Install Fetch

Create a free Fetch account, install the Fetch plugin for Revit and sign in. Takes about five minutes.

Fetch pluginRevit 2023–2027Updated

Fetch is a free Revit plugin from Southwest Solutions Group. It puts manufacturer families in a panel inside Revit, so you can place real products in your model and keep their data current.

What you need

  • Windows with Revit 2023 to 2027.
  • A free Fetch account. You use the same account on fetchbim.com and in the plugin.
  • Permission to install software for your Windows user. If your company manages installs centrally, send your IT team Deploy Fetch for your team.

1. Create your account

  1. Go to Sign up and fill in your details.
  2. Confirm your email address. The confirmation comes from donotreply@fetchbim.com with the subject "Welcome to Fetch".

If the email doesn't arrive within a few minutes, see Didn't get the confirmation email.

2. Install the plugin

  1. Close every Revit window.
  2. Select Download Fetch on the Fetch home page and run the installer.
  3. Accept the license agreement.
  4. On Select Components, keep Full installation to add Fetch to every Revit version from 2023 to 2027, or untick the versions you don't use.
The Fetch installer's Select Components page with Full installation and Revit 2023 to 2027 ticked
  1. Select Next and wait for the installer to finish. It can take a few minutes.

Fetch installs for your Windows user only. If several people share a computer, each one runs the installer while signed in as themselves.

3. Load Fetch in Revit and sign in

  1. Open Revit. The first time, Revit asks whether to load Fetch. Choose Always Load. Fetch is signed by Southwest Solutions Group.
  2. Fetch opens. Sign in with your Fetch account. Tick Remember me so you don't have to sign in every time.
The Fetch sign-in window over the Fetch app
  1. You now have a Fetch tab on the Revit ribbon.
Revit with the Fetch tab open on the ribbon

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