Point Layout 2025: What's New

[s.hamel]

Happy to announce the release of Point Layout 2025:

Point layout is now delivered through Autodesk Desktop App/Access or your account portal.  Trial version can be found here. 

Supported Products:

• AutoCAD 2020-2025 + Verticals
• Revit 2020-2025
• Navisworks Manage and Simulate 2020-2025

Revit:

• Shared coordinates display form was incorrectly showing rotation in Radians, Degrees are now displayed.

General across all Plugins:

• Various minor bug fixes
• Magnet job export will now automatically set point file units instead of defaulting to feet.
• APL_Addon_Register program now allows for setting License Acquisition mode, Automatic, Manual, or BIM 360 Licensing.  If you prefer that a license not be acquired automatically when the host program (Revit or AutoCAD) is launched, set mode to Manual.

[tcorey]

Hi @s.hamel 

When you “Use BIM 360 license” is that the same as BIM Collaborate Pro?  

Thanks,

Tim

[s.hamel]

Hey Tim, not exactly...kind of.  That licensing type relies on the user being a project Admin for an active BIM 360 Glue project.  BIM Collaborate includes access to Glue still, so in that sense yes they are connected, but Point Layout is not going to know that the user has a BIM Collaborate license.  But you would use that license to activate Glue for a project and add the user to it, which is what would then be validated against.

Hope that is clear, let me know if you still have questions on it.

Thanks,

[sokoyeQRJNT]

It appears that Point Layout is not available for AutoCAD MEP 2025

[s.hamel]

It is, you found a bug I have been meaning to post about, support has been fixing it for users as cases occur. We missed out on including MEP and CIVIL3D references specifically for 2025 versions in the loading information.

You can fix this immediately by following these steps:
1. open the folder %ProgramData%\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\Autodesk_Point_Layout_2025.bundle\
2. Edit the file PackageContents.xml in notepad
3. Add the following section to the file after line 18

<Components>
<RuntimeRequirements
OS="Win64"
Platform="Civil3D|MEP|ADT"
SeriesMin="25.0"
SeriesMax="25.0" />
<ComponentEntry
AppName="Point Layout 2025 Add-In For AutoCAD 2025 Verticals"
Version="2025.0.0.83"
ModuleName="APL 2025_64/GTP2025MEP.dll"
AppDescription="APL 2025 Add-In"
LoadOnAutoCADStartup="True"/>
</Components>

4. Save the file, you will need administrative rights to do so. It may be easier to save it to your desktop instead and then copy and paste it over the original file.
5. Relaunch MEP or Civil3D and you should be all set.

Thanks,

[sokoyeQRJNT]

Thanks @s.hamel, I added it just after line 18 and now it works just fine for MEP 2025.

[justinlowe]

@s.hamel - I'm having trouble finding the documentation, but are there parameters that can be called with "APL_Addon_Register.exe" to set the licensing method to BIM 360? I noticed from an older 2017 post you mentioned passing "/a" to the executable to register with all products.

[s.hamel]

Hey Justin, Happy New year and apologies for the delayed response.
There is no longer a need to register against individual products/years since the 2023 version, it all handled automatically. You can still send licensing parameters though:
/sl
/nl
/gl
For Single, Network, or Glue licensing.

Thanks,

[HGC-Jchandler]

@s.hamel - A couple of things we are seeing with the install:

• The install is not showing up in "All Products and Services" in our account. I downloaded the trial version. 
• Once installed and license set to use BIM 360, we are getting "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" followed by "Licensing Error" in C3D 2025. 

Thanks!

[richard.kellyR6DLL]

i too have the same issue, its not available in "All Products and Services".  any ideas?

[s.hamel]

It will only show there if you have a regular subscription, otherwise its available from the trial page, or from the glue project downloads area.

[s.hamel]

I'll look into this and get back to you, see if I can reproduce on my side.

[HGC-Jchandler]

@s.hamel I'm not seeing it on the glue downloads, looks like only the 2024 items are showing up there unless I'm looking in the wrong spot. I believe the trial download is the only option at the moment. 

[s.hamel]

Yeah, your correct, glue webpage appears to never have been updated for 2025 downloads, I'll push them to do such for 2026 downloads when they are out.

[cruscher]

I am interested in Point Layout and have watched most of the limited YouTube videos on it.  Can I get a personalized web demo?   I have several questions to be sure it will provide what I need for the project.  Thanks

[HGC-Jchandler]

@s.hamel Touching base on APL 2025 in C3D 2025, we are still seeing the "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error when clicking "get license". This is followed by another error "licensing error". 

[s.hamel]

@HGC-Jchandler Sorry for the delay, I was on a very extended vacation.  Suggest moving to APL 2026 as it was released last month.