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Version 2016

Productivity Tools for Autodesk Revit

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Application Productivity tools for Autodesk Revit

Working platform Autodesk Revit Architecture, Revit Structure and Revit MEP ver. 2016-2012;

Web page http://www.cgsplus.com http://usa.cgsplus.com

What’s new in version 2016?• Object Style Cleanup tool

• Toggle Transparency tool

• Reinforcement tools

• Import Spreadsheet tool

• Text Note editing tools

• Duplicate Sheet tool

• Family tool

• Enhanced and updated existing tools

Benefits While working on a wide variety of projects and focusing on the Autodesk Revit product strategy, we developed CGS Revit Tools to deliver a full range of added benefits:

Providing the ability to quickly and easily explore various design possibilities.

Tools that offer immediate productivity for the end user thus saving you production costs.

Increased project productivity through an improved work flow process.

Creation of perfect projects in less time.

An average of 1 new tool released each month.

Download your free trial from www.cgsplus.com!

Productivity Tools for Autodesk Revit

The CGS Revit Tools are a series of add-in utilities for Autodesk Revit Architecture, Structure and MEP. The tools extend the capabilities of Revit in various key areas. They are easy to use and make working in Revit easier and more efficient.

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BIM Manager The BIM Manager tools enable user to manage their content. Users can easily manage their Revit family libraries with tools like Export and Import families or can manage family types and their properties with Multi Type Editor.

The tool set BIM Manager in-cludes best seller BIM Query, which is an advanced spread-sheet parameter editor for Revit instances and types. The user can edit properties with a built-

Cleanup which enable users to clean up a project, from remov-ing unplaced rooms to purging unnecessary line types or mate-rials, etc. Project Cleanup tools provide the ability to create a lightweight file. The set of tools QA-QC also include a new tool in 2016 version, Toggle Trans-parency.

Analysis Analyze tool set can calculate different values from selected geometry and store calculat-ed values in shared parameter. Set includes tools for querying element properties, swing di-rection tool, room lighting calculation tool, etc. These pa-rameters can be later used in schedules.

ReinforcementNew set of tools Reinforcement helps user to manage reinforce-ment visibility in 3D views.

BIM Manager: BIM Query

QA & QC: Toggle Transparency Annotate: Import spreadsheet

AnnotateAnnotation tools include a set of tools for aligning text accord-ing to selected elements. The tools are especially useful when editing annotation tags. Also in Annotate panel user can find several tools for renumbering mark parameters for instances, Rooms, Spaces or Areas and to renumber picked grids accord-ing to chosen settings in the model.

Legend by Category and Ma-terial Legend can generate a table of various elements in just a few steps. Users can create a table of different categories (window, door ...) or materials.

Newly added tool Import Spreadsheet enables user to import MS Excel spreadsheet (XLS, XLSX) as Revit schedule. User can modify it, apply it to sheet and use it in project.

in spreadsheet editor or save and open in MS Excel and apply changes back to Revit model.

In CGS Revit Tools 2016 BIM Query tool have several new functionalities, including dis-playing and editing Revit sched-ules, editing the table and man-aging preset queries.

QA-QCThis set of tools gives user an opportunity to check the model and assure quality of a project. It includes set of tools Project

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ModifyAssembly Views enable users to quickly generate Assembly Views for selected Assemblies by specifying Views and a Title block. Once the settings are set, the tool generates all required views and places them on the Sheets.

Modify tool set includes tools for creating floors based on se-lected rooms (Room to floor),

tools for easier grid name edit-ing (Edit Grid name) and tool Multi join which automates Revit’s Join Geometry tool by allowing users to join selected categories.

ViewWith the View tools the user can explore possibilities with Zoom To tools, tools for editing crop region and Toggle Cate-

View: Room Views

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About CGS plusCGS plus is an established European developer in the field of transportation, infrastructure and AEC. Since 1990, CGS plus has been developing and pro-viding a family of professional high-end civil engineering applications as well as Civil 3D and Revit software tools for civil engineers and architects.

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gory visibility in a project or in active view.

The tool Room Views offers user the possibility for creat-ing multiple room views (plan, 3D, elevation) and defining it names. Another tool in View panel is View Depth Override that changes element color de-pending on the distance to the view plane.

View tools enables also sheet editing tools including new tool in 2016 version Duplicate Sheet. This tool enables user to duplicate active sheet with all its viewports.

SelectionThis tool set includes advanced selection tools where user can select elements based on differ-ent criteria (e.g. Levels, Catego-ries, Phases ...). Selection Filter enables efficient control over the selection of certain elements. Set of tools Select enables se-

lecting instances by Category, Type, Host, Bounding elements or Worksets.

With the tool Select By Cate-gory we overcame a Revit lim-itation and are able to select instances starting with multiple selected elements (e.g. doors and windows)

Content admin kitSeries of tools Content Admin Kit are newly developed part of CGS Revit Tools. Tools offer an advanced managing of the parameters in families and pro-jects. Set of tools include several tools, Shared Parameter Man-ager, Parameter Manager, Manage Calculated Parame-ters, etc.

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