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    Question What if? "Free" Family Editor Version

    So I had a brainstorm session this afternoon while sitting on the 605 freeway in So. California, headed home from a client meeting. I was thinking of library content, and how we need it, and how the more we have the better. We need manufacturers to produce content. We need students to produce content , we need everyone to produce content!

    So what if Revit/Autodesk released a version of Revit that was just like the demo version in the Project editor, but that allowed full ability to save only from the family editor? This would allow anyone to create content in the family editor and save the families, and then they could run Revit in demo mode to test their content in a model!

    In fact, I think maybe all the demo/trial versions should come this way. I know they are fully functional now for 60 days, but at the end of the 60, if no license is present, then the project side goes into demo mode, but the family editor remains fully functional.

    This seems like a great way to me to get people/students/manufacturers creating library components for the Revit community to use. They get to create content for free, while actual projects require the full version. Enough rambling.....What do you think?

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    Default Re: What if? "Free" Family Editor Version

    Scott,

    That is a great idea. I would agree that in this case more is better. Just my 2 cents.

    grover

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    Default Re: What if? "Free" Family Editor Version

    Not a bad idea Scott, although it probably comes down to new users of Revit making families, which is by far the most difficult part of Revit to master and one that new users generally shy away from.

    What about re-introducing the idea of a "Families Wanted " list, so that people can post up families they would like to see made and those with enough time and resources can tackle them ? That was the way RUGI got started and got its content together.

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    Default Re: What if? "Free" Family Editor Version

    Both ideas are great. Anything to increase content has to be good. Many manufacturers have teams or consultants who produce acad blocks, learning the family editor just to produce your own range of products would not be that daunting for a manufacturers team. Once a typical family has been developed the rest of the range would just need repetitive work using a subset of the full family editor skills.

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    Default Re: What if? "Free" Family Editor Version

    Generally I am for this idea, but wouldn't the people making those families with a free family editor require a full version to test the families out properly?

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    Default Re: What if? "Free" Family Editor Version

    Don't see why they would need to save a test project. Would they?

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    You need to make more families, R! Half the time when I make one that appears to behave exactly as I want it in the family editor it behaves erratically in the model.

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    Default Re: What if? "Free" Family Editor Version

    Your telling me!!! They sure do. BUT Revit allows demo use of projects without save so couldn't that be used to test families even though the project can't be saved?

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    I think this is a wonderful idea. I am all for it.

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    Default Re: What if? "Free" Family Editor Version

    This really is a great idea. Could be a great benefit to us all, including autodesk.

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