Keyboard shortcut to Family Browser 2012

In Family Browser 2012 we added a minor enhancement to toggle Family Browser on/off using a keyboard shortcut.

This might be a minor addition but use full all the same.  Watch this video to see how it works.

Cheers
Phillip

Family Browser 2012 - Now Released

I am pleased to announcee that Family Browser 2012 is now available for download from here.

For Family Browser 2012 we concentrated of four main areas:

1. AutoDesk Revit 2012 Compatible
2. Fixed errors that we received from user feedback
3. The addition of "Collections" which are similar to having multiple MasterText files as in Family Browser ver 3.  A tutorial video can be viewed here.
4. Better deployment options for Site License users.  A tutorial video can be viewed here.

There is no need to remove Family Browser 3 if you have it installed, it will work side by side ver 3.

Once again, thank you for all the support and comments/suggestions that you have provided us.  We still have a lot of ideas to implement in coming versions and look forward to making these available to you at a later date.

Cheers
Phillip

New Video Tutorials Posted

Well it has been awhile since my last post.

I intend to be a bit more regular in the coming weeks and months.

I have just uploaded six new video tutorials and more will be coming shortly.

Keep an eye out for another post in the next few hours with an announcement from us. ;)

Cheers
Phillip

What have we been up to?

It’s been a bit quiet around this neck of the woods this last month but be rest assured we have not been sitting around doing nothing. J

It seems that this is the time of year for software announcements and it looks as though Autodesk will be announcing something tomorrow.

We have been flat out this last month coding a brand new API for Revit for clients of ours that I’m sure will take the Revit world by storm.  It is another tool like Family Browser which for a BIM program like Revit, is amazing that it doesn’t exist in Revit.  I will post more info on this program in the coming weeks when our clients are about to release it.

As for Family Browser we will be working on a Revit 2012 version before it ships and hope to release a build that is compatible with it the day after we download the final Revit build.  This version will be able to run side by side the Version 3 Revit 2011 version.  I will keep you posted on this and any new features a little closer to the time. 

In the meantime, if you have some spare time leave a comment on this Autodesk blog on your thoughts of Family Browser.

Cheers

Phillip

Element Renumber - Now FREE

Today we have released our tool "Element Renumber" for Autodesk Revit 2011 to the public for free.

Quickly renumber any element in Revit, from windows, doors grids, viewports etc, or remove all duplicate Mark numbers from a category with a single click

Download the installer from  HERE and use this serial number to activate your free trial.

G060E-E909C-A3C55-2F590-C0901-000G0

Enjoy.

Family Browser Update and New Feature

After a very busy week since we released Family Browser ver 3 we have uploaded a new build that fixes some issues that a small percentage of users were reporting.  These issues were around the areas of:

• Trouble starting Family Browser from the Addins Tab on some systems.
• Some activation issues.
• Fixed error messages generated if you had a family open in Revit and Family Browser was trying to generate an icon for that family.
• Fixed issues around Renaming of groups and tabs.
• Fixed issues with creating "Type Catalogs" when the units were set to "Feet & fractional inches" and the "Suppress 0 feet" check box was selected.
• Fixed issue of inserting families if the name had an " in it.
• Other small fixes and enhancements.

If you have had a previous install of Family Browser ver 3, download the simple one click patcher from here.  Patcher File   (no need to go through registration), otherwise the full installation file can be found here. Full Download

New Feature

We are pleased to announce in this latest build an Icon Maker for Family Browser.  See below video for demonstration.

 
Let us know what you think?

WOW - What a week

WOW - What a week it has been is all I can say!!! 

We have a ton of people now trialling Family Browser along with order steadily coming in which is fantastic.  We are also receiving a huge amount of emails with comments, suggestions for future enhancements/functionality and of course the odd bug.

I would like to thank a few people for actively promoting/blogging about Family Browser.  We have never asked them to do it, and some of them I don't even know.

Daniel Hurtubise  -  Blog Here

Aaron Maller - Blog Here

Steve Stafford -  Blog Here

CAD Shack - Blog Here

RevitForum.org  -  Post Here

There could be more and I know of a couple more coming so thanks in advance to those people.

Keep the emails and comments coming.  We really appreciate them.