Overview
Misc is the BIMIO toolbox: a single button that opens a searchable, Spotlight-style launcher with more than thirty focused utilities. Each one does a single thing and does it well: selecting elements by pasting IDs, dimensioning and tagging a floor plan in one pass, generating key plans, stamping QR codes per sheet, renumbering by clicking, synchronising viewports between sheets or editing every title block from one screen.
The launcher (the hub) shows all the utilities grouped by section, with a search box that understands Spanish and English, tolerates typos and accents, and remembers your most-used tools in a quick-access row. Each row carries a coloured dot that warns you before launching: amber if the utility modifies the model, green if it is read-only.
The philosophy of the suite is clear: the inspection tools (Inspector, Lens, Canon) detect; Misc acts. Almost every utility writes in a single named transaction, so a single Ctrl+Z undoes the entire gesture. Besides the hub, the most frequent utilities are exposed directly on the ribbon as drop-down menus within the same Misc panel, one or two clicks away.
Who it's for
Architects, drafters and BIM managers who work daily with sheets, annotations, numbering and model clean-up in Revit, and want to solve repetitive tasks in two clicks instead of ten.
Requirements
- Revit 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 or 2026 with the BIMIO suite installed.
- An open project: if there is no active document, the launcher will ask you for one and will not open.
- Edit permissions on the model for the utilities marked in amber (they modify the model); the green ones are read-only.
- Some utilities require prior context: a selection of tags (Annotation Tidy), an active sheet (Cover Sheet Mosaic draws on the current sheet) or cropped views (Match Line Annotator reads the crops).
- Sheet Collections as a source of sheet sets require Revit 2025 or later; in earlier versions you can use print sets or parameter filters.
Where to find it
BIMIO tab→Misc panel→Misc button
The same Misc panel exposes direct launchers, without going through the hub: the Along Path drop-down button (Along Path multi-pass, Family Along Path, Section Strip), the Sheet Graphics menu (Key Plan, QR Stamp, Scale Bar, Grid Rulers, Section Locator, Cover Mosaic, Match Lines), menu stacks for Select & Find, Annotate, Renumber, Titles, Viewport, Datum Tools and Views, and direct buttons for Set Integrity, Cleanup, Type Swapper, Parameter Copier and Workset Ownership (the latter stacked with Type Swapper and Parameter Copier in the Element Data stack).
Each utility is a Revit command in its own right, so you can assign it a keyboard shortcut in View → User Interface → Keyboard Shortcuts.
The Select utility has graduated from the hub and has its own button on the View panel of the BIMIO tab; it no longer appears in the launcher list so it is not in two places at once.
Key concepts 39 terms
- Hub
- The Misc launcher window: search box at the top, a FREQUENT row with your four most-used utilities, the full list in section cards across two columns, and a detail panel on the right that updates as you hover. The hub closes when you launch a utility; the utility runs afterwards.
- Safety dot
- The coloured dot at the end of each hub row: amber means the utility opens transactions and can modify the model; green means read-only. The detail panel also shows badges such as Modifies model, Read-only, Needs selection.
- Fencing the run (fence)
- The common gesture of the Along Path utilities: you define a run in the model, either with a corridor box (the direction is the long axis of the box) or with two points at any angle. Everything the utility generates rests on that line.
- FJV_* signed graphics
- Sheet graphics (rulers, scale bars, QR codes, key plans, mosaics, match lines) are drawn as filled regions and detail lines signed internally (FJV_SCALEBAR, FJV_QR, FJV_KeyPlan...). Thanks to that signature, re-running the utility deletes the previous version and regenerates it cleanly: duplicates never accumulate.
- Sheet scope
- Many sheet utilities share the same scope selector, although each one offers the variants that suit it: the current sheet only, all sheets, those whose number starts with a prefix (QR Stamp, Match Lines) or specific sheets chosen with Pick sheets… (Scale Bar, Grid Rulers, Section Locator, Title Suite), a picker that can start from a print set, a Sheet Collection (Revit 2025+) or a parameter filter.
- Graduated utility
- A utility that has grown so much that it leaves the hub and receives its own button on a themed ribbon panel. That is the case for Select (now on the View panel): it remains registered so its command and its shortcut keep working, but it is not listed in the launcher.
- Multi-ID Selector
- Paste any text (a Revit warning, a report, an Excel column, a chat message) and it extracts every element ID, validating them against the open model with their category and name. Flow: paste the text, review the matches and press Select, Isolate or Zoom; the Copy IDs of current selection button does the reverse journey.
- Ripple
- Shows the blast radius of a deletion before you delete: choose the targets (current selection, click in the model or by pasting IDs), press Analyze and you will see everything Revit would drag down in cascade (hosted doors, sketch lines, dimensions, tags), grouped by category. It runs inside a transaction that is rolled back, so nothing is ever really deleted. You can then Select fallout, Isolate or Zoom.
- View Locator
- Tells you instantly which sheet hosts the active view (number, name and detail number) or, if the active view is a sheet, lists everything placed on it. Flow: launch it, press Open sheet or Open all its views, or type a sheet number or name in GO TO SHEET to jump to any point in the set. The requested views open when you close the window.
- Sketch Line Owner
- Resolves the owner of that sketch line a warning mentions but you cannot select. Flow: paste the ID from the warning, press Analyze and the utility identifies the element, the sketch containing it and its owner (railing, floor, ceiling, stair, opening, filled region...); finish with Select owner or Zoom owner.
- Along Path (multi-pass)
- Fence a run once and combine outputs: an ordered dimension chain, one tag per category on each element crossing the corridor, and spot elevations or coordinates plus room tags along the path. All the passes share the same line and fall into a single transaction. It works in floor and ceiling plans and also in sections and elevations, where levels join grids as dimension witnesses (a vertical run gives the classic storey-height chain across levels and slab faces). Tick a single output to get the behaviour of the retired Smart Dimensions, Tag Along Path and Spot Along Path presets, which have been folded into this one utility.
- Family Along Path
- Distributes instances of a point-based family along a run: every X mm or exactly N instances spread out (ends included), with the option to rotate them to follow the path. Light fittings, bollards, sockets, supports. Flow: filter and choose the type, define the spacing, press Fence the run and fence the corridor.
- Section Strip
- Creates sections perpendicular to a run at fixed spacing, with width, height above level and crop depth defined once and names in sequence following your pattern (for example SEC-{n}), with a configurable start and a Flip look direction option. An entire facade sectioned in two clicks.
- Tag Master
- Batch surgery on the existing tags of the active view: choose the tag category (with counts, orphans included), switch them all to another type, force the leaders to Leave as is, All ON or All OFF, and decide what to do with the orphans (Ignore, Select them, Delete them). It can be limited to the tags in the current selection. One transaction and honest totals per action.
- Annotation Tidy
- Tidies the selected tags (2 or more): aligns their heads to the leftmost/rightmost/top/bottom one, distributes them evenly (needs 3 or more, horizontal or vertical) or separates them when they overlap (vertical De-overlap). The heads move; the leaders keep pointing at their element.
- Datum Tools (bubbles)
- Shows or hides the bubble at each end (End 1 / End 2) of the selected grids, in the active view only and without touching the type or the extents. It uses the grids you already have selected or the ones you choose when the tool asks; tick the ends and press Apply.
- Datum Doctor
- Three treatments for grid and level chaos: a bubble rule (Smart top and left, both ends or just one), propagating the 2D extents of the ACTIVE view to every compatible view in the scope, and resetting 2D extents to the 3D model. Scope: active view, views on all sheets or sheets with a prefix. Prepare a model view first, choose treatments and press Treat.
- Category Switch
- Hides or shows any mix of categories and subcategories (for example Structural Framing > Center line) in all view templates, in views without a template or in both, in a single gesture. The tree is like Revit's; views where the category cannot be controlled are skipped and counted.
- Schedule Style Copier
- Copies the look of one schedule to others: column widths, number formats, per-column cell styles, header orientation and alignment and the title/header switches. Choose the source schedule (the one you like), tick the targets and what to copy; columns are matched by parameter first and by header text second, and only the matching ones are touched.
- Template Diff
- A side-by-side diff of two view templates: which parameters each one controls, scale, detail level, discipline, category visibility and halftones, and the applied filters, classified into only in A, only in B and changed. Read-only, with a Copy report button to take the report to your BEP.
- Title Suite (Title Align)
- Disciplines viewport titles in batch: anchors them to the bottom-left corner with a fixed gap in paper mm, levels the titles in the same row, adjusts the title line length (match the viewport width, match the text, or fixed), applies text rules to the Title on Sheet (take from the view name, UPPERCASE, remove prefix, replace) and can change the viewport type of all of them at once (Set viewport type). Scope: current sheet, all sheets or specific sheets. Viewports with the title switched off are skipped and counted.
- Title Audit
- A read-only report of title pathologies across the whole set: titles clashing with other viewports, titles outside the sheet, gaps deviating from your standard (the one Title Suite remembers) and title lines that do not match the viewport width. Read the findings per sheet, copy the report and fix things with Title Suite.
- Title Block Manager
- Every title block in the project on one screen: it lists each sheet with its title block, lets you multi-select and edit any instance parameter (yes/no visibilities, texts, unit-aware numbers, drop-downs for nested family types). Values that differ are shown as (varies) and are only written if you change them. Apply changes writes only what you touched, in one transaction.
- Viewport Sync
- Matches viewport positions across sheets using one as a reference: each target is moved so the centre of its box lands on the same point of the page, measured relative to each sheet's title block (or in absolute coordinates if you prefer). It reports which of the target sheets have their title block aligned with the reference.
- View Swapper
- Swaps the view a viewport shows while keeping its position, its detail number and its viewport type. It works on a matrix of sheets: click a cell, choose the replacement view in the popup (only views not yet placed on a sheet), accumulate the changes in draft mode and press Apply to apply them all at once. Filter by number or name, an Only sheets with changes view and a Reset button.
- Set Integrity
- Read-only: choose the package to deliver (print set, Sheet Collection or filtered selection) and it walks every placed view looking for visible section marks, callouts, elevation tags and view references that point outside the set (with the foreign sheet) or to views without a sheet. It also flags classic deliverable killers: temporary hide/isolate active, views without a template and empty sheets. Only visible markers count. Copyable report.
- Grid Ruler Strip
- Projects the visible grids of each sheet's main plan onto the viewport edges and draws coordinate rulers: ticks plus grid names, bottom edge for vertical grids and left edge for horizontal ones (each side optional), with a configurable offset. Signed FJV_GRIDRULER; re-run after changing crops or grids to refresh.
- Scale Bar Maker
- Every viewport in the scope receives a graphic scale bar under its bottom-left corner: four alternating blocks sized to a round length deduced from the view's real scale, labels in metres and the 1:N text. Option for a single bar per sheet at the dominant scale. Signed FJV_SCALEBAR; re-running regenerates.
- Section Locator
- On every sheet with sections or elevations it draws a mini plan in the corner you choose: the building outline plus a cut line per section with its origin, the real direction arrow and the viewport's detail number. Configure corner, offsets and width. Signed FJV_SECLOC; re-run after moving sections.
- Cover Sheet Mosaic
- Draws on the CURRENT sheet (the cover) the building's floor plans in isometric, with each sheet's cropped zone projected onto its level and coloured by series (the first N characters of the sheet number), plus a legend with counts. The drawing index, as an image. Configure width, spacing between levels, series length and filled region type. Signed FJV_MOSAIC; re-run when the set changes.
- Key Plan Maker
- Places a real view of the model, scaled down, as a key plan in a corner of each sheet, with the sheet's own zone highlighted with a filled region. Prepare base views named KEYPLAN_... (or choose any view by hand), assign a base view and scale per sheet and press Create; Regenerate deletes the existing key plans and rebuilds them from the current base views.
- QR Stamp
- Write a URL template where {NUMBER}, {NAME} and {REV} expand per sheet (for example https://acc.ejemplo.com/s/{NUMBER}) and every sheet in the scope receives its QR drawn in the chosen corner, as filled regions with their quiet zone. Byte mode, error correction level M, up to around 210 characters. Signed FJV_QR; re-run after changing the URL or the numbering.
- Match Line Annotator
- Reads the crop of each sheet's main plan, finds the neighbouring sheets on the same level (shared crop edges within a maximum tolerance in metres) and draws the match line plus the CONTINUES ON note at the viewport edge, with the sheet number deduced, not typed. Signed FJV_MATCHLINE; re-running deletes and regenerates.
- Renumber by Click
- Numbers families, types, rooms and spaces with a name pattern built from literal text, the running number {n} (digits or letters), any parameter and relationship tokens such as {Room}, {Level} or {Host}. Order by clicks, by position in the view (rows from top to bottom, left to right) or along a path (a picked line or a clicked route). A preview shows each old → new value and flags duplicates before writing anything.
- Detail Renumber
- Renumbers the detail numbers of each sheet in reading order: rows detected from the viewport centres (25 mm paper bands), left to right within each row. You choose the sheets (set, collection, by hand or the active one), which view types lead the numbering (legends and drafting views follow the same series) and the starting number. Uniqueness is resolved with a double pass of temporary numbers.
- Type Swapper
- Swaps every instance of type A to type B: choose the source with its usage count, the target from the same category and the scope (selection, active view or the whole project). All in one transaction; incompatible elements are skipped and counted, never lost in silence. It works for both family and system types.
- Parameter Copier
- Copies parameter A into parameter B for whole categories: tick one or more categories, choose a source (instance or type) and a writable instance target from the parameters they all share, with an Only fill empty targets option. Press Preview… to review each old → new value (overwrites flagged, incompatible units rejected) before a single transaction writes.
- Cleanup Actions
- A rubbish sweep with prior counts: views not placed on any sheet (protecting the parents of dependent views and the active view), unplaced rooms, view templates nobody uses, filters applied in no view and imported (not linked) CAD. Tick what to sweep and press Sweep selected; the whole sweep falls into a single transaction and reports honest totals, including whatever could not be deleted.
- Select (graduated)
- Rule-based filtering: define rules by category and parameters (AND/OR) as a filter set saved in the project, with live counts, and select or colour the matching elements in any view. It lives on the View panel of the BIMIO tab with its own button; that is why it does not appear in the hub.
The interface
The hub is a wide window with four zones: the search box at the top, the FREQUENT row with chips for your most-launched utilities, the full list of utilities in section cards spread over two columns, and a detail panel on the right that reacts as you hover over any row.
Each row shows the utility's glyph, its name, a one-line description and the safety dot (amber = modifies the model, green = read-only). The window footer reminds you of the total number of utilities and the keys: arrows to navigate, Enter to launch, Esc to close. When you launch a utility the hub closes and that utility's own window opens.
assets/shots/misc/fig-02.pngBIMIO · Misc hub window: search box at the top, FREQUENT chips below, section cards with utility rows in two columns and the detail panel on the right showing a highlighted utility with its badges and its HOW IT WORKS steps.
Search boxA text field with focus when the window opens. It filters the full list live; it understands Spanish without accents (lamina, cotas, cajetin, rejilla), several words in any order, initials (mi finds Multi-ID Selector), small typos and the old names of retired tools.
FREQUENT rowChips with the four utilities you launch most (based on your local usage history). One click on a chip launches the utility directly. On first use the row does not appear because there is no history yet.
Utility listWhite cards per section (Select & Find, Along Path, Tags & Notes, Views, Sheets & Sets, Sheet Graphics, Rename & Renumber, Element Data, Cleanup) spread over two balanced columns. Each row is clickable and highlights on hover or with the keyboard arrows.
Detail panelOn the right: glyph, name, section, behaviour badges (Modifies model, Read-only, Needs selection), the long description and the numbered HOW IT WORKS steps of the highlighted utility, plus the reminder that Enter launches it. When empty, it invites you to explore: Hover to explore · type to search.
FooterA permanent summary: number of utilities, navigation shortcuts (arrows, Enter, Esc) and the legend for the amber and green dots.
Step-by-step workflows 10 workflows
1Launch a utility from the hub
5 steps
Goal. Find and run any Misc utility in seconds, with the mouse or with the keyboard alone.
- Press the Misc button on the Misc panel of the BIMIO tab.You need an open project; if there is none, a message will ask you for one.
assets/shots/misc/fig-03.pngHub just opened with the cursor in the search box and the full list of sections visible. - Type what you are looking for in the search box.It works in Spanish and English, without accents and with several words: cotas, cajetin, renumerar, qr, en que lamina. It also accepts initials and small typos.
assets/shots/misc/fig-04.pngSearch box with the text cotas and the filtered list showing the Along Path utilities. - Move with the up and down arrows, or hover over the rows.The highlighted row updates the detail panel: description, badges and steps.
- Press Enter (or click the row) to launch the highlighted utility.With an active search, Enter launches the first match even if you have not highlighted anything. Esc closes the hub without launching.
- In future sessions, use the FREQUENT chips to skip the search.They are your four most-launched utilities; one click is enough.
Result. The chosen utility opens with its own window and the hub closes. Your usage history is updated to feed the FREQUENT chips.
- Before launching, look at the coloured dot: amber modifies the model, green is read-only.
- The frequent utilities are also in the drop-down menus on the Misc panel, without going through the hub.
2Select elements by pasting IDs (Multi-ID Selector)
5 steps
Goal. Turn any text containing element IDs into a selection, an isolation or a zoom in the model.
- Launch Multi-ID Selector from the hub or from the Select & Find menu on the Misc panel.
- Paste any text containing IDs into the top box.A Revit warning, an HTML report, an Excel column or a chat message will do: the utility extracts every number that is a valid ID.
assets/shots/misc/fig-05.pngMulti-ID Selector window with a Revit warning pasted and the list of validated matches below. - Review the list of matches: each ID appears with its category and name.That way you know exactly what you are about to touch before doing anything; IDs that do not exist in the model do not get through.
- Press Select, Isolate or Zoom depending on what you need.Select leaves the elements selected in Revit; Isolate temporarily isolates them in the view; Zoom frames them.
- For the reverse journey, press Copy IDs of current selection.It copies to the clipboard the IDs of whatever you have selected in Revit, ready to paste into an email or an issue.
Result. The elements referenced by the IDs end up selected, isolated or framed in the model; or you have the IDs of your selection on the clipboard.
- It is the fastest way to chase down the elements mentioned by a Revit warning or by an audit report from the suite.
3Measure the impact of a deletion before deleting (Ripple)
4 steps
Goal. See everything Revit would delete in cascade if you deleted one or more elements, without deleting anything.
- Select in the model the elements you are considering deleting (optional) and launch Ripple.You can also choose the targets afterwards, with Pick in model… or by activating the By ID button, which unfolds a box where you can paste any text containing IDs.
- Check the TARGETS list and press Analyze.The analysis runs the deletion inside a transaction that is rolled back automatically: the model does not change.
assets/shots/misc/fig-06.pngRipple window after the analysis, with the cascade of affected elements grouped by category. - Review the cascade grouped by category.You will see hosted doors and windows, sketch lines, associated dimensions and tags, dependent instances: the full blast radius.
- Use Select fallout, Isolate or Zoom to inspect the affected elements in the model.
Result. You know exactly what the deletion would drag down before you decide, with the affected elements selectable and locatable in the model. Nothing has been deleted.
- Ideal before deleting walls with hosted openings or elements with many dependent annotations.
4Annotate a floor plan in a single pass (Along Path multi-pass)
5 steps
Goal. Create dimensions, tags and spot elevations or coordinates along a run, all in one transaction.
- Launch Along Path from the hub or from the Along Path drop-down button on the Misc panel.
- Tick what the utility should look for along the run: Grids, Walls, Openings, Columns, Slab edges, Other families, Linked (tags).
assets/shots/misc/fig-07.pngAlong Path window with the checkboxes for elements to find and the three configurable outputs. - Enable the outputs you want to combine: Dimension chain (dimension type and offset in mm), Tags (with leader and Skip already tagged) and Spots & room tags (Elevations, Coordinates, Room tags and their spacing).Any combination works: dimensions only, dimensions plus tags, everything at once.
- Choose the fencing mode: Corridor box (along the long axis of the box) or Two points (any angle).
- Press Fence the run and fence the run in the model.The window closes before picking starts; after fencing, all the ticked passes are applied on that same line.
assets/shots/misc/fig-08.pngFloor plan with the dimension chain, the tags and the spot elevations just created along the fenced corridor.
Result. The classic floor-plan annotation pass (dimensions + tags + spots + room tags) done in two clicks and a single transaction, undoable with one Ctrl+Z.
- If you only want one of the outputs, simply tick that output alone: the old Smart Dimensions, Tag Along Path and Spot Along Path presets were this same window with one output pre-selected.
- It also works in sections and elevations: a horizontal run dimensions across grids and walls, and a vertical run builds a storey-height chain across levels and slab faces (tick Grids / levels and Slab edges).
- Family Along Path and Section Strip use the same fencing gesture to distribute families or create numbered perpendicular sections.
5Create key plans on every sheet (Key Plan Maker)
5 steps
Goal. Place on each sheet a real key plan of the model, to scale, with the sheet's zone highlighted.
- Prepare in the project one or more base views named KEYPLAN_… (plan, section or elevation).You can use any view if you change the base view filter from Auto (KEYPLAN_*) to All views.
- Launch Key Plan Maker from the hub or from the Sheet Graphics menu.
- Assign a base view and a scale to each sheet in the table.Use Ctrl and Shift to select several sheets, or the All sheets row with Apply to all to spread the same assignment to every sheet.
assets/shots/misc/fig-09.pngKey Plan Maker window with the sheet / base view / scale table and the corner and size options. - Adjust corner, width in mm, offsets and the fill type for the highlight.The highlight marks each sheet's own extent with a filled region.
- Press Create.If key plans already existed, tick Regenerate (delete existing key plans first) beforehand to delete them and rebuild them from the current base views.
assets/shots/misc/fig-10.pngCorner of a sheet with the key plan placed and the sheet's zone highlighted in colour.
Result. Each assigned sheet receives its key plan with real Revit linework (not a hand drawing) and its zone highlighted. Re-running with Regenerate refreshes the whole set.
- Because they are real views of the model, the key plans reflect changes to the base views on every regeneration.
6Stamp a QR code on every sheet (QR Stamp)
5 steps
Goal. Have every printed sheet carry a QR that opens its cloud document when scanned.
- Launch QR Stamp from the hub or from the Sheet Graphics menu.
- Write the URL template using {NUMBER}, {NAME} and {REV}.For example https://acc.ejemplo.com/s/{NUMBER}: the placeholders expand with each sheet's number, name and current revision.
assets/shots/misc/fig-11.pngQR Stamp window with the URL template, size, corner and sheet scope. - Configure size (mm), offset and corner (Bottom-right, Bottom-left, Top-right, Top-left).
- Choose the scope: Current sheet only, All sheets or Number starts with a prefix.
- Press Stamp QRs.Each QR is drawn as filled regions with its regulation quiet zone.
assets/shots/misc/fig-12.pngBottom-right corner of a sheet with the stamped QR.
Result. Each sheet in the scope has its own unique QR; scanning the paper opens the corresponding link. Re-running regenerates the QRs after URL or numbering changes.
- The expanded URL must not exceed around 210 characters (Byte mode, error correction level M): use short URLs or a URL shortener.
7Draw correct graphic scale bars per viewport (Scale Bar Maker)
4 steps
Goal. Give every viewport a graphic scale bar that cannot lie, deduced from its real scale.
- Launch Scale Bar Maker from the hub or from the Sheet Graphics menu.
- Define the target length in paper mm and the gap below the viewport.The utility deduces a round model length from each view's real scale.
assets/shots/misc/fig-13.pngScale Bar Maker window with target length, filled region type and scope. - Choose the filled region type and, if you prefer, tick One bar per sheet (most common scale).With that option a single bar per sheet is drawn at the dominant scale instead of one per viewport.
- Choose the sheet scope and press Draw bars.
assets/shots/misc/fig-14.pngViewport with its graphic scale bar of four alternating blocks, labels in metres and the 1:N text.
Result. Each viewport (or each sheet) has a scale bar consistent with its real scale: scale errors on paper become impossible.
- If you change a view's scale, re-run the utility: the signed bars regenerate cleanly.
8Renumber elements with a pattern and a preview (Renumber by Click)
7 steps
Goal. Write a new numbering (marks, room numbers...) with your own pattern and in the order you decide.
- Launch Renumber by Click from the hub or from the Renumber menu.
- Tick the families or types to number and choose the target parameter in Write into.Placed rooms and spaces are also eligible.
assets/shots/misc/fig-15.pngRenumber by Click window with the family list, the pattern builder and the ordering options. - Build the name pattern with + number and + parameter.Combine literal text, the running number {n} (digits or letters, with Start, Step and Digits) and tokens such as {Room}, {Level} or {Host}.
- Adjust the write policy: Only fill empty values, Continue from the highest existing number or Restart on prefix change.
- Choose the order: By click order, By position (rows from top to bottom, with a configurable row band, Serpentine and Reverse), or Along a path (a picked line or a clicked route, Esc to finish).
- Press Continue… and perform the corresponding picking in the model.In click mode you touch the elements one by one in the desired order.
- Review the preview (element, old → new, status) and press Apply.Duplicates are flagged before anything is written; Cancel touches nothing.
assets/shots/misc/fig-16.pngRenumber preview window with the old → new column and a flagged duplicate.
Result. The elements end up numbered according to your pattern and your order, in one transaction, after you have seen and approved every change.
- To renumber the detail numbers of sheets in reading order use its sister utility Detail Renumber, which detects rows automatically.
9Match viewport positions across sheets (Viewport Sync)
5 steps
Goal. Have the same plan land on the same point of the page across every sheet in the series.
- Launch Viewport Sync from the hub or from the Viewport menu.
- Press Pick reference sheets… and then Pick reference view… to fix the reference viewport.It is the well-placed viewport that will serve as the pattern.
assets/shots/misc/fig-17.pngViewport Sync window with the reference chosen and the list of targets with checkboxes. - Press Pick destination sheets… and tick the viewports to align on each target sheet.
- Choose the alignment basis: Relative to title block (recommended) or Absolute sheet coordinates.The utility checks which of the target sheets have the title block aligned with the reference and reports it to you (Details… button).
- Press Align viewports.
Result. Each target viewport is moved so the centre of its box lands on the same point of the page as the reference, measured relative to its sheet's title block. All in one transaction.
- If the title block alignment report warns of deviations, review those sheets: the title block is probably not where it should be.
- To change which view each viewport shows without moving it, use View Swapper: accumulate changes as a draft and apply them in one go.
10Edit the title blocks of many sheets at once (Title Block Manager)
5 steps
Goal. Change title block parameters (visibilities, texts, numbers, nested types) across dozens of sheets from a single screen.
- Launch Title Block Manager from the hub or from the Titles menu.
- Select the sheets: with the filter, with Ctrl/Shift, with Select all or with Pick sheets… (print set, collection or filter).
assets/shots/misc/fig-18.pngTitle Block Manager window with several sheets selected and the parameter panel showing a (varies) value. - Edit the title block parameters in the right-hand panel.Yes/no checkboxes for visibilities, texts, unit-aware numbers and type drop-downs for nested generic annotations. (varies) means the selected sheets differ; it will only be written if you change it.
- If appropriate, change the title block family and type in Family and Type.
- Press Apply changes.Only the fields you touched are written, in a single transaction.
Result. The title blocks of all the selected sheets are updated in one go, without opening sheet by sheet.
- Leave the (varies) fields untouched to keep each sheet's distinct values.
- Combine it with Title Audit (detects) and Title Suite (aligns viewport titles) to bring the whole presentation of the set into order.
Options reference 14 options
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Tolerant hub search | No accents needed, several words in any order (all must match), Spanish aliases and names of retired tools, initials (mi for Multi-ID Selector) and slack for typos in words of three or more letters. |
| FREQUENT chips | The four most-launched utilities according to your local history (%APPDATA%\FJV\Toolbox\usage.dat). The file can be deleted safely to reset the history. |
| Fencing mode (Along Path utilities) | Corridor box (the run is the long axis of the drawn box) or Two points (two points at any angle, without a preview). |
| Sheet scope | A common selector across the sheet utilities, although each one offers the variants that suit it: Current sheet only, All sheets, Number starts with (a prefix, in QR Stamp and Match Lines) or Specific sheets with the Pick sheets… picker (all, print set, Sheet Collection in Revit 2025+, or parameter filter). |
| Corner, size and offsets (Sheet Graphics) | The sheet graphics (QR, key plan, section locator...) are placed in the corner you choose with X/Y offsets and a size in paper mm. |
| Filled region type | Scale Bar, Cover Mosaic and the Key Plan highlight let you choose the filled region type they are drawn with, to match your graphic standard. |
| Regenerate (Key Plan) and regenerating re-runs | The FJV_* signed graphics are deleted and regenerated when you re-run the utility; in Key Plan Maker the Regenerate checkbox explicitly deletes the existing key plans before creating. |
| Write policy (Renumber by Click) | Only fill empty values, Continue from the highest existing number, Restart on prefix change; digit or letter format with Start, Step and Digits; order By click / By position (row band, Serpentine, Reverse) / Along a path. |
| Alignment basis (Viewport Sync) | Relative to title block (recommended: the same page point relative to each sheet's title block) or Absolute sheet coordinates. |
| Leaders and orphans (Tag Master) | Leaders: Leave as is / All ON / All OFF. Orphans: Ignore / Select them / Delete them. An Only tags in current selection checkbox to narrow the scope. |
| Element scope (Type Swapper and Parameter Copier) | Selection, Active view or Whole project. |
| Only fill empty targets (Parameter Copier) | Writes only into empty targets, without overwriting existing values; the preview flags the overwrites when it is switched off. |
| Treatments and scope (Datum Doctor) | Grids and/or Levels; propagate 2D extents from the active view, reset to 3D, bubble rule (Smart top & left, both ends, End 1, End 2); scope active view, views on all sheets or sheets with a prefix. |
| Preferences remembered per utility | Each window remembers its latest settings in .dat files under %APPDATA%\FJV\Misc; if the file is missing or corrupt, the defaults are simply used. |
What you get out
- Model changes inside a transaction named BIMIO Misc — utility, undoable with a single Ctrl+Z: dimensions, tags, spot elevations, sections, family instances, numberings, viewport positions, title block parameters, category visibilities.
- Sheet graphics as signed filled regions and detail lines (FJV_SCALEBAR, FJV_QR, FJV_KeyPlan, FJV_GRIDRULER, FJV_SECLOC, FJV_MOSAIC, FJV_MATCHLINE), regenerable on re-run.
- On-screen reports with a Copy report button that copies the text to the clipboard: Template Diff, Title Audit, Set Integrity and the result summaries of the sweeps and batch operations.
- IDs of the current selection copied to the clipboard (Multi-ID Selector).
- Usage history in %APPDATA%\FJV\Toolbox\usage.dat and an activity log in %APPDATA%\FJV\Misc\logs (useful for diagnostics; they can be deleted safely).
Pro tips 6 tips
Assign keyboard shortcuts to your go-to utilities: each one is a Revit command in its own right and appears in View → User Interface → Keyboard Shortcuts.
Search in Spanish: the hub understands cotas, cajetin, rejilla, lamina, renumerar, limpiar and many more synonyms, with or without accents.
Follow the detect → act pattern: Title Audit before Title Suite, Set Integrity before delivering, Ripple before deleting.
Sheet graphics do not update on their own: after changing crops, scales or numbering, re-run the utility and they will regenerate cleanly thanks to their signature.
Almost everything runs in a single transaction per gesture: if you are not happy with the result, one Ctrl+Z reverts it entirely.
The totals the utilities report are honest: whatever is skipped (incompatible elements, viewports without a title, uncontrollable views) is counted and stated, never lost in silence.
Good to know
The hub is modal and launches one utility per opening: when you choose one, the launcher closes and the utility runs next.
The window interfaces are in English (Along Path, Stamp QRs, Apply changes...), although the hub's search box accepts Spanish terms.
Sheet Collections as a source for the sheet picker only exist in Revit 2025 and later.
QR Stamp uses Byte mode with error correction level M and supports up to around 210 characters per expanded URL; longer templates fail.
Family Along Path only places point-based families.
Annotation Tidy needs 2 or more tags selected (3 or more to distribute).
Datum Tools (bubbles) acts only on the active view; to act in batch use Datum Doctor.
View Swapper only offers as replacements views that are not yet placed on any sheet.
Sheet graphics are static: they do not update automatically when the model changes; you must re-run the utility to regenerate them.
Title Suite skips (and counts) viewports whose title is switched off.
Set Integrity only counts visible reference markers: hidden ones do not mislead the reader and are therefore not reported.
Cover Sheet Mosaic always draws on the current sheet, so you must open the cover before launching it.
Revit does not allow keyboard shortcuts to be assigned via the API: you set them up by hand, once, in the keyboard shortcuts dialog.
FAQ 8 questions
Why can I not find Select in the launcher?
Select has graduated: its rule engine grew so much that it now has its own button on the View panel of the BIMIO tab. Its command and its keyboard shortcut still work, but it is no longer listed in the hub so it does not appear in two places.
What do the amber and green dots on each row mean?
They are each utility's safety badge: amber indicates that it opens transactions and can modify the model; green indicates that it is read-only. The detail panel adds badges such as Needs selection when the utility requires a selection or a picking step.
Can I undo what a utility does?
Yes. Each gesture runs in a single named transaction (BIMIO Misc — utility), so a single Ctrl+Z in Revit reverts the whole operation. Cleanup Actions is no exception: the entire ticked sweep falls into one transaction and is undone in one go.
Can I launch a utility without going through the hub?
Yes, in two ways: the drop-down menus on the Misc panel expose the most-used utilities directly, and each utility is a Revit command to which you can assign a keyboard shortcut in View → User Interface → Keyboard Shortcuts.
Do the QRs, graphic scale bars and key plans update on their own when the model changes?
No. They are graphics drawn on the sheet and signed internally (FJV_QR, FJV_SCALEBAR...). When the crops, scales or numbering change, run the utility again: it detects its signature, deletes the old version and regenerates it cleanly, with no duplicates.
Can I search in Spanish in the hub?
Yes. The search box includes Spanish synonyms (cotas, cajetin, rejilla, lamina, renumerar, limpiar, plano llave...), ignores accents, and accepts several words in any order, initials and even small typos. It also responds to the names of old tools that were merged into groups.
Does Ripple delete anything from the model when it analyses?
No. The analysis runs the deletion inside a transaction that is rolled back automatically when it finishes: the model remains exactly the same. It is only used so that Revit reports the cascade of elements that would fall with the real deletion.
Where does Misc store my preferences and my history?
The settings remembered by each window are stored in %APPDATA%\FJV\Misc, the usage history that feeds the FREQUENT chips in %APPDATA%\FJV\Toolbox\usage.dat, and the activity logs in %APPDATA%\FJV\Misc\logs. They are all local files that can be deleted without affecting the model.