The Views Settings allow you to customize KitchDesigner to fit your existing view names and view templates. View Names and View Templates are primarily used by the Create|Place MEP Views tool.
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 - Views Settings
2.1- View Names
2.2- View Templates
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. Views Settings
The Views tab is used to set the View Names and View Templates.
These settings are used by the Create|Place MEP Views tool and the Elevation to 3D View tool.
2.1- View Names
Default view names are provided as a guide. Please rename these views as you see fit but they should not be rearranged.
The Equipment, Special Conditions, Electrical, Plumbing and Mechanical views are all used by the Create|Place MEP Views tool and rearranging them will cause issues.
The view names are used by the Create|Place MEP Views tool to match the Equipment Plan views to the MEP views and these names are also passed when new MEP views are created.
If you do not plan on using a particular view, you can leave the View Name empty and set the View Template to <none> instead of rearranging them.
2.2- View Templates
Select your view templates from the dropdowns to match your view names.
View templates are used by the Create|Place MEP Views tool for locating the Equipment Plan views and the MEP view templates are applied to the MEP views that are created.
The 3D View Template is used by the Elevation to 3D View tool.
When a 3D view is created, the 3D view template will be applied.