Tools

Toolbox

Less frequently used tools are consolidated into the toolbox to reduce interface clutter (but they're still useful!).

Export Schedules

Export selected schedules. Multiple exports are automatically renamed with version numbers.

• Steps

1. Select the schedules to export. Hold Ctrl to add to selection, Shift to select all items between the first and last.

2. Click Export, choose the save location in the popup, and click Save.

Bilibili video demo → Export Schedules (opens new window)

Block

Combine grouped models into a single geometry block.

• Parameter Explanation

The types in the window are the categories for the blocks after merging.

• Steps

1. Select the type → Click the Merge button on the ribbon → Marquee-select the target model.
2. The generated model is overlaid at the original position by default. You can view the block result through phase separation or other viewing methods.

This function is commonly used to package elements created from multiple objects into a single unit for individual statistics.

It can also be used for encrypting project files or families, retaining only geometric information and materials.

Bilibili video demo → Block (opens new window)

Family Conversion

Convert selected elements in the project into a custom family.

Steps: Marquee-select elements in the project to convert → Select family template → Fine-tune position and add material parameters in the family → Load into project → Paint materials → Save the family again.

Bilibili video demo → Family Conversion (opens new window)

Structure Order

This tool optimizes drawings by adjusting the display order of beam, slab, and column components, as well as structural cut order.

Interior Finishing Drawing Order

Steps: Click on the floor slab.

Architectural Structure Order

Steps: One-click processing for the entire file. Recommended to operate in the original architectural phase. If one-click produces connection errors, use marquee mode instead.

Marquee Structure

Steps: Marquee-select the beams, slabs, columns, and walls to cut.

Bilibili video demo → Structure Order (opens new window)

Flip Work Plane

Flip face-based families that have no physical placement on the set work plane (e.g., families placed at a specified level on an exposed ceiling).

When placing face-based families, if using a geometric face as reference, the family direction is correct. But if placed solely by referencing a work plane, the family defaults to facing upward as shown, which may affect subsequent design and cause model deviation from expectations.

For example, when creating light fixtures at a specified level: if the fixture family defaults to facing upward due to work plane reference, you need to flip it. Batch-select the fixtures to flip and click the corresponding button to complete the direction adjustment.

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Adjust Grid Endpoints

Intelligently position grid endpoint coordinates based on the current view's crop boundary, enabling automatic grid endpoint alignment.

• Parameter Explanation

1. Offset Distance: The distance between the grid head and the crop view boundary (actual distance on the printed drawing).
2. 2D Mode: Uses view-independent mapping mechanism, keeping parameters independent per view plane, reflecting only the current view's parameter state.
3. 3D Mode: Modifications to 3D view parameters automatically sync to associated view grid systems, ensuring unified model spatial reference.

• Steps

1. After creating the grid, activate the view crop boundary and crop region display, adjust the crop viewport range, and execute.

Endpoint offset adjustments can be made multiple times until the desired effect is achieved.

Grid Renumbering

Intelligent grid numbering: horizontal grids automatically numbered with Arabic numerals (1-99), vertical grids with uppercase letters (A-Z).

Letters I and O are skipped.

Currently only effective for orthogonal (horizontal/vertical) grids.

Bilibili video demo → Grid Renumbering, Adjust Grid Endpoints (opens new window)

Marquee Numbering

Marquee-select parallel grids and sort them, using the one closest to the lower-left corner as the reference starting point.

Steps: Modify the first one → Marquee-select the grids to be sorted.

Bilibili video demo → Marquee Numbering (opens new window)