Independent BIM software guide

Revit add-ins

The add-ins worth knowing if you work in Revit: pyRevit, DiRoots, Ideate, CTC, and others that save daily clicks.

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How the ratings work

  • Popularity is a 1–5 judgment (halves allowed) of how commonly a product shows up in recent firm surveys, review directories, or marketplace ranks — relative to the other products on this page, not a computed formula.
  • Captions name the source and a “checked Nov 2026” date. If there was no usable source, the caption says “Editorial estimate.”
  • Learning curve is editorial (Gentler / Moderate / Steep) based on typical new-user experience, not a test score.
  • Price appears only when an official or clearly public figure was verified this session. Many of these tools are quote-only; check the vendor.
  • Scores are relative to the other Revit add-ins on this page.

Sources and limits

Primary source: the same Confluence 2025 inventory (counts of firms indicating use). Autodesk App Store ranks and older review recaps are cited where the inventory is silent (notably Bird Tools and historical COINS Auto-Section Box reviews). COINS has since been reported removed from the App Store — that status is noted on the card. Xrev Transmit and AGACAD are editorial estimates because no 2025–2026 firm count was found this session.

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