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Plug In Ribbon tab name

nicolLSPDR — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:49:03 GMT

I have looked all over the forums and can't seem to find a solution on how to change the default ribbon tab name for plug ins. I have a dll that contains 3 plug in tools and when I import them into Navisworks they appear under Tool add-in 1. I would like to rename this so that it uses my companies name instead however, I'm not sure how to accomplish this. Any help would be great.

Re: Plug In Ribbon tab name

naveen.kumar.t — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:25:24 GMT

Hi,
My suggestion is to create your own ribbon. Please take a look at this link:https://twentytwo.space/2022/02/02/navisworks-api-commandhandlerplugin/

Re: Plug In Ribbon tab name

nicolLSPDR — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:54:56 GMT

I tried following this tutorial however I can't build the dll because of errors from my xaml file.

Re: Plug In Ribbon tab name

nicolLSPDR — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:35:41 GMT

This ended up being super helpful. I also used this video from youtube to help but they are essentially the same material. Along with a few typos I found my problem was I was referencing old dlls instead of the new names so now the ribbon tab works. However, the test command I built crashes the program. I'm hoping it's just the quick test I built but I will update if nothing changes.

Here is the xaml text used for those also struggling:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<RibbonControl
x:Uid="AddinRibbon" xmlns="clr-namespace:Autodesk.Windows;assembly=AdWindows"
xmlns:wpf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:adwi="clr-namespace:Autodesk.Internal.Windows;assembly=AdWindows"
xmlns:system="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Autodesk.Navisworks.Gui.Roamer.AIRLook;assembly=navisworks.gui.roamer">
<RibbonTab Id="ID_CustomTab_1" KeyTip="T1">
<RibbonPanel x:Uid="RibbonPanel1">
<RibbonPanelSource x:Uid="RibbonPanelSource_RibbonPanel_1" KeyTip="C1" Title="Tools">
<local:NWRibbonButton x:Uid="Button_1" Id="ID_Button_1"
Size="Large"
KeyTip="B1"
ShowText="True"
Text="Button_1"
Orientation="Vertical"/>
</RibbonPanelSource>
</RibbonPanel>
</RibbonTab>
</RibbonControl>

Re: Plug In Ribbon tab name

nicolLSPDR — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:37:39 GMT

Youtube video for reference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbMz7roQptU

The post build portion did not work for me so I added the dll and xaml to the plug ins folder by hand myself (don't forget to add en-US folder and place the xaml in it there as well).