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Add-Ins Manager

Add-Ins Manager, available in Revit 2025.3 and later updates, allows you disable and enable add-ins from a list.

How to open and use Add-Ins Manager

Use one of the following options to open the Add-Ins Manager:
  1. Click Manage tab Extensions Add-Ins Manager. Here you can enable and disable Macros, individual add-ins, or all add-ins.

    The changes made in the Revit Add-Ins Manager take effect on the next Revit launch.

  2. Alternatively, you can launch Revit Add-Ins Manager as a standalone application without launching Revit, either searching the Windows start menu for Revit Add-Ins Manager, or going to <Revit installation folder> AddInsManager\RevitAddInsManager.exe.

    You can use the standalone application to disable an add-in even if an issue of that add-in prevents Revit from starting.

Use the Add-Ins Manager to toggle on or off all the add-ins, or to selectively enable one or more add-ins.

Note: All settings made in Revit Add-Ins Manager are user-specific and will be stored for the current Windows user only.

Add-ins loading time

The Revit Add-Ins Manager shows the last loading time of each add-in item that has been loaded into Revit. The add-ins loading time is approximate, and consists of the time needed to load the add-in DLL with all the dependencies, and execute the OnStartup method, if the item requires that. If during the OnStartup method execution a dialog appears, its time is considered as a part of the add-in item loading time.

If the manifest file contains several add-ins or commands, the time is measured for each item individually. The Add-Ins Manager UI displays the time of each item from the manifest file, and the manifest (group) item displays the sum of loading time for all the items in it.

Note: If several items are located in the same DLL, this DLL is loaded once and its loading time is only counted for the first item which loads this DLL.

How to customize the display of the add-ins in Add-Ins Manager

The list of add-ins is grouped by the manifest file. If the manifest file has one item in it, that is displayed as a single item on the UI, otherwise all items from the manifest file are grouped. The group name corresponds to the manifest file name.

Tips:

  1. To group different Revit add-ins or commands in the Add-Ins Manager window, place them inside one manifest file.
  2. Use an easily readable name for the manifest file, as this name becomes the group name.
  3. Specify <Name></Name> tag for each item inside of the manifest file. Use easily readable names separated with spaces. This name is disabled on the Add-Ins Manager window.
  4. Specify <VendorId></VendorId> tag for each item inside of the manifest file. The VendorId will be disabled on the Add-Ins Manager window.
  5. You may specify <ProductDescription></ProductDescription> for each add-in item inside of the manifest file, and a short description of what this item does. The text from ProductDescription is displayed as a tooltip when you hover over the name of this item in the Add-Ins Manager dialog. This is an optional setting. If you do not use it, no tooltip is shown.

(Admin) Add-Ins Manager

The (Admin) Add-Ins Manager allows BIM Managers and System Administrators to manage Revit Add-Ins Manager settings on users' machines. The admin settings have higher priority than user settings defined in Add-Ins Manager, and override them.

See (Admin) Add-Ins Manager for details about using it.

Parent topic: Revit and Revit LT Installation

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