Revit plugins for electrical design and BIM coordination
Built by Raul Kalev, extra-low voltage systems engineer
and Revit plugin developer.
RK Tools is a growing library of more than 20 focused tools for reducing repetitive work in Autodesk Revit,
spanning design automation, documentation, coordination, analysis, and AI-assisted workflows.
Each tool starts from a practical design problem: make the model easier to understand, keep project data
consistent, and give engineers clearer control over recurring tasks. New tools and capabilities are added
every month.
Capabilities are described here without public distribution links. Compatibility and release details are
handled separately for each tool.
CAD visibility and coordination
CAD Manager
CAD Manager is designed for Revit projects that depend on imported or linked DWG references. It brings
view-level and layer-level visibility decisions into one focused workflow, helping teams control CAD
context without repeatedly navigating standard visibility dialogs.
What it addresses
Large projects can accumulate many CAD files, layers, and view-specific exceptions. CAD Manager focuses
on making those decisions easier to review and maintain, including cases where view-template behavior
does not provide enough flexibility.
Workflow focus
Toggle DWG and layer visibility per view
Handle visibility needs beyond normal view templates
Retain project settings in a structured data store
CircuitPath targets repetitive electrical circuit-path corrections in Revit. Its purpose is to apply a
consistent path mode across selected project content while keeping the operation predictable and easy to
reverse through Revit's normal undo workflow.
What it addresses
Circuit routing settings can become inconsistent when many devices and circuits are edited over time.
CircuitPath provides a focused project-wide action for standardizing the intended path behavior.
Workflow focus
Apply the “All Devices” circuit path mode
Support repeated runs without stacking unintended changes
Keep the operation compatible with normal undo
Security-system coverage
Camera FOV
Camera FOV translates camera sensor and lens information into visual coverage geometry. The goal is to
support CCTV planning directly in the Revit model, where designers can review coverage in both plan and
three-dimensional context.
What it addresses
Camera placement is easier to evaluate when technical specifications become visible design geometry.
The tool focuses on turning field-of-view calculations into model feedback that can be reviewed during
coordination.
Workflow focus
Calculate viewing cones from sensor specifications
Visualize coverage in 2D and 3D
Update geometry as parameters change
Design issue coordination
Jira Integration
Jira Integration connects model-review work with issue tracking. It is intended to reduce the context
switching involved in documenting a Revit issue, assigning it, and preserving a useful visual reference
for the wider project team.
What it addresses
Coordination issues often lose useful model context when they are recreated manually in another
system. A direct workflow helps keep issue descriptions, responsibility, and supporting images aligned
with the design task.
Workflow focus
Create and update Jira issues from the workflow
Synchronize priorities and assignees
Attach screenshots for clearer design context
Electrical documentation
Panel Schematics
Panel Schematics supports the creation and maintenance of electrical schematic content in Revit. It
organizes circuit or panel rows in a structured grid, then uses that information to place detail items and
keep electrical parameters aligned with the documented result.
What it addresses
Manual schematic assembly creates repeated placement and data-entry work. The tool focuses on a
repeatable flow from organized row data to Revit detail content, reducing inconsistency between the
model and the schematic view.
Workflow focus
Manage schematic rows in a DataGrid interface
Place Revit detail items from structured data
Synchronize relevant electrical parameters
Circuit documentation
Single Line Diagrams
Single Line Diagrams explores circuit-driven generation of electrical diagram content. It uses Revit
circuit information as the basis for placing diagram elements with consistent level awareness and
controllable spacing.
What it addresses
Single-line diagrams are structured but time-consuming to assemble manually. A circuit-led workflow
can reduce repeated placement work while maintaining a clearer relationship between model data and
documentation.
Workflow focus
Generate diagram content from circuit information
Account for project levels during placement
Apply consistent spacing controls
Lighting coordination
DIALux Import
DIALux Import supports the transfer of lighting-design information into a Revit workflow. It focuses on
interpreting linked model content, matching or creating required types, and organizing repeated lighting
elements such as LED strips.
What it addresses
Moving lighting-design results into BIM can involve substantial checking and repetitive type
management. This workflow aims to reduce manual reconstruction while keeping the resulting Revit
elements organized for coordination.
Workflow focus
Read relevant lighting content from linked models
Create missing Revit types when needed
Group LED strip elements intelligently
Model conversion
IFC to Revit
IFC to Revit investigates a controlled approach to converting external model content into native Revit
placements. The workflow centers on category and type mapping, batch processing, and predictable placement
based on source-object geometry.
What it addresses
Coordination models often contain useful objects that are difficult to reuse directly. A mapping-led
conversion workflow can make selected content more practical inside Revit without treating every
imported object as the same generic case.
Workflow focus
Map source categories and types to Revit content
Process multiple placements as a batch
Use bounding-box centers for consistent positioning
Cable selection and data
Cable Catalogue
Cable Catalogue provides a structured way to browse and select cable types. It combines rule-based
selection with filtering and sorting so designers can narrow a larger catalogue to the options relevant to
the current electrical-design task.
What it addresses
Cable data becomes difficult to navigate when naming, materials, and technical properties are spread
across a long undifferentiated list. The catalogue workflow makes selection criteria visible and
repeatable.
Workflow focus
Apply rules to cable-type selection
Filter and sort catalogue entries
Present the workflow in a focused Material Design interface
AI
AI-assisted Revit workflows
Revit MCP Connector
Revit MCP Connector gives Codex and Claude a controlled connection to a live Autodesk Revit model. Its
expanding toolkit supports model queries, electrical design, documentation, coordination, QA, reports,
Excel workflows, family creation, and IFC operations without requiring users to write API scripts.
176+ toolsMore tools and guided workflows are added every month.
What it addresses
AI assistants are most useful when they can work with real project context while model changes remain
visible and controlled. The connector combines broad Revit access with approval-aware write actions.
Workflow focus
Query model data and generate project QA reports
Automate electrical, tagging, sheet, and coordination workflows
Use the same connector from Codex and Claude
3D
Model viewing and coordination
Revit IFC Viewer
Revit IFC Viewer places multiple IFC files and the current Revit model in a responsive GPU-accelerated
viewport, making large multidisciplinary models easier to navigate, inspect, section, and compare.
What it addresses
Large project models can become uncomfortable to review in a full Revit perspective view. A linked
external viewer keeps Revit as the authoring tool while making visual checking faster.
Workflow focus
Load and compare multiple IFC models
Sync Revit geometry and follow the active selection
Inspect properties, sections, opacity, and model differences
PS
Schedule editing and model data
ProSchedules
ProSchedules provides an Excel-like environment for reviewing and editing Revit schedules, combining
powerful sorting and filtering with inline edits, auto-fill, grouping, and model highlighting.
What it addresses
Schedule-heavy workflows often require repeated dialog changes and slow cell-by-cell updates.
ProSchedules brings those recurring operations into one modeless, persistent workspace.
Workflow focus
Filter and sort with multiple prioritized rules
Edit, copy, and sequentially fill parameter values
Select and focus scheduled elements in Revit
ST
Annotation automation
SmartTags
SmartTags replaces repetitive tag placement with a configurable workflow for direction-aware tag types,
anchors, leaders, rotations, batch placement, and automatic collision avoidance.
What it addresses
Dense plan views make consistent annotation difficult. SmartTags measures the resulting tag geometry
and searches for a nearby clear position when the intended placement overlaps other content.
Workflow focus
Tag selected elements or entire categories in batches
Choose tag types based on placement direction
Detect collisions and reposition tags automatically
ES
Drawing export and delivery
EliteSheets
EliteSheets lets users search, select, and export any number of Revit sheets to PDF, DWG, and DXF in a
single operation without leaving Revit.
What it addresses
Repeating the standard export flow for individual sheets slows down every drawing issue. EliteSheets
makes the sheet set the unit of work and reports any failures clearly.
Workflow focus
Export PDF, DWG, and DXF together
Search and filter large sheet registers
Group and merge related DXF outputs
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Acoustic design analysis
SoundCalcs
SoundCalcs calculates sound pressure level and Speech Transmission Index from modeled speaker layouts,
then renders broadband, octave-band, and intelligibility heatmaps in the active Revit plan.
What it addresses
Speaker layouts are easier to validate when acoustic results are visible in the design environment.
The calculation accounts for walls, transmission loss, reflections, reverberation, and directivity.
Workflow focus
Calculate SPL and STI across a receiver grid
Switch between broadband and octave-band results
Render live, range-matched heatmap legends
PV
Views, sheets, and revisions
PlaceViews
PlaceViews is a documentation toolkit for bulk view placement, view and sheet management, parameter
editing, duplication, renaming, and revision creation.
What it addresses
Documentation teams repeatedly move between view, sheet, and revision dialogs. PlaceViews keeps those
related operations together and gives each batch a clear preview and result summary.
Workflow focus
Match and place views across multiple sheets
Duplicate, rename, and edit views and sheets in bulk
Create and assign project revisions
PU
Project standards and startup
Project Setup
Project Setup provides a central Revit hub for linking external models, creating levels and base views,
building plan sets, reviewing warnings, and transferring standards from other open projects.
What it addresses
Early project setup consists of many small but interdependent tasks. A guided hub makes progress
visible and reduces the risk of missing a required model or documentation step.
Workflow focus
Batch-link IFC and DWG references
Create levels, views, sheets, and discipline plan sets
Inspect and transfer project standards
CN
Electrical device connection
Connections
Connections creates Revit electrical systems between selected devices and distribution panels, supporting
individual or combined circuits with automatic system-type detection.
What it addresses
Connecting many low-voltage or power devices is repetitive and easy to over-provision. The tool checks
panel limits and highlights circuits whose reported cable length exceeds the configured threshold.
Workflow focus
Connect devices separately or as a shared circuit
Enforce optional per-panel circuit limits
Highlight and clear cable-length warnings
DA
Lighting controls
DALI Manager
DALI Manager organizes lighting devices under controllers and lines, writes the required assignment
parameters, and displays live address and current-capacity gauges.
What it addresses
DALI line planning depends on both address count and current load. Keeping assignments and capacities
together makes overloaded lines visible before documentation or commissioning.
Workflow focus
Group devices by controller and line
Assign the current Revit selection in batches
Monitor configured mA and address limits
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Parameter numbering
Renumber
Renumber writes sequential values to electrical circuits or configurable element parameters as the user
picks elements, with dedicated modes for several electrical and extra-low-voltage workflows.
What it addresses
Sequential naming is simple until projects require padding, paired values, prefixes, suffixes, or
separate numbering conventions. Renumber keeps those rules visible during the selection session.
Workflow focus
Number circuits or arbitrary Revit categories
Use ascending, descending, fixed, or paired sequences
Adjust the active value from a floating status panel
ID
Project identification standards
RB Type ID
RB Type ID generates structured object identifiers and type numbers from Project Breakdown Structure
data, with previews, duplicate checks, assignment history, and non-destructive reconciliation.
What it addresses
Standardized identifiers must stay unique even after copy-paste operations or later changes to an
element's level, type, or classification. The plugin maintains a model-side ledger to support audits.
Workflow focus
Read discipline and object mappings from PBS Excel data
Preview proposed IDs before applying them
Repair duplicates and reconcile changed elements
RC
Sheet revision management
Revision Control
Revision Control presents the project's sheets and revisions in a focused modeless interface so users can
add or remove a chosen revision across many sheets in one operation.
What it addresses
Updating a drawing issue can involve the same revision change on dozens of sheets. Batch selection
makes the intended scope visible and reduces repetitive edits.
Workflow focus
Review all sheets and current revision status
Apply a revision to selected sheets
Remove a revision using the same controlled workflow
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Revit content management
Family Library
Family Library indexes reusable Revit family content and presents it as a visual gallery with generated
thumbnails, helping users find, load, and place content without leaving Revit.
What it addresses
Folder-based family collections become difficult to scan as they grow. A visual index makes content
easier to recognize while preserving the underlying team library structure.
Workflow focus
Index configured family-library locations
Generate and cache visual thumbnails
Load and place selected families in the active project
