What is the Procore BIM Plugin and what is it used for?

Answer

A plugin is a software component that is installed onto your computer to add a feature into an existing application. Procore offers two Building Information Modeling (BIM) plugins to use in programs such as Autodesk® Navisworks®, Revit®, and AutoCAD®. See Procore BIM Plugins. After the plugins are installed, the respective program will have a 'Procore' tab where you can perform tasks designed to streamline your BIM workflows.

Introducing the Unified Procore BIM Plugin

Procore has consolidated its legacy plugins into a single, unified Procore BIM Plugin. The standalone legacy Document plugin and legacy VDC plugin are retired. See Procore BIM Plugin: Consolidation & Update History.

Which plugins do I need? Show/Hide Details

  • Procore BIM Plugin

    • Use for: Coordination workflows, file management, model publishing, and managing locations.

    • Download from: The project's Coordination Issues, Documents, Models tool or the Locations utility in the project's Admin tool.

Do I need to uninstall the legacy plugins? Show/Hide Details

No. This transition was designed to be seamless. If you already have a legacy plugin installed, the transition happens silently in the background when you receive the update required notification. See When are mandatory updates released for the Procore BIM Plugin?

There are two separate installers described below:

VDC Plugin for Coordination Issues, Models, and Locations

Allows you to create and manage coordination issues directly in Navisworks®, publish models from Navisworks® for use on mobile and web viewers, and publish grid information from Revit® to leverage 2D Views on iOS. You can also streamline your project locations setup by exporting Levels and Rooms directly out of Revit® to Locations in Procore.

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Note:

  • You must have the Coordination Issues or Models tools in Procore to use the plugin for Navisworks® or 2D Views feature.

  • You must have Admin permissions to the project's Admin tool in order to export locations from Revit®.

Documents Plugin for Autodesk®

Allows you to export content directly from AutoCAD® or Revit® to the Documents tool in Procore, open and append Procore documents into Navisworks®, and save files to the Documents tool in Procore.

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Note: You must have access to a project's Documents tool in Procore.


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