Tabs
Create and organize product, discipline, or workflow tabs while preserving the internal identity of existing Revit tabs.
- Visible ribbon labels
- Stable internal names
- Saved layout order
Revit® Add-In · Menu Mason
Build the Revit ribbon your team actually needs.
Menu Mason is a visual Revit ribbon designer for arranging tabs, panels, responsive components, and buttons; mapping native commands; and publishing saved layouts directly back to Revit.
Revit 2023–2027Visual ribbon previewNative command mappingLight + dark Theme UI
Editable Menu Mason console image
Ribbon hierarchy
Design the menu from the tab down to the command.
Menu Mason exposes the ribbon as a structured hierarchy instead of a flat list. Select a level, edit its properties, and keep the live Revit result aligned with the preview.
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Panels
Add, duplicate, rename, reorder, or remove panels and assign each button to the intended menu location.
- Panel-level actions
- Live placement updates
- Layout restore support
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Components
Represent native responsive containers, stacks, separators, pulldowns, and overflow behavior as components.
- Expanded and compact states
- Responsive grouping
- Native-class diagnostics
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Buttons
Control the selected button’s label, icon, tooltip, exposure, menu position, ownership, and assigned function.
- Two-line labels
- Theme-aware icons
- Visible/hidden and enabled/disabled
Visual design surface
Edit properties and publish the layout without leaving Revit.
The Menu Properties, Button Properties, and Function Properties columns keep structure, appearance, and execution logic visible at the same time. Saving a layout applies it to the Revit ribbon, while double-clicking a saved layout restores it for visual editing.
✓ Create, edit, rename, duplicate, move, reorder, convert, hide, and delete ribbon menu buttons visually in the preview or hierarchically in Menu Properties✓ Design, save, restore, duplicate, delete, and share complete ribbon menu layouts✓ Author button functions from native Revit commands, External Commands, Command Pipelines, BIMGrove shared commands, Dynamo scripts, C# scripts, and more
Button functions
Connect each ribbon button to the right kind of action.
Function Properties changes with the selected function type so the parameters stay relevant to the command being configured.
RV
Native Revit Command
Choose an Autodesk Revit tab, panel, and button. Menu Mason stores the command identity and posts it through Revit when the custom button is clicked.
EX
External Command
Load a managed Revit external command and define the assembly, command class, execution context, and optional parameters.
DY
Dynamo Script
Point a button to a Dynamo graph and control file location, Dynamo Player behavior, inputs, and execution options.
APP
External Executable
Launch an approved external application with a configured executable path, working directory, arguments, and launch behavior.
PL
Command Pipeline
Chain supported actions into an ordered workflow, control stop/continue behavior, and reuse the pipeline as a single ribbon command.
Responsive fidelity
Treat compact, expanded, collapsed, and overflow presentations as states of the same control.
Menu Mason reads native ribbon diagnostics and models responsive containers so preview matching is based on the control’s underlying class, not only its current appearance at one Revit window width.
Theme-compatible assets
Pair dark and light icons without duplicating button definitions.
Theme-aware icon naming and internal fallbacks allow Menu Mason to resolve the correct 16 px or 32 px asset while preserving native icons and tooltips when a custom value is blank.
Saved layouts
Create, duplicate, rename, restore, and remove complete ribbon arrangements.
Saved layouts provide a controlled way to test alternatives, maintain office standards, and return to a known ribbon arrangement without rebuilding the hierarchy.
Start building
Turn a crowded ribbon into a deliberate workspace.
Compare access options, review the documentation, and choose the Menu Mason license that fits your rollout.