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Appendix 1: Installer

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The installer performs two main operations: installing the binaries and the Revit addin.

Installing the binaries

During this step the installer puts all the required plugin binaries into the locations which depend on the chosen installation scope.

Per-user installation

The full paths for the per-user installation () are as follows.

  • For Revit 2025 version: C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\Programs\C-Change Labs Inc\bimCAT\2025

  • For Revit 2024 version: C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\Programs\C-Change Labs Inc\bimCAT\2024

  • For Revit 2023 version: C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\Programs\C-Change Labs Inc\bimCAT\2023

  • For Revit 2022 version: C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\Programs\C-Change Labs Inc\bimCAT\2022

  • For Revit 2021 version: C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\Programs\C-Change Labs Inc\bimCAT\2021

Per-machine installation

  • For Revit 2025 version: C:\Program Files\C-Change Labs Inc\bimCAT\2025

  • For Revit 2024 version: C:\Program Files\C-Change Labs Inc\bimCAT\2024

  • For Revit 2023 version: C:\Program Files\C-Change Labs Inc\bimCAT\2023

  • For Revit 2022 version: C:\Program Files\C-Change Labs Inc\bimCAT\2022

  • For Revit 2021 version: C:\Program Files\C-Change Labs Inc\bimCAT\2021

Installing the Revit addin

During this step the installer puts the plugin's bundle ApplicationPlugins location compatible with Autodesk Store.

Per-user installation

  • The bimCAT bundle: C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\bimCAT.bundle

The paths to .addin files corresponding to each Revit version:

  • For Revit 2025 version: C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\bimCAT.bundle\Contents\2025\bimCAT.addin

  • For Revit 2024 version: C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\bimCAT.bundle\Contents\2024\bimCAT.addin

  • For Revit 2023 version: C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\bimCAT.bundle\Contents\2023\bimCAT.addin

  • For Revit 2022 version: C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\bimCAT.bundle\Contents\2022\bimCAT.addin

  • For Revit 2021 version: C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\bimCAT.bundle\Contents\2021\bimCAT.addin

Per-machine installation

  • The bimCAT bundle: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\bimCAT.bundle

The paths to .addin files corresponding to each Revit version:

  • For Revit 2025 version: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\bimCAT.bundle\Contents\2025\bimCAT.addin

  • For Revit 2024 version: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\bimCAT.bundle\Contents\2024\bimCAT.addin

  • For Revit 2023 version: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\bimCAT.bundle\Contents\2023\bimCAT.addin

  • For Revit 2022 version: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\bimCAT.bundle\Contents\2022\bimCAT.addin

  • For Revit 2021 version: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\bimCAT.bundle\Contents\2021\bimCAT.addin

The full paths for the per-machine installation ( and in the per-machine mode) are as follows.

The full paths for the per-user installation () are as follows.

The full paths for the per-machine installation ( and in the per-machine mode) are as follows.

bimCAT from the Autodesk App Store
bimCAT Community Edition
bimCAT Community Edition
bimCAT from the Autodesk App Store
bimCAT Community Edition
bimCAT Community Edition