RushForth Tools for Revit: Release Notes

2025-06-03:

• RF Custom Toolbox
• New instruction video released
• Significant speed increase for searching and when loading toolboxes from a network resource
• Notes added when using the Run DLL button option to clarify how to use a custom namespace
• Run C# Code
• Fixed an issue where the compile button may throw an error if Autodesk has loaded more than one version of the same .dll with its Autodesk Issues Addin
• Raycast: Window Copy
• Fixed issue that prevented the tool from working for some users

2025-03-26:

• New Tool/Platform: RF Custom Toolbox
• Organize and deploy your favorite Tools, Families, Revit Commands, Folder or Web Links, etc. in a dockable and customizable toolbox.
• New Tool: Include Circuits in Selection
• After selecting elements, click this button to also include associated circuits in your selection so they can be copied or exported with the selection.
• Various tweaks and improvements across multiple tools
• Run C# Code
• New example code to Add Revisions To Model
• New compile to dll feature
• Model Manager/Parameter Transformer
• Transform Tab: New option to skip creating elements if an element of that family already exists in that location.  Allows for easy updating of only new and changed element locations.
• Transform Tab: Resolved issue where horizontal faced based elements may get created on a flipped workplane.
• When exporting multiple Revit schedules at once to Excel, the tool no longer pauses with an error message for schedules that have no elements in them.
• Additional excel tweaks to avoid Microsoft OneDrive file sync locking
• Project Setup
• New option to display coordinate review report relative to shared coordinates or relative to internal origin coordinates
• DraftXL
• The tool will now leave excel files open if they were already open allowing users to be actively making changes without the tool closing the file on import.
• Raycast: Move Closest Wall
• Fixed issue to avoid an element moving to the next wall face when already correctly hosted on a wall face.
• Display Clashes
• Fixed issue where some clashes would not show if the linked model was not linked origin to origin on the same coordinate system
• RF Tools for Revit 2026 release

2024-04-17:

• RF Tools for Revit 2025 released last week
• RF Tools Updates Checker
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause the machine to restart when downloading updates.
• RF Automator
• New Display Clashes option to schedule printing of clash reports and sheets with clashes visible and colored.
• Supports overriding of more error types without pausing for user input when opening projects and performing automations
• UNC Pathing: Network paths now default to UNC paths instead of drive letter mapping to enable files to be found even when the user is logged off and drive mapping isn't active
• Run C# Code
• New example code 'Override CAD Layer Styles' that can override linked or imported CAD layer colors, line weights, and patterns for the entire project based on rules
• Model Manager/Parameter Transformer
• Updated Excel behavior for additional compatibility with MS OneDrive locking and syncing
• In the Parameter Transformer tool, you can now export Sheet Name for all views which is now editable in Excel
• Property.Mirrored is no longer read only so mirroring can be controlled from Excel
• Circuit elements can now have their panel and circuit number changed in Excel similar to how other elements can have their circuits changed and set in Excel
• Project Setup
• Insert views/Details now supports schedules, legends, and renders
• Insert views/Details now supports importing sheets with multiple drafting views, legends, and schedules.    Unsupported 3D views and floor plans have been removed.
• Updated Excel behavior for additional compatibility with MS OneDrive locking and syncing
• Parameter Scheduler
• Revit 2022: Added support for additional parameter types that were missing in this version
• Revit 2022-2024 added backwards compatibility for new parameter group naming convention of Revit 2025
• When exporting shared parameters, it now defaults to the currently set shared parameter file folder
• DraftXL
• Updated Excel behavior for additional compatibility with MS OneDrive locking and syncing
• Display Clashes
• New option to print sheets to PDF directly from the clash report viewer when clashing/reporting more than one sheet (Revit 2022+).

2023-11-05:

• RF Automator
• New Display Clashes option to schedule printing of clash reports and sheets with clashes visible and colored
• Important: If you have pinned the RF Automator to your taskbar for use outside of Revit, you will still need to click the RF Automator button in Revit at least once in one version of Revit to see the updated version.
• Model Manager/Parameter Transformer
• Excel now closes after import to avoid Microsoft Onedrive sync locking the file
• Display Clashes
• New option to print sheets to PDF directly from the clash report viewer (Revit 2022+)

2023-09-23:

• RF Automator
• Fixed issue where Revit would stay open on some machines even after completing tasks instead of closing.
• Creating .bat files now uses generic %userprofile% path for the application path so that a .bat file created by one user can be used by other users without having to edit the path inside the .bat file
• New print option to place files in dated subfolder so that you have the option to have recurring PDF prints to not overwrite previous prints
• Printing linked model sheets no longer skips PDFs if the link has placeholder sheets
• Important: If you have pinned the RF Automator to your taskbar for use outside of Revit, you will still need to click the RF Automator button in Revit at least once in one version of Revit to see the updated version.
• Model Manager/Parameter Transformer
• Circuit.Frame property added as an available parameter
• Fixed issue where some type parameters may not show up in selection option if the element type only exists in a linked model and not the current model
• Parameter Linker
• Assembly sheets now show under their own category in the selection viewer for easier filtering and editing of Assembly parameters
• Fixed issue when some system families would not show available parameters when selecting types in the model treeview
• Circuit.Frame property added as an available parameter
• Project Setup
• Data grids now have alternating colored rows for easier navigation
• View lists now have view name column frozen so it stays visible
• Viewport coordinate calculations are much faster in Revit 2023, 2024.  Slightly faster in Revit 2021, 2022.
• View template names in selectors of final view creation list are now sorted like those in the template lists
• Viewport coordinates: You can now select which viewport origin coordinates you would like to modify so you can align to middle of viewport, top right, top left, etc.
• Create Views tab now has adjustable layout and size grips to enlarge sections of the tab to make tables larger for editing
• DraftXL
• Notes added in the options tab to indicate how to adjust the scale of imports as needed
• Display Clashes
• Report now displays user names of those who created the clashing elements

2023-07-06:

• RF Automator
• Fixed an issue that prevented some Revit 2020 and Revit 2021 automations from being scheduled.

2023-06-30:

• Customize Ribbon
• Options for excluding RF Automator and Run C# added to the customize dialog
• RF Automator
• New Feature: Automate printing of sheets from multiple models and links, including multiple options for saving and naming of files
• New Feature: Create .bat files for convenient starting of automations (Example: instead of scheduling sheet prints at a certain time, you can wait until your team is ready and just start the automation at that time)
• Changed folder browser in RVT/NWC Export options to allow for better pasting of network paths
• Automation task start time added to log entries
• Now prevents windows scheduler tasks from creating a duplicate identical tasks in the same queue
• To avoid central file performance issue, when opening a model that is hosted on a local network, the tool will now create a local copy linked to the central instead of opening the central directly
• Fixed directory selector button in schedule settings, also can paste paths directly from windows explorer

• Parameter Linker
• Fixed issue when rooms in a non-workshared link may not get tagged using the room tag options
• Parameter Scheduler
• When converting family parameters to shared parameters, the user modifiable property now always defaults to user modifiable=1
• DraftXL
• New option to open files read-only to allow you to import files that are opened by another user without any warnings

2023-04-07:

• New Tool: RF Automator
• This tool allows you to initiate tasks from outside of Revit and schedule recurring Revit tasks on multiple models
• Allows you to open a model while suppressing all warnings to avoid interruptions to the open process
• You can schedule a large model to open the next morning before you start work so it is ready for you when you start your day
• The RVT/NWC exporter tool is integrated into the RF Automator so you can schedule recurring backup downloads of your BIM360 projects and linked models to your network folders
• Run your own custom C# code on multiple models to automate any kind of task you can imagine and code
• Further features and tool integration into this platform is in progress
• New Tool: Run C# Code
• Run C# code directly in your model without having to compile or distribute your solution
• Allows for easy testing and changing of code
• Includes multiple C# code examples for performing tasks such as filtering for elements, exporting parameter values to a text file, deleting elements, and selecting elements
• Includes a link on the form for “Automate this!” which will allow you to create a preset for use in scheduling this task in the new RF Automator tool for one or multiple models
• Model Manager/Parameter Transformer
• Better support for excel files stored on Microsoft OneDrive without getting locked by OneDrive
• Parameter Linker
• Significant performance improvements for filtering categories and parameters
• Location values no longer show as discrepancies if close enough (within 1/10000 of an inch)
• One to Many links: Added the ability for the matching tools to identify more than one available link to make per source element.  This was previously possible only with saved rules.
• Project Setup
• Significant speed increases for projects using complex settings templates
• Added link with instructions on how to create phased spaces from phased rooms
• 2022 and later: View Title offsets now react to the option of computing with annotations off
• Better support for excel files stored on Microsoft OneDrive without getting locked by OneDrive
• RVT/NWC Export
• Added a link on the form for “Automate this!” which will allow you to create a preset for use in scheduling this task in the new RF Automator tool
• Element Tagger
• Tagging elements in linked model will no longer create tags for elements that are not visible in the view being tagged
• DraftXL
• Fixed an issue that could make the tool appear to be frozen when excel was waiting for a dialog box to be closed.
• Better support for excel files stored on Microsoft OneDrive without getting locked by OneDrive
• Display Clashes
• Fixed issue where dependent view clash results wouldn't always be cleared properly
• Added ElementID information to the clash report