Revit Tool - Save All Families in a Project to RFAs and Folders AUTOMATICALLY

This is a great tool to aid build the Revit family library!

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Save All Families in a Project to RFAs and Folders AUTOMATICALLY

This is awesome.  Let's say you have a project with heaps of families in it, and you want to save them to individual files.  There is an API add on that does exactly this.  How do you get it and use it?

First of all, download this file (Chapter 24) from the Sybex resource page for the book  Mastering Revit Architecture 2011.
Now:

1. This is a ZIP file, so unzip the file.
2. Browse in the contents to:
   \c24\ExampleApplication\ExampleApplication\bin\Debug\
3. Copy everything from this folder to:
   C:\Revit Projects\
4. Copy the two .addin files from the \c24\ folder to the correct location as shown below:
       * For a specific user:
             o For Windows XP - C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Autodesk\Revit\Addins\2011
             o For Vista/Windows 7 -C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Revit\Addins\2011 
       * For all users:
             o For Windows XP - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\Revit\Addins\2011
             o For Vista/Windows 7 -C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Revit\Addins\2011 
   Refer to this post at The Building Coder for more information.
5. Restart Revit 2011

Now, on the Add-Ins ribbon, there will be a new section for the Revit Family Export Utility:

When you run this with a Project open, it will prompt you for a directory, and then it will save all the families from the current Project to .rfa family files, and it will put them into appropriate directories (by Category) for you!

This is a very cool tool - thanks to Don Rudder for his great chapter in the book, and for this excellent API demonstration.

Consider some ways you could use this:

• Load a bunch of families into a project and get this tool to sort them into appropriate folders for you.
• You have an RVT but you do not have the RFA files for families loaded into the RVT - use this tool to get them all out quickly.
• Transfer all RFAs from one RVT to another by saving them out and then loading them all in at once.

BIM News: InPro Completes Extensive BIM Library Build-Out

Direct Link: http://www.inprocorp.com/Products/BimObjects.aspx

Article Source: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/11/prweb4795724.htm

InPro Completes Extensive BIM Library Build-Out

Building information modeling objects available for all major software platforms; company posts to Reed SmartBIM library.

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“We realized early on that BIM was going to be the wave of the future for architecture and construction. That’s why we committed early to our object build-out,” said Larry Dronek, InPro’s Vice President of Marketing.

Muskego, WI (PRWEB) November 17, 2010

Taking another big stride forward as the leader in architectural building products, InPro Corporation today announced it has completed an extensive build-out of building information modeling objects. The company’s products are now modeled for Autodesk Revit in both standard and high definition, as well as for the Graphisoft ArchiCAD and Bentley MicroStation platforms.

In addition, InPro has placed its objects in the Reed Construction SmartBIM Library. This makes InPro BIM objects available to architects at any one of four sources: InPro’s website, CADdetails.com, Autodesk Seek and Reed SmartBIM.

"Listening to architects was the lynchpin to the build-out,” said Larry Dronek, InPro’s Vice President of Marketing. “They told us they want flexibility to choose the definition level when placing and using objects in Revit. And we are keenly aware that both Graphisoft and Bentley users wanted access to our BIM objects. This long-term project is now complete.”

Dronek added this puts InPro well ahead of many companies, and thrusts the company squarely into the BIM lead for its industry. “We realized early on that BIM was going to be the wave of the future for architecture and construction. That’s why we committed early to our object build-out,” he said.

BACKGROUND
InPro Corporation – Based in Muskego, Wisconsin, InPro is the nation’s premier manufacturer of building products, offering the most choices and best service in door and wall protection, decorative surfaces, expansion joint systems, cubicle track & privacy curtains and signage & wayfinding. InPro products are used in the healthcare, senior living, hospitality, education, government, marine and retail sectors.

InPro Corporation also operates an exclusive Color and Design Center that employs a professional, licensed interior designer who assists customers in coordinating InPro products and custom environments that integrate color, style, function, comfort and life safety.

For more information on InPro Corporation, visit http://www.inprocorp.com, or call 800-222-5556.

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Project Vasari... Info & Download - Yes, it's FREE

The Project Vasari technology preview is now available from Autodesk Labs.

Select the image above or click here to be taken to Autodesk Labs to download for free!

What is it, you ask?
It's everything designers wanted AND a bag of chips!!!
Check out this great article on David Light's blog to find out.