Load Autodesk Family is a cloud-based tool that allows you to access
all Autodesk-provided Revit RFA families that you would normally
download and extract separately. It is available to all Revit and Revit
LT subscribers running 2021.1, and to start it up, you will need to
close and restart Revit.
With this technology preview you can
search or browse the entire library of Autodesk provided content. No
more having to download and extract lots of packages of content. Just
search and find only what you need and access Autodesk families when you
need them, without having to dedicate significant hard drive space to
it.
You might be asking – why this
for a technology
preview? Well, it’s a cloud service and we want to make sure it is
resilient, stable, and scalable — no matter where you might be creating
with Revit. We also want to get some feedback, of course, so please try
it out and let us know how it is working for you in the Revit Forum.
This preview is available for anyone, anywhere, in any language, as
long as you have a Subscription – it will also work for Revit trial
users.
This feature requires Revit 2021.1
, an active Autodesk subscription,
and
internet access – it’s a cloud service! You will not be able to load
content through the Load Autodesk Family button without them.
For
BIM managers, we understand that you might not want this technology to
display in Revit. There is an option to turn it off that is easy to
deploy and manage. Simply add the following to the Revit.ini
so the button and the technology preview will not display:
[Misc]
ShowLoadAutodeskFamily=0
For more information about the Revit.ini, please refer to our help documentation here. You can read more about Load Autodesk Family here.
Check out Load Autodesk Family in Revit 2021.1 today and remember to
let us know what you think or flag any issues you find within our Revit Forums.
