Updating product variants in Revit

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Inform design has added the update content command in rev it

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to more easily identify and replace out of date variant instances

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over the lifetime of a product,

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older releases that are no longer valid will be made obsolete

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and new releases will be generated

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that include additional features and enhancements.

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As shown here in the informed design web app

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to quickly find obsolete and out of date instances within a rev

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it model access the update content command from the informed design tab

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variant instances with newer releases available will be identified as active

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variant instances that are no longer valid will be identified as obsolete,

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select the instance and choose the replace option.

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Only one instance can be replaced at a time.

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Note that obsolete instances cannot generate new variants

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or any outputs and must be replaced.

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The replace command allows an instance to be

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replaced with a different release by configuring a

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new variant or by selecting from a list

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of previously generated variants for the selected release.

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And using rit functionality,

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designers can efficiently replace multiple instances with

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any variant in the family browser.

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In summary,

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the update content tool helps immediately identify older

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and obsolete variant instances in a rit model,

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obsolete instances cannot generate outputs and must be replaced

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and instances can be modified using the replace command

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or with any variant in the family browser.