Spare Numbers or Open Numbers as they are sometimes referred are used to leave spaces in your Equipment Schedule so you can add equipment at a later date. Spare Numbers are essentially a blank Specialty Equipment family.
Each of the Settings tabs have been separated into their own user manual.
All of the sections start with Settings Files - Saving, Importing, and Exporting.
Table of Contents
- Settings Files - Saving, Importing, and Exporting
1.1- Managing your Settings file
1.1.1- Missing Settings Elements
1.2- Saving Settings to a Revit Project - Spare Numbers Settings
2.1- Spare Number Family
1. Settings Files - Saving, Importing, and Exporting
To begin click on the Settings button.
On the left side of the window is your navigation menu, you can click on the vertical list of topics to open a specific Settings tab.
Each tab contains a subset of settings that are used by one of the many KitchDesigner ribbon tools.
The Settings button opens to the Project tab.
1.1- Managing your Settings file
At the top of the Settings window is the Settings Toolbar. This contains the Settings file name and (4) buttons to help you manage your Settings file.
There are occasions where changes in KitchDesigner Settings may need to be distributed to a team of users or you may just want save a backup, in these occasions you can use the Settings toolbar to export settings to other users that can then import them.
Export Settings files as JSON files and save them to your hard drive.
Import Settings files by selecting them using the file browser.
Settings files can also be renamed by clicking on the text to reveal a cursor.
1.1.1- Missing Settings Elements
Many of the settings are just links to Revit families and elements in your Revit project, if you import a Settings file into a Revit project that does not also contain these families then those links will be broken and you will receive a Error Message that explains which families were missing. You can copy this list to your clipboard using the Copy button.
1.2- Saving Settings to a Revit Project
A key feature of Settings is that when a Revit project is saved, the active Settings file is also saved to the Revit project file at the same time. This essentially binds the KitchDesigner settings to the Revit project file after each Save.
If the same Revit file is opened by another user on a different computer, all the settings will be just as they were when the Revit project was last saved.
In context of a Revit template file, once you have configured your company settings all you need to do is save your Revit template file and your Settings will also be saved. Any future user of this template will have their Settings pre-configured for their use without ever having to open Settings.
This works great for new projects but for all of your existing projects you will still need to use the Import and Export Settings buttons on the Settings toolbar.
2. Spare Numbers Settings
The Spare Numbers tab is used for the Add Spares by Number tool and the Fill Spares tool.
2.1- Spare Number Family:
The Spare Number family is used by the Add Spares and Fill Spares tools.
Select a Spare Number from the dropdown. A Spare Number can be any Specialty Equipment family.
2.2- Placement Workset:
The Placement Workset setting is active when worksharing is enabled.
When the Placement Workset is specified, all Spare Numbers will be placed on the specified workset.
2.3- Numbering Style:
The Numbering Style is used by the Fill Spares tool to detect the correct missing numbers. We offer (3) unique numbering styles. If you have another numbering style that you would like to use, please reach out to us.
2.4- Select Spare Number Location
Use the 
button to select a location in Revit.
This location is where all Spare Numbers will be placed when using the Add Spares by Number or Fill Spares tools.
2.5- Offset
Specify an Offset height in inches. Whenever a Spare Number is created, the Offset parameter will be set to this value.