Autodesk Fabrication FABmep 2013 add-in not appearing in the Autodesk Revit 2013 for MEP Engineering

Issue

Add-in not appearing within the Autodesk® Revit 2013 for MEP Engineering environment.

Solution

The conversion of Revit 2013 for MEP Engineering families into Autodesk® Fabrication FABmep™ 2013 parametric items requires the configuration and set-up to be completed correctly.

The user must determine the location of the appropriate add-ins folder for their version of Revit 2013 for MEP Engineering. In this case, Fabrication FABmep 2013 requires the following add-in files and dynamic link libraries, (please note - these are determined automatically by the operating system):

32-bit operating systems (x86)

ADSK_Export.dll
bXML32.dll
RVTFabExchange32-2013_Export.dll

64-bit operating systems (x64)

ADSK_Export.dll
bXML64.dll
RVTFabExchange64-2013_Export.dll

Manifest files are read automatically by Revit when they are placed in one of two locations on a user's system:

In a non-user-specific location in "application data":

In a user-specific location in "application data":

The following ADSK_Export.addin must be copied and pasted into either of the location’s as indicated above.
To check the configuration of the add-in, a text editor can be used (see below for an example).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RevitAddIns>
<AddIn Type="Application">
<Name>FAB to RME Import</Name>
<Assembly>C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Fabrication
2013\FABmep\Revit\RVTFabExchange64-2013_Export.dll</Assembly>
<AddInId>0b6b55f0-1e44-4626-9bff-6a412e0dcd77</AddInId>
<FullClassName>RVTFabExchange.Application</FullClassName>
<VendorId>ADSK</VendorId>
<VendorDescription>Autodesk, www.autodesk.com</VendorDescription>
</AddIn>
</RevitAddIns>

The path where the required dynamic link libraries are installed is illustrated in bold. Note – this is dependent on the installation directory and operating system.

If the Add-in still does not show up, go through the steps below:

1. Close Revit.
2. In the user specific location (C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Revit\Addins\2013), open the ADSK_Export.addin file in Notepad (not Word).
3. Hit Save.
4. Close Notepad.
5. Restart Revit.