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Having the Project Browser control all access to all views, sheets, schedules, familes, groups etc is insane. Break it up into seperate more user friendly graphically represented palettes.
Best would be user created palettes like we were doing in AutoCAD +15 years ago with both user and network controled content. The BIM manager could load up the palettes with all the project content ahead of time.
There should be at the very least a favorites palettes for all the families we use Over and Over and Over and using the 'type selector' and 'PB' is absolutely brutal. 25 years ago I could drag in 10's of AutoCAD blocks etc from my summasketch table in seconds flat. That time frame has increased 50 times ! Scrolling and scrolling and scrolling and searching for a single family.
Either one works for me - get the familes out of the Project browser and get a dedicated browser for families. Both Tools have really good functionality that should be investigated to produce a similar solution as part of the Revit platform.
Thewhole project browser needs to be reworked - maybe look at adding "tear off" sub views. Currently handling over 400 items in the browser on a project and it is slow and cumbersome even with all the filtering etc.
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Yes! Most importantly stop making us browse through Windows folders when loading families from the library, Apart from the plugins mentioned above Unifilabs and ContentStudio are two excellent examples of how to put content at your fingertips with indexed search for both preloaded and externally stored content
I personally think having a family browser built-in Revit is a must. It makes finding a family and importing families loads quicker.
I know others have posted 3rd party applications but I know one which works really well and that's Graitec's Family Manager. (see below you tube video)
It would be nice to have a comment from Autodesk team. What is the future for the Family Browser? Would we get it some day or should we start developing our own?
I would like to add that we would like to see a solution that:
is integrated with Revit, not a separate application
has a spotlight search at the top
has a customizable organization with at least two levels (cfr. the dropdown + tabs in Kiwicodes browser). We would the first level to sort per main task (conceptual design, furniture placement, electrical, ...) and the second level for subcategories (for example furniture placement would be split up in chairs, tables, ...). And please, don't use a tree again.
has an option to show preview images (thumbnails)
lists both families saved in the project + loads families from a network path (the network path could be defined in the template)
handles types better:
Don't show the type if there's only one and it has the same name as the family. A lot of families need only 1 type.
Show the types when you mouse over on an object. That will condense the list a lot when browsing for a model.