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View and change the Ribbon Settings. Select the tools you want to see on the Ribbon and re-order them to suit you.

Configures the Window Watcher compliance monitor — lets you block or silently log nominated Revit dialog windows (such as In-Place Family and Import CAD) and write timestamped activation and warning logs to configurable shared directories.

Lists all loaded families or groups with insertion date, modification date, loaded-by user, and file path — enabling bulk reload, repath, comment, delete, date back-fill, and out-of-date highlighting for complete family lifecycle management.

Creates a named isometric 3D view with a configurable section-box depth for every level in the project — naming each view with the Lvl_ prefix, setting Detail Level to Fine, and creating all views in a single bulk transaction.

Creates a named isometric 3D view per user workset, hiding all other worksets in each view — naming views with the WRK_ prefix, setting Detail Level to Fine and Visual Style to Consistent Colors, and processing all selected worksets in a single bulk transaction.

Creates an isometric 3D view with a section box tightly fitted around the currently selected elements plus a configurable margin — optionally reusing the last generated view to avoid accumulating temporary views in the Project Browser.

Bulk-converts text case to UPPER, lower, Title, or Sentence across Text Notes, Model Text, Room Names, Area Names, View Names, and View Titles on Sheets — with scope filters, a type-change dropdown, Go to View navigation, and a Force Text Format exclusion list to protect abbreviations.

List, inspect, navigate to, and delete Revit Dimensions across the current view, active selection, or entire project — with override text highlighted for quality-control review.

Automatically generate Revit Floors that match Room boundaries, with control over floor type, level offset, and scope — ideal for floor-finish workflows.

Lists all elements hosted to a selected level range with their category, phase, and element name — supporting Go to View navigation, bulk deletion, level reassignment via Move to Level, and Export to CSV for level-by-level model audits.

Lists every in-place family in the project with its category and element ID, enabling Go to View navigation, bulk deletion with a confirmation prompt, workset isolation, and Export to CSV for in-place family audits.

Lists all imported and linked DWG/DWF files, images, and Revit links in the project with their type, link status, view-specificity, level, hidden status, workset, and file path — supporting Go to View navigation, bulk deletion, isolation, and Export to CSV for reference file audits.

Bulk-deletes views, sheets, imported DWG files, and Revit links from the project in a single operation — with four independently controlled grids and checkboxes, a confirmation prompt before deletion, and a per-category pass/fail summary.

Identify and delete views not placed on any sheet to reduce file bloat, with optional parameter-based retention filters and schedule cleanup.

Instantly creates a section view perpendicular or parallel to a selected wall, automatically sizing the crop region based on the wall's geometry and thickness.

Duplicates one or more sheets using a selected title block, with options to create duplicate views, place or duplicate schedules and legends, and specify how many copies to create — completing in a single bulk transaction with a progress bar and a sheets-created count.

A drag-and-drop interface for bulk-placing views onto sheets — with view filtering by type and keyword, position control via base-point radio buttons and an optional template sheet/view reference, and support for bulk-adding schedules and legends to multiple sheets simultaneously.

Replace non-standard Detail or Model Groups with matching Family instances at the same location, transferring parameters and optionally deleting the original groups in a single batch operation.

Use a Family's X, Y and Z location to add points to a Topography Surface or Toposolid, hosting the family on the surface and embedding interior points at the correct elevation.

Embeds the XYZ locations of selected family instances as hard mesh points into a TopographySurface or Toposolid, allowing any generic point family to drive topography elevation.

Traces the boundary edges of selected topography surfaces and generates 2D detail lines (plan or section) or 3D model lines directly in your Revit project.

Fixes Section and Elevation views that reference an incorrect sheet by automatically refreshing the discipline parameter, correcting the referencing annotation without any manual intervention.

Lists all reference planes in the current view, selection, or entire project with their name, sub-category, dependency count, parent view, and hidden status — supporting Go to View navigation, bulk deletion with a dependency warning, grid isolation, and Export to CSV/Excel for reference plane audits.

Lists all view templates with their attached view count in a top grid and a drill-down views panel below — supporting bulk deletion of unused or non-standard templates, view reassignment via Add Views and Remove Selected Views, and standard validation against an Excel reference file.

Audit, manage, and reassign View Templates across your entire Revit project — listing every template alongside how many views use it, with tools to add, remove, delete, and validate templates against an Excel standard.

Locates any element in the Revit project by entering its Element Id or name, then offers to delete it — a quick utility for finding and removing specific elements without manual searching.

Places Generic Model families at the corner points of structural elements — columns, framing, foundations, floors, ramps, and walls — capturing project coordinates and host information in shared parameters for setting-out documentation.

Converts a Navisworks XML clash report into Revit generic family instances, 3D views for each clash, and optional sheet layouts — automating clash visualization directly inside Revit from a Navisworks export.

Exports any Revit element category — including both instance and type parameters — to a colour-coded Excel workbook, ready for bulk editing and reimport via 033c Import from Excel.

Exports any Revit schedule — using its visible fields as column headers — to a colour-coded Excel workbook ready for bulk editing and reimport via 033c Import from Excel.

Reads a Bonus Tools–formatted Excel workbook and writes parameter values back into Revit elements by Element ID, completing the round-trip workflow with Export Category or Export Schedule to Excel.

Populates a pre-formatted Excel template with Revit category parameter data at a specified row and column offset — a one-way export that preserves all existing Excel formatting and formulas.

Populates a pre-formatted Excel template with Revit schedule data at a specified row and column offset — a one-way export that preserves all existing Excel formatting, formulas, and charts.

Generates an Excel template pre-configured with all editable Room parameters from the current project, ready to have new room data added and imported via 033g Import New Rooms.

Creates unplaced Room placeholder elements in Revit from an Excel file formatted by 033f Export Room Template, assigning parameters from each row and placing rooms in the correct project phase.

Generates an Excel template pre-configured with all editable Sheet parameters from the current project — including Family Name and Family Type for title block selection — ready for new sheet data to be added and imported via 033i Import New Sheets.

Creates new Revit sheets from an Excel file formatted by 033h Export Sheet Template, assigning the correct title block and applying all sheet parameters from each row in a single operation.

Recreates an Excel schedule inside Revit as a formatted schedule header — preserving cell text, fonts, colours, alignment, merged cells, borders, and images — so complex Excel tables can be placed directly on Revit sheets.

Bulk-add shared parameters from a shared parameter file into the current Revit family or an entire directory of family files, with control over grouping, type/instance assignment, values, and formulas.

Bulk-assigns or removes existing Revit view filters across multiple views and view templates using a drag-and-drop tree interface — eliminating repetitive manual filter management in the Visibility/Graphic Overrides dialog.

Displays a cross-reference matrix of all sheets and revisions in the project, letting you bulk-assign or remove revisions from multiple sheets in a single click — with red cells flagging revision-cloud-controlled revisions that require cloud deletion before they can be unchecked.

Audit and visually highlight 2D annotation elements — Text, Lines, Filled Regions, Detail Components, and Keynotes — across selected views in a project, with per-view element counts exported to Excel.

Duplicate multiple Revit views in bulk across three modes — copy existing views with optional dependent views and scope boxes, generate new plan views per level, or replicate a view's dependent views (and their sheets) across multiple target views in one operation.

Repositions viewports across multiple target sheets to match the exact placement of selected views on a template sheet — using partial view name matching to align equivalent views across sheets in bulk.

Copies any parameter value from one element parameter to another across a selection, with optional text transforms — replace, crop, insert, prefix, suffix — applied before writing the value.

Sets the Mark parameter on doors and windows to match the room number of their associated From Room or To Room, with optional numeric or alphanumeric suffix to handle duplicate numbers on the same room.

Instantly create a dimension string across the exterior faces of two or more selected parallel walls in the active view.

Places one instance of every type in selected families into the active view, arranged in a bounding-box grid — families as rows, types as columns — from either the current Revit file or a folder of .rfa files.

Creates multiple new sheets from a template sheet by letting you specify which view goes in each viewport position — duplicating, re-using, or omitting views per position — then renames and renumbers the new sheets via a parameter dialog.

Sequentially renumbers any Text, Integer, Number, or Length parameter on elements in the active view — with configurable start value, increment, and optional prefix/suffix — by clicking elements one at a time in the Revit canvas.

Applies colour overrides to elements in the active view based on parameter values — each unique value in the selected parameter gets a randomly assigned colour that can be customised — for Cut Fill, Cut Line, Projection Fill, and Projection Line independently.

Converts Revit Areas or Rooms into extruded Generic Model or Mass families by tracing their boundary curves — one combined family or one family per area/room — with optional level replication, material assignment, and parameter-based family naming.

Writes the XYZ coordinates and rotation of each element's location point to Revit parameters — using Survey, Project, or Relative coordinates — with configurable decimal places and options to combine X, Y, Z into one parameter or store them separately.

Centres the location point of Rooms, Areas, and MEP Spaces to the geometric centre of their bounding box — fixing off-centre room tags and location markers in bulk with a single operation.

Export point coordinates from Revit elements to a text file, or import coordinates to place family instances at specified locations with optional rotation.

Copy Areas — along with all their parameter values — from one Area Scheme to another, bridging a gap in native Revit functionality.

Batch-renumber elements in selected categories using their unique Element ID or GUID to eliminate duplicate Mark/Number warnings in a single operation.

Highlight and isolate Revit warnings in any view, filter by warning category, and navigate directly to the offending elements for fast triage and resolution.

Opens your company's custom help file or documentation URL configured in Ribbon Settings, giving every team member one-click access to internal standards.

Opens the Bonus Tools online tutorials site in your default browser for instant access to tool documentation and step-by-step guides.

Print or export sheets filtered by their current revision, using the active print settings and a selectable view sheet set, to streamline revision-based issue workflows.

List, review, and navigate all DWF Markup notes across the project in a single grid, with direct go-to-view navigation for each markup.

Report the Survey Point and Project Base Point coordinates of the host file and all Revit links in a grid, making it easy to verify file coordination and detect misalignments.

Import Navisworks XML clash reports and convert each clash into a 3D view with a sphere marker placed at the clash point — now decommissioned in favour of tool 032.

View and change Plan View underlays in bulk across Floor Plans, Area Plans, Ceiling Plans, and Engineering Plans in one operation.

A hidden workflow safeguard that prompts users to confirm linked Revit files have been reloaded before synchronizing with Central, preventing tag and dimension disassociation.

List all copy-monitored elements in a project — both internal and externally linked — with their monitored counterparts, and navigate directly to any element in the model.

List all elements with graphic overrides or hidden status in the active view, and selectively clear chosen override properties in bulk.

Automatically adjust floor or roof vertices to follow topography surfaces or toposolids

Automatically adjust a floor or roof's sub-element points to match the elevation of a selected topography surface, using ray-casting from a 3D view.

Reshapes a topography surface to conform to the underside of a selected floor or roof, removing interior points and adding perimeter points at the floor's bottom elevation.

List all Extensible Storage schemas embedded in a project, inspect their fields, and delete selected schemas along with all associated entity data.

Instantly resize and reposition the 3D section box of the active view to exactly match the bounds and orientation of a selected Scope Box.

Define a persistent mapping between 3D Views and Scope Boxes, then update the section box of each mapped 3D View to match its linked Scope Box in a single bulk operation.

Create placeholder Drafting Views and Sheets in the Project Browser to guide users with view filing, based on the active Browser Organisation parameters.

Automatically generate Floor Plans, Ceiling Plans, Elevations, 3D Views, Sections, Schedules, and Sheets for every Room in a Revit project or linked model.

Enable worksharing and create Worksets from a reusable XML template, with control over each workset's default visibility.

Identify and bulk delete Elevation Markers that have no associated elevation views, keeping the model clean of orphaned annotation.

Bulk rename Views by assembling a new name from View parameters and fixed text segments, with find-and-replace, cropping, insertion, and case conversion options.

Export Family and Type names to Excel by category, edit the New Family Name and New Type Name columns, then import the file back to apply bulk renames in a single operation.

Automatically record element modification dates and user names into Project or Shared Parameters to communicate model changes to consultants within a rolling week.

View a matrix of all Project Parameters versus all Categories, and bulk assign or remove Shared Parameter bindings by ticking checkboxes in the grid.

Bulk copy Plan Regions from a template Floor Plan view to one or many other Floor Plan views, replacing existing Plan Regions in the target views.

Bulk copy Grid 2D extent positions from a template Floor Plan view to one or many other plan views, ensuring consistent grid head and tail positions across the drawing set.

Lists every project revision in a sortable grid with sequence, number, date, description, issued status, and issued-by/to data — select and bulk delete revisions in one operation, or export the full list to Excel for tracking and documentation.

Match one floor's sub-element profile to another floor's surface by ray-casting from a 3D view, with interactive two-step element picking and a cancelable progress bar.

Maps every placed detail group instance to the view it lives in — showing group name, host view, pinned state, and whether it is nested — so you can audit, bulk delete, isolate, or export the full detail group inventory from one dialog.

Convert selected Detail Lines to Area Boundary Lines in a single click while in an Area Plan view, with a pass/fail count reported on completion.

Maps every scope box in the project to the number of views it controls — making it easy to identify unused scope boxes, drill down to see exactly which views are attached, add scope boxes to the Revit selection set, and bulk delete in one operation.

Lists every line pattern in the project with usage counts, drills into where each pattern is applied across categories, views, view templates, and filters, then bulk deletes non-standard patterns — with optional Excel standard overlay to flag patterns not in your approved list.

Loads sheets into a searchable, filterable grid where you can change the title block, sheet number, sheet name, issue date, and any text parameter in bulk — with a Prefix/Start/Increment/Suffix renumbering dialog for sheet numbers and auto-duplicate detection.

Places Generic Model family instances at room, area, or space centre points and writes mapped room parameter values onto the family's text parameters — creating data-rich 3D tags that are moved and updated in place on subsequent runs using the Element Id as the matching key.

Advanced element property viewer and manager for analyzing, selecting, and deleting elements with comprehensive filtering and detailed metadata display.

Bulk opens any number of views or sheets in one click by selecting them from a filterable, searchable list — eliminating the need to navigate the Project Browser to open views one at a time.

Lists all View Templates from every currently open Revit project and copies selected templates into the active document in a single operation — eliminating the need to manually transfer templates one by one via the Manage tab.

Duplicates one or many sheets from any open Revit project into the active document, with configurable options for legends, schedules, view templates, and linked-file annotations — handling in one step what normally takes hours of manual sheet recreation.

Propagates plan regions from a template floor plan view to hundreds of target views in seconds by reading a parameter value of the form 'ViewType: ViewName' — eliminating the tedious manual work of recreating plan region layouts view by view.

Propagates 2D grid extent alignments from a template floor plan view to hundreds of target views in seconds by reading a parameter value of the form 'ViewType: ViewName' — removing the need to manually adjust grid bubble visibility on every view.

Browses all family instances in the active view, current selection, or entire project organised in a Category → Family → Type tree, then adds the checked instances to the Revit selection set for bulk operations.

Audits selected families in the project by opening each family document and extracting Sub Categories, Materials, Line Patterns, Fill Patterns, Parameters, Text and Label styles, and Dimension styles into a multi-tab comparison grid — ideal for BIM standards auditing and quality control.

Bulk-paints wall, floor, ceiling, roof, and column faces surrounding rooms by reading material assignments from room parameters — replacing the tedious manual face-by-face paint workflow with a single configured operation across hundreds of rooms.

Reports which materials are currently painted on the wall, floor, ceiling, and roof boundary faces of each room, and optionally writes those material names back to configurable room text parameters — enabling paint audit and room finish schedule population from actual painted face data.

Scans the active view, current selection, or entire project for elements with painted faces and lists them in a grid — with options to isolate selected elements in the view and bulk-remove paint from faces including split-face sub-regions.

Copies scope boxes from any open Revit project into the active document, with a Replace Existing option that automatically deletes the old scope box, copies the updated version, and reconnects all views that were linked to the replaced scope box.

Lists every ViewSchedule in the project with its sheet placement count and per-instance sheet details, and allows bulk deletion of selected schedules — including a progress bar with full-rollback cancel support.

Searches all title block instances in the project by any sheet parameter and adds the matching title blocks to the Revit selection, enabling bulk parameter edits or tag operations across multiple sheets in one step.

Displays all Revision Cloud elements project-wide or on the current sheet in a searchable grid, and can generate a formatted Revit schedule from the cloud data — with configurable columns, view template, and sheet placement — in a single operation.

Calculates the compass orientation (N, S, E, W, NE, NW, SE, SW) and clockwise angle from North for every wall in the active view, current selection, or entire project, and writes those values to user-selected text parameters on each wall element.

Replaces the line style of all Model and Detail Lines in the active view, current selection, or entire project by mapping source styles to target styles in a configurable grid — excluding lines inside groups or filled regions.

Tag All Elements by one or more View. Select the Tag, Category and Views to Tag.

A dockable panel that organises all project schedules into a categorised tree, with optional sheet placement display and double-click navigation to any schedule or sheet.

Searches all elements of the same category as a pre-selected element for existing values in a chosen parameter, then lets you assign a new value to that parameter on the selected element — streamlining sequential numbering workflows in Revit.

Bulk-loads shared parameters from a .txt file into any combination of project categories, with configurable instance/type binding and parameter group assignment for each parameter — replacing the tedious one-by-one workflow in Revit's Manage tab.

Align one Revit topography surface to match another by moving existing points and optionally adding new points from the source topo, using vertical ray-casting to find the correct elevation.

Audit every legend in a Revit project — see which sheets each legend is placed on, remove a legend from individual sheets without deleting it, or bulk-delete unused legends, all from a dual-panel grid.

Audit all Project and Shared Parameters in the active model — view attached categories, distinct values, and element counts per category — then selectively delete parameters or reassign their category bindings.

Opens the Bonus Tools Output panel — a persistent dockable window that displays timestamped, colour-coded log output from all Bonus Tools operations without interrupting your workflow with pop-up dialogs.

A dockable element-tracking panel that displays a live grid of element IDs, names, categories, and change types (Added, Modified, Deleting) as Bonus Tools operations run.

Audit all Drafting and Model fill patterns in the active project — trace usage across Materials, Filled Regions, View Filters, Object Styles, and per-element graphic overrides — then bulk delete unused patterns or compare against an Excel standards list.

Search across all Bonus Tools by name, tooltip, or description — then run the tool directly from the results list without navigating the ribbon.

Audit all Line Styles in the active project — inspect usage across Detail Lines, Model Lines, and Schedule borders — then bulk delete unused styles, merge duplicate styles into one, or compare against an Excel standards list.

Draw a crossing box in any Revit view to instantly create and activate a scoped isometric 3D view sized to that box, with a 500 mm margin below and 3000 mm margin above.

List all Design Options and related Views. Check which Views are connected to a Design Option.

Converts placed Revit Areas into Room elements at the same location, transferring all matching parameter values — including Name, Number, and Department — in a single operation from the active Area Plan view.

A live dockable panel that automatically displays Revit warnings for any selected elements, showing the total project warning count and per-element failure descriptions each time the selection changes.

Inventory all Application and Document macro modules in the active project — inspect the macros contained in each module, and bulk delete entire modules to clean up Revit's macro library.

Audit and bulk-remove unused project elements — Materials, Material Assets, Filled Regions, Fill Patterns, Line Patterns, Reference Planes, and Filters — by revealing exactly which elements depend on each one before deletion.

Export and import category and subcategory settings to expedite project standardization

Automatically set the correct Key Plan zone on every Sheet's title block by matching the Scope Box name of the Sheet's primary view to a nested family type of the same name in the title block family.

Batch-rename all Views in a Revit project in one click using the ISO six-field naming convention, driven by view type and custom project parameters.

Batch-scan folders of Revit family files (.rfa/.rft) to extract metadata, reorganise by category, extract nested families, save thumbnail icons, and export comprehensive data to Excel — all without opening Revit manually.

Export all style and type information from a Revit project to Excel — covering Dimension Types, Text Types, Label Types, Line Patterns, and Fill Patterns with their full parameter sets.

Audit which views use each project filter, then copy filter overrides from a source view to multiple targets, add or remove filters across views in bulk, and flag non-standard filters against an Excel standards list.

Reveals every Revit element that depends on a selected element by performing a safe rolled-back deletion test, then displays the dependent elements in an interactive grid for review, selection, navigation, and bulk deletion.

Visual warning reviewer that isolates, color-codes, and tags elements with warnings. Powerful tool for identifying and tracking model issues with customizable graphics and parameter tagging.

Simple, fast local repathing for Revit and CAD links by selecting files directly from your computer. File names must match existing links.

Bulk reload and repath links from Excel file using External Resource References, including C4R cloud links. Companion tool to 133 Export Links.

Export comprehensive link information to Excel for documentation, analysis, and C4R link repathing with external resource reference details.

Automatically clean up family files by removing all subcategories from inactive categories, including nested families, to reduce project category pollution.

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Browse, select, and bulk download Revit models from Revit Server with version tracking and automatic folder structure creation.

Modify and Assign Keynotes within Revit within a controlled dialog. Modify the Keynote Text file within a user interface that enforces standards and file stability.

A Washing Machine to clean Families. This is a powerful tool that SHOULD NOT be run on a live library. ONLY run this on a copied library!

Find and analyze all pinned elements in your model with comprehensive property viewing and management capabilities.

Analyse all visible elements in selected views by category, then export per-view counts — alongside sheet number and sheet name — to CSV and a paired JSON backup file for QA, coordination, and model auditing.

Scan the entire Revit model and output a list of all pinned elements — their Element IDs and names — to the Bonus Tools output panel for quick auditing and reference.

Automated health check reporting system that analyzes and reports on model health metrics to a customizable splash screen sheet.

Convert Linked CAD files to Revit Line Work.

Analyse every location a material is used in a Revit project — across element parameters, painted faces, and compound structure layers — then selectively swap materials across multiple elements in a single operation.

Extract System Family Layer Properties.

Audit all keynote assignments across a Revit project — element types, family instances, materials, and keynote tags — with live source filtering and one-click element isolation.

Create custom Revit hatch patterns from linework. Convert detail lines, model lines, and filled regions into reusable fill patterns with precise control over scale, rotation, and transformation.

Takes Revit families and organizes by family type in Windows Explorer

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Deletes Revit temporary cache files from user-configured directories to resolve cloud sync issues and recover disk space. Use sparingly — the next cloud file open will require a full re-download.

This tool automates 4 steps: Open the default View, Close hidden windows, Save and Sync to Central.

Automates the complete end-of-session workflow for workshared Revit projects: opens the default starting view, closes hidden windows, saves, synchronises with central with compact enabled, and relinquishes all borrowed elements and worksets in one click.

Instantly move all selected elements to the currently active workset — no dialog, designed for keyboard shortcut use.

Sets the Active Workset based on the selected Elements Workset. Connect to a Shortcut Key for fast activation.

Instantly set the active Workset to match the Workset of a selected element, eliminating manual lookups in workshared Revit projects.

Instantly isolate all elements on the same workset as a selected element. No dialog — just select, run, and review. Pairs perfectly with a keyboard shortcut.

Display the current file's path, title, Revit version, and full BIM 360/ACC cloud details including Project GUID and File GUID. Essential for cloud collaboration and API development.

Rename Views to ISO standards. The tool uses a series of fields to build up the view name following ISO naming conventions.

Bonus Tools collects warnings and tool usage data to improve tool performance. All data is securely stored in AWS/Azure databases and not shared with third parties. Users can opt out of data capture via the Ribbon Settings dialog.

Place holder for help currently upder construction.