Quickly

A productivity-focused pyRevit extension by an architect, for architects.

Quickly is a curated set of Revit tools that streamline the repetitive parts of producing a drawing set — measuring, naming, numbering, and chasing down the small stuff that eats hours every week. Built around the idea that working smarter beats working harder.

Status

Beta. Currently being polished panel-by-panel for distribution.

Supported Revit Versions

Revit 2024 – 2027. Older versions are out of scope.

Install

1. Install pyRevit (latest stable).
2. Clone or download this repository.
3. In Revit, open the pyRevit ribbon → Extensions → Settings and add the repository folder to Custom Extension Directories.
4. Reload pyRevit.

The new ribbon tab is named Quickly.

What's in the box

Quick Measure

Modeless, live-updating WPF windows for fast measurement of selected elements:

• Quick Area — sum areas across rooms, walls, floors, sheets, etc., with unit and precision controls
• Quick Length — sum lengths (with fractional-inch formatting) of walls, lines, curves
• Quick Volume — sum volumes with unit conversions

Analysis & Dimensioning

• Find Project Coordinates — project base point, survey point, true-north angle
• Find Link's Coordinates — report coordinates and orientation for selected Revit links
• Get Area — quick area sum of selected elements
• Get Length — quick length sum of selected walls and curves
• Find Dim Overrides — list dimensions with overridden values
• Find Rounded Dims — find dimensions whose displayed value differs from the true measurement, with tolerance

Drawing Set

• Detail Naming — bulk-rename viewports to SheetNumber – DetailNumber – ViewName
• Detail Numbering — auto-number viewports on a sheet based on their position
• Duplicate Elevations — duplicate selected elevations with prefix + view template
• Package Contents — generate a CSV index of PDFs in a folder
• Create Revision Print Set — turn a revision into a printable sheet set
• Push Revisions To Index — flag sheets carrying a revision in any sheet parameter
• Set Revision On Sheets — apply revisions to selected sheets
• Capitalize View Names — auto-uppercase view titles on sheets
• Find Code Sections — find text notes referencing a building-code year other than the project's
• Fix Abbreviations — normalize abbreviations like U.O.N. → UON.
• Apply View Filters to Templates — push a filter into multiple view templates with one color override
• View Pan — translate the crop box of multiple views on a sheet by a fixed offset

Rooms

• Find-Replace Room# — re-number rooms across views using an "old number" shared parameter
• Rename Views by Room — rename views based on closest room
• Room Axon — generate an isometric 3D view per selected room, scoped via section box

Links

• Sync Link Graphics — copy Revit link graphic overrides from one view template to many

Cloud

• Find in ADC — open the project's location via Autodesk Desktop Connector
• Go To ACC — open the project in Autodesk Construction Cloud
• B360 Health — Autodesk service status
• Bluebeam Health — Bluebeam service status

Roadmap

• Per-tool help_url on every button once docs exist
• Panel-level icons
• CHANGELOG

Author

Tay Othman, AIA — architect, Boulder Associates

License

See LICENSE.