Autodesk has acquired many companies that have or had previously created add-ins for Autodesk Revit products.
Autodesk has also created many add-ins themselves for Revit.
Sadly, many of these have been canceled or not updated for new releases and as a result development stops and the code dies somewhere.
Examples include
Bridge Extensions, Parts of Revit Extensions, Structural Content Generator. MEP Revit
Customers are not given a choice but are forced to spend money to fill in the gaps. All Revit add-ins previously released and retired and any future additions to be retired (Revit Extensions), should be open source and made available on Github for those who wish to upgrade and maintain at their own cost, or for the development community as a resource for people working on similar tools or as a learning tool.
A previous example of this is Case Inc who made its paid addons free and open source after being acquired by WeWork.
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However, that work may very well depend on linking/distributing components that are not compatible with open source licensing. In those cases, the contents cannot be released. Also, OSL can have punitive effects on later development. This can prevent other work from being added, no matter how useful, if it cannot or will not be compatible with the licensing.
The (main) problem is not the addins, plugins, extensions. The main problem is the Autodesk Revit policy. The lack of vision in Revit development, and in the development of construction software in general. We all remember Autodesk has bought lots of construction software and choose to close them down without offering any better alternative. E.g. Autodesk Structural Detailing, Advance Concrete, etc. I'm sure they had good reasons for doing so, but why waste time AND money in buying something and trash it away for nothing. Just for some technical licenses, just for some patents? Even so, why buying patents if not using them into newer, better products? I fail to see the profit in that.
Autodesk insists that Revit is better than Advance Concrete, and better than Structural Detailing. Maybe the base technology is better, but the implementation is NOT better.
Revit lacks essential, simple and very useful tools that any construction software has: Concrete cubage, formwork area, rebar shape detailing, steel detailing shop drawings, steel tonnage by assemblies, timber/ wood detailing, timber cubage, better CAD tools like polylines, multi lines, associative hatching, better snapping to points, a DesignCenter (like in Autocad), better import/export for CAD drawings, better arrays like in Autocad.
Allplan users and Tekla users are just LOL at these Revit inabilities.
Forget the addins, just make better Revit. By the way, I think Revit should be like Chrome and other Google products: the base version should be free (including some commercials, of course), and the productivity version should be paid for.
And all this assumes that there is a contingent of those who have the time, skill, and desire to take on such tasks. Open source projects, for all their sheen, frequently die from lack of interest, funds, or user contributions.
Even the third point about open source misses the point entirely about open source in general, I don't expect many or even any of these tools to build some great community of developers build enhancements. The goal is for sharing and knowledge building, not creating amazing open-source movements. I know a couple of firms who use the tools that will do no more than update the code to the latest version and thereby the tools will remain relevant, others (Autodesk Developers) will use the code for internal purposes others still will use it as a point of reference and learning material when building their own product of which this tools in their entirety demonstrate well. This code was built for customers, if Autodesk no longer finds it valuable then there is still value for the Engineers.
A new version of Revit features as soon as they are ready, subscribers don’t need to wait for the annual release to access the latest Revit. The product team is happy to introduce this latest Revit point release, bringing you enhancements and optimizations including user requests and a serious piece of new functionality for MEP engineers
Revit History (Timeline) - Updated March 27, 2012
Charles River Software
0.1 1999 11 (Early Adopter 1)
0.2 2000 01 (Early Adopter 2)
Revit Technology Corporation
1.0 2000 04
2.0 2000 08
2.1 2000 10
3.0 2001 02
3.1 2001 06
4.0 2001 11
4.1 2002 01
Autodesk Revit
*.* 2002 04 04 (Autodesk buys Revit Technology Corp)
4.5 2002 05 09
5.0 2002 12 17
*.* 2003 04 28 (Zoogdesign Revit Forum goes Live)
5.1 2003 05
5.5 2003 04 01 (pseudo mac release screen shot, April Fools joke...Author unknown)
6.0 2003 12 22
6.1 2004 03 11
*.* 2004 05 26 (Zoogdesign Read Only to Merge with AUGI)
7.0 2004 12 13
Autodesk Revit Building (New Name)
8.0 2005 02 26ish
8.1 2005 08 12 (web release then withdrawn)
8.1 2005 08 23 (Actual release)
9.0 2006 04 12 (Shipping & Web Release)
Autodesk Revit Series (Marketing Bundle w/ AutoCAD)
1.0 2003 12 01 (Revit 6.1)
2.0 2004 XX XX (Revit 6.1)
8.0 2005 XX XX (Revit 8.0)
8.1 2005 XX XX (Revit 8.1, AutoCAD 2006)
Autodesk AutoCAD Revit Series 9 - Building (Marketing Bundle w/ AutoCAD)
9.0 2006 04 12 (Revit 9.0, AutoCAD 2007)
Revit Architecture 2008 (new name) 2007 04
AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite (Bundle with AutoCAD 2008 ) 2007 04
Revit Architecture 2009 2008 04 15
AutoCAD Revit Series 2009 2008 04 15
Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010 2009 04 16
AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2010 2009 04 16
Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 2010 04 16
AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2011 2010 04 16
Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012 2011 04 11
Autodesk Revit Architecture Suite 2012 2011 04 11
Autodesk Building Design Suite 2012 2011 tba (includes all Revit versions)
Autodesk Revit Architecture 2013 2012 04 xx
Autodesk Building Design Suite 2013 2012 (includes all Revit versions)
Autodesk Revit 2013 (all features in "one box") 2012 04
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Autodesk Revit Structure (New Application)
1.0 2005 06 07
2.0 2005 08 23
3.0 2006 04 12
Autodesk AutoCAD Revit Series 3 - Structure (Marketing Bundle w/ AutoCAD)
3.0 2006 04 12 (RS 3 & AutoCAD 2007)
Revit Structure 2008 (New Name) 2007 04
AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2008 (Bundle with AutoCAD 2008 ) 2007 04
Revit Structure 2009 2008 04 15
AutoCAD Revit Structure Series 2009 2008 04 15
Autodesk Revit Structure 2010 2009 04 16
Autodesk Revit Structure 2011 2010 04 16
Autodesk Revit Structure Suite 2011 2010 04 16
Autodesk Revit Structure 2012 2011 04 11
Autodesk Revit Structure Suite 2012 2011 04 11
Autodesk Building Design Suite 2012 2011 tba (includes all Revit versions)
Autodesk Revit Structure 2013 2012 04 xx
Autodesk Building Design Suite 2013 2012 (includes all Revit versions)
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Autodesk Revit Systems 1 (New Application)
1.0 2006 04 XX
Autodesk Revit Systems 2
2.0 2006 09 XX
Autodesk AutoCAD Revit Series 1 - Systems Plus (Marketing Bundle w/ Autodesk Building Systems)
1.0 2006 04 XX
Autodesk AutoCAD Revit Series 2 - Systems Plus
2.0 2006 09 XX
Revit MEP 2008 (New Name) 2007 04
AutoCAD Revit MEP Suite (Bundle with AutoCAD 2008 ) 2007 04
Revit MEP 2009 2008 04 15
AutoCAD Revit MEP Series 2009 2008 04 15
Autodesk Revit MEP 2010 2009 04 16
Autodesk Revit MEP Suite 2011 2010 04 16
Autodesk Revit MEP Suite 2012 2011 04 11
Autodesk Building Design Suite 2012 2011 tba (includes all Revit versions)
Preparation & Collection by M.Ajmal Khan.
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