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Visual® Revit Plugin for Autodesk Revit

The Visual® Lighting Plugin for Autodesk Revit enables native lighting design, offering a simplified experience with powerful automation tools to reduce your design time, while handling complicated Revit projects. This plugin requires Autodesk Revit in order to operate.

Features

  • Leverage single-click lighting design with AutoLayout.
  • Get fast, near-instant lighting calculations with persistent results.
  • Streamline product selection with support for IES files from Acuity and any other manufacturers.
  • Customize your workflow to hone in on the individual spaces in the building.
  • Set luminaire outputs for emergency layouts and calculations.
  • Share designs, schedules, and more back and forth between the plugin and native Revit effortlessly.
  • Use Scenes to create dedicated layouts, schedules and calculation results for Indoor, Outdoor, and Emergency applications.
  • Return your layout, calculation results, and luminaire schedule seamlessly back into Revit.
Release: 3.1.15.11 - 7/20/2026
91.6 MB, includes program files and help files
[All files will be automatically installed]

Account Requirements

  • Visual Account
  • An Acuity Brands SSO login. If you do not have one, use the Sign Up Now option

System Requirements

The Visual® Lighting Plugin is for Windows desktop only and Autodesk supported Revit versions (2024, 2025, 2026, 2027)

Installing the Plugin

  1. Close Revit if it’s running, then launch the setup file you downloaded.
  2. Follow the prompts in the installer.
  3. Once installed, open Revit.
  4. On first launch, Revit will notify you of a new add-in. Select "Always Load" to continue.
  5. Open the Visual Lighting plugin inside Revit and follow the steps to set up your SSO account before proceeding. If you have already setup your account, sign in to proceed.

Trial Period

New users for the Visual Lighting Plugin for Revit will be able to use the program in full for 30 days after your first launch of the program. At the end of the trial period, you will need to purchase a license in order to continue accessing the program.

If you have any questions or feedback, please reach out to Visual Support.

For additional help and instructions, please refer to the User Guide.