Sooner or later you find that Revit users to work with families is not always a pleasure. Today is not about creating families, but to find, shop and searching.
course, you can help by selecting the appropriate folder structure and naming of the work here. But from a certain number of families, each summary is lost. What is missing is a corresponding family of browsers. Today I would like to introduce you an that while not free of charge, but all requirements to cover such a browser. The company
KIWI CODES from New Zealand offers you on their side the Family browser. Here you can
the browser which is available for the 32bit and 64bit version of Revit, download and test 14 days. A license costs 35 $ USD.
The menu settings are currently only available in English, but easy to understand. There is also a video on the manufacturing side, the functions of the browser very well explained (in English).
Here are a few screen shots of the program.
The browser is called from the plug-ins (Customized ribbons). The window can be moved freely (even on another monitor) and includes optional automatic. Families can grouping on the one hand, and present them in different tabs. Shown is always the preview. Depending on the settings are displayed when selecting a family of all types. The family can be placed directly from the tab in a view.
The groups are selected on the upper right arrow. The groups can easily create yourself.
About the Group function are the various functions for creating groups.
As a group, the collection is understood by several tabs.
The tab creation is as simple as that of the group creation. Here can also complete folder as tabs are integrated into one. The preview images are generated here automatically and stored in a subfolder of the families. noted If you have problems with the preview images, then typing my of 18 February .
In the family options are hidden many useful options and other helpers. Thus, for create catalog files directly here. You can create your own custom thumbnails, and families from the Web are loaded directly into the tabs.
About BIM management can be traced to change the configuration files.
settings (Settings) is used to adjust the window (change the size, layout of the tabs).
may be present, since all the configuration files as text file it is created, be transferred to another computer.
Enjoy this APP.
