Avatech Utilities

[cek]

The Avatech Utilities for Revit now appear to be on a for sale basis.

Did I miss something between Revit versions? I could swear these use to be free? I remember being able to download these each on an individual basis.

If Avatech is now charging has anyone else created freeware extensions to do the same thing?

Thanks

[Chris.Partin]

It looks like they have a 'free' version which they call "Lite". In addition to that there's the 'for sale' version. I haven't used this ultility in the past, so I'm not 100% sure what's included in the previous version and how it stacks up to the the now 'free' and 'for sale' versions. I know you can go to their site - www.avatech.com/revitutilities (http://www.avatech.com/revitutilities) and take a look.

They're also having a minicast tomorrow at 10am EST and 2pm EST if you want to see what this is about. Just click HERE (https://www.avatech.com/mk/get/AVAT_UTILREVIT_IN) and see.

Cheers!:beer:

[patricks]

I recall a post or e-mail back in the Summer about getting their 2010 utils for free one last time before they started charging for them.

Because of that I went ahead and downloaded the ZIP file but not sure if it would be "legal" to post it here.

[mmason.65315]

Yes, due to the effort involved in maintaining the utilities, we have begun charging for some of them.

If you visit our site:
http://www.avatech.com/solutions/building-design/product-details.aspx?product=44

You can download the free "LITE" version, containing Room Renumber, Change Case, Space Update and Grid Select.

We also sent out e-mails over the summer to the 5000 previous downloaders to offer them a free 5 seats (in recognition that we were changing the pricing).

Patrick - it's not (really) a problem to post the full version of utilities (they're available at: http://www.avatech.com/downloads/avatechUR/AvatechUtilities2010.zip) - in that they are protected by FLEXlm licensing (so it's not really giving anybody anything).

Best Regards,
Matt Mason
Avatech Solutions