2019 – 2020

Regular

Intuitive data validation for architects

Regular's Rule Manager: five document rules with live validation scores against model elements
The Rule Manager, validating

Regular expressions are brilliant for data validation and miserable to write (even for many programmers). Born at the 2019 AECTech Hackathon, Regular brings their benefits to non-coders: define data format rules in plain English through an intuitive UI, and the plugin silently translates them into regex.

Rules live inside Revit models via the Extensible Storage API, and the Dynamic Model Updater validates data continuously against them — flagging each element's compliance with your standards as you work.

Building a rule from plain-English parts: Specific Character, Any Digit, Hyphen
Building a rule in plain English