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Productivity Toolbox

A plugin for Autodesk Navisworks that automates the mechanical work of BIM coordination: property-driven selection and search sets, clash grouping, viewpoint colour-coding, reports and quantity take-offs.

Clash group 4 results, 2 beams Quantity take-off 4D sequence Planned
On the Autodesk App Store
Since 2020
Navisworks releases
2021 to 2027
Free trial
30 days, all features
Current version
2.8.0

What it does

Each module runs inside Navisworks as a dockable pane or a ribbon command, on the federated model you already have open.

Group Elements
Group Elements Rule Set Apply Color 1 Level 2 Category Processing model breakdown Groups Color Count ▸ Level 1 152 Level 2 141 Ducts 38 Floors 4 Structural Columns 24 Structural Framing 58 [UNDEFINED] 17 ▸ Level 3 129 ▸ Level 3 129 Save All: search sets

Selection and search sets from property rules

A list of property rules becomes a nested breakdown of the federated model by level, discipline, system, contractor, phase or any property the model carries. Save the tree as sets, and rerun the rules after the next model update.

Clash Manager
Clash Results Navigator ME-Ducts vs AR-Walls [8: 8 New] ME-Ducts vs AR-Walls [8: 5 Active, 3 New] ME-Ducts vs AR-Walls [8: 5 Active, 3 Approved] Auto-group… Clash Result Status Clash1 New Clash2 New Clash3 New Clash4 New Clash5 New Clash6 New Clash7 New Clash8 New (5) Level 1 (5) Level 1 - Active New Active (3) Level 2 (3) Level 2 - Approved New Approved (3) Level 2 - Approved Approved Clash1 Active Clash2 Active Clash3 Active Clash4 Active Clash5 Active Set Status ▸ Active Set Status ▸ Approved Rename: + Status 2 groups created, 8 results moved Auto-group Clash Results Group by: Nearest level Prefix group names with count OK By status

Group, rename and set the status of clash results in batch

Navisworks Manage only

Pick any element to find every clash touching it and group them in one step. Rename results by status, test name or tolerance, and update the type, tolerance or name of every checked test at once while keeping their results.

Viewpoints
Group Elements Level Groups Color Count Level 1 152 Level 2 141 Level 3 129 Isolate Walk Mode Transparency 95 Export Viewpoints Camera View Standard Zoom To Fit Isolate With Transparency Export Saved Viewpoints Level Exporting viewpoints... Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

Colour-code the model and export viewpoints

The groups on one level of a grouping carry a colour in the model. Isolate or recolour groups, then export the tree as saved viewpoints that keep its folder structure and colours, ready before the coordination meeting starts.

Also in the plugin

Clash tests from Excel

Save Matrix writes the selection set folders to an Excel grid. Fill in the tolerances, and Load Matrix turns the grid back into clash tests. Navisworks Manage only.

Explode Model

Each group moves away from the others, one direction per grouping level and up to three axes, so every floor and every system sits apart. Transform overrides only, reset in one click.

Selection Set Manager

Select anything in the model and see each selection or search set that contains it, nested folders included, with a status column for complete or partial coverage.

Image and HTML reports

One rendered image per group, or a printable HTML report with a cover page, contents and one A4 page per group with four views.

Quantity take-off

Sum lengths, areas, volumes or any decimal property for every group, converted to the unit you pick, exported to Excel with a pivot summary or to CSV.

Property export and import

Export chosen properties per element to Excel or CSV, write spreadsheet values back onto matching elements, and copy Revit ids for Select by ID.

Excel clash reports

Standard, Assigned To and Detailed clash reports exported from the Clash Manager. Navisworks Manage only.

In the next release

Built and in the plugin codebase, not yet published to the App Store.

Section Box Manager

Section the model by room or by level

Revit rooms listed under their levels. One click sections the view to a room or level, and checked rows are sectioned together.

Generate Timeline

TimeLiner tasks from a selection set folder

A selection set folder becomes a TimeLiner task tree, ordered by a construction-sequence blueprint, with planned dates laid out from a start date.

Compatibility

One plugin build per Navisworks release, all from a shared codebase.

  • Navisworks 2021
  • Navisworks 2022
  • Navisworks 2023
  • Navisworks 2024
  • Navisworks 2025
  • Navisworks 2026
  • Navisworks 2027
Editions
Navisworks Manage and Navisworks Simulate. Simulate has no Clash Detective, so the clash tools need Manage.
Platform
Windows x64, installed from the Autodesk App Store.
Licensing
Tied to your Autodesk account. No licence server or key entry, and a subscription can be signed in on several machines under the App Store terms.
Offline use
After a successful licence check the plugin works offline for 24 hours.

Reviews

Verified reviews from the Autodesk App Store listing. Every review rates it 5 out of 5.

This is the ultimate toolsets pack for Navisworks making any BIM analyses possible in just a few clicks.

Mileta Pejovic, April 2021

Expedited use, intuitive design, and time-saving are some of the exceptional features of this tool.

Emina Tomic, March 2021

Such an efficient, fast, and productive tool. I cannot imagine using Navisworks without this plugin.

Milica Trifunovic, December 2020

Great set of tools for some of the worst Navisworks chores. It takes element set creation to a new level.

Itai Cohen, September 2020

Pricing

A 30-day free trial covers every feature. After the trial, pick a plan on the App Store.

Monthly

$59 USD per month

Annual

$549 USD per year

$159 less than twelve monthly payments

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Automation for your BIM coordination team

AMPQ builds custom tooling on the Navisworks API for AEC and BIM teams: grouping rules, reports, clash workflows and data exchange with Excel, built and maintained by the engineer behind Productivity Toolbox.

Autodesk and Navisworks are trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. Productivity Toolbox is an independent plugin and is not endorsed by Autodesk.