Add-ins are software programs that provide additional functionality for Autodesk software.
Some add-ins are provided to Autodesk subscribers. Other add-ins are available free of charge or can be purchased from a third-party vendor.
When you create a Revit deployment, you can include add-ins as part of the deployment so they are installed on target computers with the Revit software.
You can use command line options to control how the add-in is installed, which may be useful when scripting for automation. The options that are available depend on the method used to install the add-in.
When an add-in has an MSI file for installation, it uses the Windows Installer (Msiexec.exe), the Microsoft® Windows® executable program that interprets packages and installs programs.
For complete information about the Windows Installer, visit the Windows Development Center.
msiexec /i aRevitAddIn.msi ALLUSERS=1
msiexec /i aRevitAddIn.msi ALLUSERS=""
Some add-ins provided by Autodesk use the Autodesk install framework, which in turn uses the Windows Installer. These add-ins, such as Autodesk® DWG TrueView™, use a Setup.exe file for installation.
For these Autodesk-provided add-ins, you can use the options that are available when installing Revit from the command line. See Options and Parameters for the Revit Installation Command Line.
setup /t /q /c Prod1:INSTALLDIR="C:\Prod1\" Prod2:INSTALLDIR="C:\prod2\" setup.ini
c:\Program Files\Autodesk\Prod2\Setup\Setup.exe /q /p {901C5280-ABCD-ABCD-ABCD-ABCDEF123ABD} /r Prod2 /language en-US