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• New plugin for Revit. Elements join

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The features of the plugin are divided into tabs:

Adjoining

Batch management of end adjacencies.

It is necessary to select the categories of elements for which you want to change the end adjacencies using the elements filter by category.

For a more accurate selection of elements, it is possible to use the element filter by parameters.

Next, it is necessary to check the checkboxes indicating which end of the elements to process and select the processing mode from the drop-down list – Join, Disjoin or Invert. 

When you click the Execute button, a dialog box appears with options for selecting the elements to process – to process the Selected elements, to process all elements In active view, or to process all elements In project.

JOIN

Batch join or detach elements.

At the top there is a drop-down list with configurations. The default configuration cannot be deleted. To the right of the list there are the configuration control buttons:

– add a new user configuration
– duplicate configuration
– edit configuration name
– delete the selected user configuration.

Below there is the field with the rules of elements processing. The position of rules in the list influences the order of processing of elements by these rules. To the right of the list of rules there are control buttons:

 – add a new rule
 – move selected rule up
 – duplicate rule
 – move the selected rule down
 – delete rule

In each rule you must use the filter elements to set the category of elements, the parameters are set if necessary. On the left you select a category of elements to be joined, and on the right you select one or more categories of elements from which the joined element (elements to be joined) will be cut out.

Using the  button, you can swap both the filters elements  by category and the filters elements by parameter.

Оnly parallel walls – the option is available only if the "Walls" category is selected on the left and on the right. With this option it is possible to connect finishing walls to the main walls.

In case the elements are already joined, the plugin will change the order in which they are joined.

Below the list of rules select in the drop-down list what action you want to apply to the elements – to Join or to Disjoin.

When you click the Execute button, a dialog box appears with options for selecting the elements to process – to process the Selected elements, to process all elements In active view, or to process all elements In project.

For example, you need to join the walls of mark W-1 to the floor. Create a new configuration:

Add the rule of elements processing:

In the left field of the filter elements by category select "Walls":

In the right field of the filter elements by category select "Floors":

In the left field of the filter elements by parameter, create a simple condition:

In the left field select the instance parameter "Mark":

In the right field enter the value of the parameter "W-1":

Click the Accept button. And then click Execute in the main window:

CUT

Batch cut or cancel cut elements.

At the top there is a drop-down list with configurations. The default configuration cannot be deleted. To the right of the list there are the configuration control buttons:

– add a new user configuration
– duplicate configuration
– edit configuration name
– delete the selected user configuration.

Below there is the field with the rules of elements processing. The position of rules in the list influences the order of processing of elements by these rules. To the right of the list of rules there are control buttons:

 – add a new rule
 – move selected rule up
 – duplicate rule
 – move the selected rule down
 – delete rule.

In each rule you must use the filter elements to set the category of elements, the parameters are set if necessary. On the left you select the category of elements to be cut, and on the right you select one or more categories of elements from which the element will be cut. 

Using the  button, you can swap both the filters elements  by parameter.

Below the list of rules select in the drop-down list what action you want to apply to the elements - to Cut or to Cancel cut.

When you click the Execute button, a dialog box appears with options for selecting the elements to process – to process the Selected elements, to process all elements In active view, or to process all elements In project.