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Parametric by default.
Thirty-one Revit tools on one ribbon tab. Families that flex instead of break. Project files that start clean. And courses that teach the reasoning behind the button, not just where it is. Move the cursor: the site model above is live.
Fewer workarounds. More design time.
Parametra is one studio's answer to the repetitive parts of Revit: the tags that never line up, the planting that has to be placed twice, the sheets that take an afternoon to renumber.
Everything here comes from live projects. The plugins sit on a single BIM Tools tab, the families are built to be flexed, the files are the templates and libraries we actually start from, and the courses explain how each of them was made.
Thirty-one tools, one tab, no detours.
Scatter planting across a surface or along a path, read shadows before the client asks, and line up every tag on the sheet in a click. Each tool below is a live preview of what the ribbon button does inside Revit.
Scatter that reads the site
Surface Scatter fills a floor, toposolid or filled region from your Plant Library at a spacing you set, with jitter so nothing looks stamped. Path Scatter follows a model line, and Edit Scatter re-flows the set when the boundary moves.
Shadows before the meeting
Shadow Analysis reads the project location and the sun settings you already have, then reports shaded area per surface. Shadow Links keeps those results tied to the elements, so the schedule updates when the massing does.
Sheets that line themselves up
Align Tags, Align Elements, Align Viewports and Align Railing share one idea: select, pick an edge, done. Manage Viewports and Manage Legends keep whole sheet sets consistent.
The whole tab
15 panels · 31 toolsFamilies that flex instead of break.
Every family in the library is built the same way: shared parameters, formulas that guard against impossible values, and a type catalog so the office standard sizes are one click away. Drag the sliders and watch the geometry, the schedule values and the material take-off follow.
Type catalogs, not type soup
Standard sizes ship as a catalog, so a project loads only the types it needs and the family stays light. Custom sizes are one instance parameter away and never break the standard ones.
Formulas that refuse to fail
Rafter count, post spacing and member sizes are derived, not typed. Push a dimension too far and the family clamps it instead of throwing a constraint error at the person who least expects it.
Scheduled from day one
Shared parameters mean the pergola volume, the planter soil quantity and the bench seat length all land in schedules without a mapping exercise.
The library by category
Start from a file that is already tidy.
Templates with the view templates, filters and browser organisation done. Sample projects to learn from. Detail libraries and schedule packs you can transfer in with one Transfer Project Standards. Filter the shelf, open a file, see what is inside.
Learn the reasoning
Learn the why behind every button.
Short, project-based courses that build the same things the studio ships: a ribbon tab of your own, a family library that flexes, and a documentation set that goes out clean.
Ideas worth keeping on the desk.
The thinking behind the tools, written for people who want the principle as well as the shortcut.
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See what changed. Know what's next.
Every release is logged here: new tools, fixes, and which Revit versions the installer covers.
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See the work. Follow the progress.
New tools, family walkthroughs, release notes and short workflow studies, posted as they ship.
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Parametric by default.
Productive by design.
One installer for the whole BIM Tools tab, one library for families and files, and courses that show how it all fits together. Send your details and we reply with the download link and next steps.