Revit® Tools

Revit Family Tools (Windows Application)

While completely free, the developer takes no legal responsibility for the results of using any of this software.  Use it at your own risk.

Download the Revit Utilities Uninstaller
If you have the older "Revit Utilities" program installed, this script will remove it from your system.

Download the Revit Family Tools Setup
- Current version:  2.3.0.0  See the release history below.
- The .NET Framework 2.0 or later is required (it is installed with Revit 2009).
- NOTE:  Setup.exe requires administrative privileges, but ensures all necessary components are on your system.  If you don't have administrative privileges, try running the .msi file directly, and choose an installation location outside of the Program Files folder.

Revit Family Tools is a .NET Windows application which supports the following functionality (see images below):


Sample Images:

Compare Shared Parameters Files:

 


Marging Shared Parameters Files:

 


Deleting Backup Files:

 


Copying CSV files to TXT files for Type Catalog creation:

 


Family File Version Detection:



Revit Family Tools Release History

2.3.0.0  (2009-07-17)
 - Name changed to "Revit Family Tools" to prevent confusion with Avatech's Utilities for Revit)
 - Now comes with a real setup program, administrative privileges not required
 - Shared Parameters Merging
      - Now prompts before overwriting an existing parameters file with the results (duhhhh)
 - Family File Version Detector
      - Now supports detecting family files created with Revit 2010 Web Update 1
      - Can append update information for Revit 2010 files
      - If the file can't be read, it suggests the file may be open in Revit in the "Revit Build Date Found" column

2.2.0.0  ("Revit Utilities")
 - Reports are now sorted by parameter or group name
 - Option added to sort merged parameters by parameter name in final saved file
 - Improved error handling for corrupt shared parameters files

2.1.0.0  ("Revit Utilities")
 - First public release