What it can do in Revit
- Query rooms, doors, walls, windows, and any custom parameter
- Bulk-edit parameters across hundreds of elements in a single transaction
- Generate schedules, section views, and view templates
- Export sheets to PDF and schedules to CSV
- Run arbitrary checks against your model: missing parameters, naming conventions, code compliance rules
- Write Revit API code on the fly for anything the toolset does not cover
What architects use it for
Real tasks from real projects. Each of these is a single prompt in Arkyv. No scripting, no macros, no add-in configuration.
“Set the fire rating to EI30 on every door in the stairwells”
Arkyv finds the affected doors, shows you exactly which elements will change and how, and applies the edit in one transaction. Work that used to mean an afternoon of manual selection takes a minute.
“Which rooms are missing an area or department parameter?”
The agent queries every room in the live model and returns a list you can act on, and fills in the missing values if you ask it to.
“Create a door schedule grouped by level, with fire rating and hardware set”
Schedules, section views, and view templates are generated directly in the model, following your project's naming conventions.
“Export all sheets on level 2 as PDF and the window schedule as CSV”
Deliverables come straight out of the model without clicking through export dialogs, ready to send or drop into your document management system.
“Check the model against our BIM manual”
Give Arkyv your QA checklist, naming convention, or code compliance rules and it runs the checks against live model data, reporting every violation with the element IDs to fix.
Beyond the model
Arkyv is not only a Revit plugin. It is a full assistant with web search, regulation search, document editing, and structured planning available in every conversation.
- Regulatory Search: search regulations from your region
- Project Search: find information across your project files, emails, client requirements, and meeting notes
- Legal Search: search legal precedents (currently Sweden only)
- Web search: ask Arkyv to look something up online
- Plan mode: have Arkyv break a complex request into smaller divisible tasks
- xlsx editing: read and update your xlsx files
- docx editing: read and update your docx files
How it works
- 1
Install the plugin
Sign up free and download the signed installer. The plugin is included on every plan. Arkyv appears as a panel inside Revit 2024 or later, and larger firms can roll it out through their standard plugin deployment process.
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Ask in plain language
Describe what you want to find, change, or produce. The agent reads live model data through the Revit API, so it works with your actual parameters, families, and views, not a copy or an export.
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Review and run
Every write action is shown to you before it executes: which elements change and how. You approve it, it runs as a single Revit transaction, and you can undo it like any other edit.
How it is different
Most 'AI for Revit' tools wrap a fixed set of pre-defined commands. If your task is not on the list, you are stuck. Arkyv gives the agent access to supported Revit workflows, and when a task needs more than a predefined command, it writes Revit API code on the fly, which you review before it runs. The ceiling is the Revit API itself, not a feature list.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers before you reach out.