Chapter 9: Enhancing Productivity with Plugins

Revit plugins can enhance productivity by providing new functionalities and can expand the current Revit tools. Third-party plugins work in the full Revit version, but unfortunately, the Revit LT version does not support them.

Plugins are simple to implement as it does not require programming skills to develop or use a specific application. The installation process is straightforward, and we will learn how to manage Revit plugins to avoid potential conflicts and a reduction in Revit performance.

We will learn how to enable and disable Revit plugins to test performance or if the plugin is crashing Revit projects. We will find many exciting plugins in the Revit Autodesk App Store to improve productivity from multiple areas and disciplines. We can also find plugins directly from the developer websites, which will be presented in this chapter.

There are many free plugins available, but some of the paid plugins can also provide you...