Three steps to a submission-ready model

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Open Pulse from the ribbon

Click Pulse in your Revit Add-ins tab. The dashboard opens and automatically runs a full health check on your active model — no setup needed.

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See your score and what to fix

Your model gets a score out of 100. Expand any category to see exactly what's wrong, how many elements are affected, and how many points you'll gain by fixing it.

3

Fix, refresh, and export

Jump to any problem element with one click, fix it in Revit, then hit Refresh to see your score climb. Export a PDF report when you're ready to share.


What Pulse checks — and why it matters

Each check is weighted to reflect its impact on model quality. Weightings can be customised per firm via FirmConfig.json.

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1. Warnings & Errors

High weight · Critical category

Revit warnings are often ignored but accumulate into serious coordination and performance problems. Pulse categorises every warning by type and severity — from "element is slightly off axis" to "opening partially cuts its host" — and deducts points based on count and impact. Critical warnings that affect structural or coordination integrity are flagged separately and always shown first in the fix strip.

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2. Element Quality

High weight

Checks for unhosted elements, incorrectly placed components, and geometry issues that affect coordination and documentation quality. Unhosted doors, windows, and hosted families that have lost their host are identified and can be located with a single click.

3. File & Performance

Medium weight

Large file sizes, imported DWG/CAD files left in the model, excessive linked file counts, and unresolved links all degrade Revit performance. Pulse surfaces these issues with specific counts so they can be addressed systematically.

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4. Standards Compliance

Medium weight

Checks that views have View Templates assigned, sheet numbers follow your naming convention, and the project browser is consistently organised. Your firm's expected naming patterns can be set in FirmConfig.json — so Pulse validates against your standards, not a generic template.

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5. In-Place Families

Medium weight

In-place families bloat file size and cannot be reused across projects. Pulse identifies every in-place family instance, shows its name and count, and flags them as candidates for replacement with loadable families — each with a direct locate button.

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6. Sheet & View Naming

Standard weight

Unnamed views, sheets without numbers, and placeholder sheet titles all indicate incomplete documentation setup. Pulse checks naming completeness and flags anything that doesn't meet the minimum standard — critical for issue and construction sets.

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7. Shared Parameters

Standard weight

Missing shared parameters break schedules, tags, and data exports — often only discovered at the worst possible moment. Pulse flags missing parameters early, and your firm's required parameters can be defined in FirmConfig.json for automatic validation every time.

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8. Workset Hygiene

Standard weight

In workshared models, Pulse checks workset count, whether elements are appropriately distributed across worksets, and whether any worksets remain checked out by users who are no longer active — a common cause of sync conflicts.

Designed for how designers actually work

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PDF Health Reports

One click exports a clean, dated PDF showing your score, category breakdown, and top findings — ready to attach to a project handover, share with your principal, or present to a client.

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Find Any Problem Element

Every finding links directly to the elements causing it. Click the locate button and Revit jumps straight there — no manual Filter, No searching through the project browser.

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Customise for Your Firm

Adjust check weightings, score thresholds, and naming patterns to match your firm's standards — just edit a simple text file, no IT help required.

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Exclude Known Exceptions

Some deviations are intentional. Mark a finding as excluded and it's removed from your score — tracked separately so nothing slips through unnoticed.

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Live Score Updates

Fix an issue, hit Refresh, and see your score update immediately. Satisfying to use — and a great way to check your work before issuing a drawing set.

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No Extra Accounts Needed

Pulse uses your existing Autodesk account for licence validation — nothing extra to set up, no separate logins or licence servers.

Start with a free trial

Available now on the Autodesk App Store for Revit 2025 and 2026.