get_material_quantities

MCP tool from Revit MCP Server by LuDattilo

Material takeoffs: area, volume, element counts

How to use it

get_material_quantities is exposed by the Revit MCP Server MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the get_material_quantities tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install Revit MCP Server

$claude mcp add mcp-server-for-revit -- npx -y mcp-server-for-revit

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create_surface_based_element

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get_available_family_types

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get_current_view_elements

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get_current_view_info

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get_element_parameters

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get_elements_in_spatial_volume

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get_material_properties

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get_project_info

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get_selected_elements

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get_shared_parameters

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Model warnings and errors

Workset info and status

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List, reload, or unload linked Revit models

match_element_properties

Copy parameters from source to target elements

measure_between_elements

Distance measurement (center-to-center, closest points, bounding box)

Move, rotate, mirror, or copy elements

operate_element

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set_element_parameters

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set_element_phase

Change element phase assignment

set_element_workset

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