Voyansi Tools

Voyansi Tools

Voyansi Tools are a set of practical tools addressing some simple gaps and tedious operations when modeling in Revit®.  They are categorized into three basic types:




Tools that modify family parameter values (for example, the interior surface area of a wall), assign parameter values without modification of the actual family instance (in this example, the wall).

Once installed, Voyansi Tools are available to the user under the Revit Options menu item.  From the Voyansi Tools option, the user is able to activate or deactivate each individual included tool.

Access in Revit is found under File-> Options-> Voyansi Tools.

Voyansi Tools currently supports Revit 2021, 2022 and 2023.

Modeling Tools:

Window Inheritance of Exterior Wall Orientation

When inserting a window, the user may select whether the orientation of the window must inherit or may be free from the orientation of the host wall in order to prevent a window from having its gutter towards the interior of the building.

When this tool is active, each time a window is inserted a Voyansi “Inherit Wall Orientation” control appears in the Voyansi Ribbon menu offering a drop-down selection for inheritance/non-inheritance of the wall orientation.

Default Wall Join (None, Butt, Miter, Square Off)

When creating walls, Revit defaults the wall join style to Butt. This tool allows the user to set the default wall join mode to None, Butt, Miter or Square Off joins. Each wall created will be joined to the following ones with the selected join type.

When this tool is active, each time a wall or a wall chain is created a Voyansi “Wall Join Type” control appears in the Voyansi Ribbon menu offering a drop-down selection for None, Butt, Miter or Square Off join options.

Alignment/Rotation of Text Notes

This tool allows the user to rotate the Text Notes to a specified angle or to align the Text Notes with linear elements (walls, slab edges, lines, etc). The selection may be applied to an individual Text Note or to multiple selected Text Notes.

When this tool is active, each time a user selects one or multiple Text Notes, Voyansi Angle and Align controls appear in the Voyansi Ribbon menu where the user may:

• Angle - Enter a numerical angle.  On pressing enter, the Text Notes will be rotated to that angle.
• Click the Align button and select a linear Revit element (wall, model line, slab edge, etc). The selected Text Notes will inherit the rotation of that linear element.
  

 

Calculation Tools:

Area of Wall Exterior and Interior Surfaces

When calculating a wall’s surface area, Revit’s default behavior is to assign the greater of the values of the exterior or interior surface area of the wall as the indicated wall area. When this tool is active two parameters are created with the individual areas of both surfaces which may be used to define the exterior and interior finishing areas for a wall.

• Interior Area
• Exterior Area

The parameters are updated before any creation or modification of the geometry of a wall.

Areas of Stairways, Runs and Landings

This tool provides the area in horizontal projection of a stairway, runs and/or landings. When this tool is active, a parameter is created with the area in horizontal projection.

• Footprint Area

The parameter is updated before any creation or modification of the geometry of a section or landing.

Metal Component Parameters (Weight, Section Perimeter, Surface Area)

This tool populates up to three parameters with the data of Weight, Section Perimeter and Surface Area of each metallic component for each element of the categories:

•  Beams
•  Columns
•  Steel Trusses
•  Rebar
•  Structural Connections
•  Structural Stiffeners

When this tool is active up to three parameters are created for each metallic element

• Weight
• Section Perimeter
• Surface Area

The parameters are updated before any creation or modification of the geometry of a metallic element.

Roof Dimensions (Ridge, Hip, Valley, Eaves, Perimeter, Rake, Sidewall  and Headwall Flashing)

For each roof, and in their respective parameters, the tool provides the total lengths of:

• Ridges - The total length of the Ridges of the roof. Note that Hips with a slope less than 1/10 are also considered Ridges.
• Hips - The total length of the Hips of the roof. Note that Hips with a slope less than 1/10 are considered Ridges.
• Valleys - The total length of the Valleys of the roof.
• Eaves - The total length of horizontal Eaves of the roof.
• Perimeter - The total length of the Perimeter of the edge of roof, including actual sloped edge length.
• Rake - The total length of the Rakes of the roof, including actual sloped edge length.
• Sidewall Flashing - The total length of the intersections of the Roof and the Sidewalls or other vertical elements against the roof. Only sloped intersections are calculated.
• Headwall Flashing - The total length of the intersections of the Roof and the Headwalls or other vertical elements against the roof. Only horizontal intersections are calculated.

The parameters are updated before any creation or modification of the geometry of a roof.

Scheduling Tools:

Door Swing Direction (Left, Right, Both)

A Project Parameter for the Door Category is created in the active project, indicating the door swing direction for each door instance - Right, Left or Both.

• Swing Direction

The parameter is updated before any creation or modification of the geometry of a door.