sequence as you place them. However after these elements or viewports are placed, it is inevitable that they will have to be renumbered and resequenced.

quickNumber allows you to quickly and easily renumber elements in sequence dynamically, ensuring that no numbers or letters are repeated.

• Select a number or letter to start from and automatically increment with each pick.
• Automatically locks the category to your first pick to avoid non-category picks.
• Automatically add a prefix or suffix to the number or letter.
• Renumber Doors, Viewports, Rooms, Text Notes, Grids, and Spaces

Placing reference sections and callouts is a great way to reuse views and save time and coordination, but have you ever tried it on a project with hundreds of views?

View Reference Master allows you to place reference sections and callouts quickly based on the sheet number and detail number rather than searching through a long list of possible views.

Just activate the relevant command (Reference Section or Reference Callout), select the sheet, select the view number, and place your reference view!

• Skip the long list of views and go straight to the sheet and view number you want.
• Get immediate feedback if the view you are trying to reference is the wrong type.
• Relabel views on sheets based on their reference.
• Place a view onto a sheet by the sheet reference.

See viewRename on Project Chronicle.

Tired of looking through default view names like ‘Section 1’, ‘Section 2’, and ‘Elevation 1-a’ to try and find the view you were looking for? Have you ever looked for ‘Ceiling Plan – First Floor’ only to find it at the bottom of the project browser because someone didn’t read their standards and named it ‘RCP – First Floor’? viewRename is your answer!

View naming standards are extremely helpful when used, but too often users are in too much of a hurry to worry about renaming views and doing it properly.

With viewRename, you simply set up your office standard naming conventions for various view types when you first set the program up and views are named by the standard automatically, no mess, no hassle and no lost views!

Existing views can also be renamed to match the standard with two quick clicks!

• Set the office standard once and follow it effortlessly.
• Set a different standard for various types of elevations, sections, and callouts.
• No more lost views or generic view names.
• Update existing views to the standard in 2 clicks.
• Set View Template automatically
• Use Instant Updater option to name views immediately on creation