NBS Plug-ins

NBS Plug-in for Autodesk® Revit®

The NBS Plug-in for Autodesk Revit is a free tool that allows you to coordinate your Revit model with your NBS specification or schedule of work.

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Compatible with

  • NBS Plug-in for Autodesk® Revit® Compatible with Revit 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Version: 3.12 (Note: Not compatible with Autodesk Revit LT)

  • NBS Building, NBS Create, NBS Landscape, NBS Scheduler and NBS Chorus

A step-by-step guide user guide is installed with the plug-in. After installing the plug-in open Autodesk Revit and click on the NBS menu.

Installation

Standard installation
Managed installation (for System Administrators)

Popular support articles

How to do a clean reinstall of the NBS Plugin for Autodesk Revit

Occasionally a normal reinstall of the NBS Plugin for Autodesk Revit will not effectively resolve the issue at hand, resulting in a clean reinstall to be required instead.

How to access Specification Features in the NBS Plugin for Autodesk Revit (v3.6)

Summary Within the NBS Plugin for Autodesk Revit, you have the ability to access features that allow you to link your Revit model and NBS Specification files.

How to access Specification Features in the NBS Plugin for Autodesk Revit (v3.5)

Summary Within the NBS Plugin for Autodesk Revit, you have the ability to access features that allow you to link your Revit model and NBS Specification files.

NBS desktop products and Mac OS X

More Information NBS provides a range of desktop products designed for the Windows operating system but these products are not compatible with Mac OS X systems natively.

How to add BIM Object Standard properties to your Autodesk® Revit® model

In this video, we explain how to add BIM Object Standard properties to an object in the family editor as well as a whole project. We also show where you can see which parameters have been added to ...

How to associate objects and families to NBS clauses in Autodesk® Revit®

In this video, we show how to apply NBS parameters to your objects and families, as well as aligning your model with clauses in your NBS specification.

How to keep your National BIM Library objects up to date in Autodesk® Revit®

A guide on keeping your National BIM Library objects up to date in your Autodesk® Revit® project. In this video we show how to check if objects in your model are up to date using the 'update objects' ...

Which features of the NBS Plug-in for Autodesk Revit are compatible with NBS programs

Summary The NBS Plug-in for Autodesk Revit allows you to better coordinate your model with your specification or schedule. More information

Username and password is not recognised when you sign in to your NBS user account via the NBS Plugin for Autodesk Revit

Issue When you sign into the NBS Plugin for Autodesk Revit with your NBS account, your username and password are not recognised.

NBS Plugin for Autodesk Revit standard installation

Access through your company proxy or firewall If you have a proxy or firewall that could potentially block the NBS Plugin for Autodesk Revit from connecting to the NBS network you must allow the ...

Can't download BIM object

When you try to download a specific object using the NBS Plugin, you get the following error message:

Editing NBS annotations onto multiple lines

Summary When using the NBS Plugin for Autodesk Revit, you have the option to annotate objects with NBS clause and product information. By default, these tags are all on one line. However, there is an ...

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