Control product release statuses for lifecycle tracking

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In the Informed Design web app, a product manufacturer or authorized person from the organization

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can control the status of product releases.

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With this feature, you can manage and track the lifecycle of your product releases.

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With a project opened in Informed Design, switch to the Releases tab.

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The list on the left provides an overview of all published product definitions that are available for use.

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This list serves as a reference for understanding the different versions or variations of your product.

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Select one of the product definitions, such as ID_Staircase in this example.

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The product releases section displays a list of product release statuses.

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Here, you can view the status of each release.

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This information helps you track and manage the availability of your product releases.

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In this case, there are two releases that may include different variations.

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Select a release to see a thumbnail preview and summary.

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Note the Status category.

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This allows you to control the availability of product definition release statuses within Revit.

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By updating the release status, you can determine whether a specific product definition is accessible for placement

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within your design model.

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In this example, both releases are set to Active, and Release 2 is set as the Default release.

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If this family was opened in Revit, both staircase versions would be available.

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If you do not want a release to be available in Revit, you can set it as obsolete.

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Select Release 1, and then click Update release status.

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Set the status to Obsolete, and then click Update.

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The associated product definition is no longer available for Revit users to place within their design model.