In this article, you will understand how the Blocks plugin works and the main tools and features it has.
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Where to find the plugin?
After installation, you will find the Blocks plugin under the Revit Add-Ins tab.
Login
The first step to use it is to log in to your account.
Profiles
After login, you must select the profile that will use the Blocks plugin on this computer, the number of profiles you can have was defined at the time of your subscription, when you indicated how many users would use this account.
To start the plugin, select the profile you want to use by clicking on it ( 1 ).
You can freely manage your profiles, adding new profiles or deleting existing ones.
Profile: View your profile information.
Manage: Click here to edit your profile and manage your teams.
Log Out: Sign out of your account in the Plugin.
Subscription: See the type of your account: Free or Premium.
Family Library: See the number of families available in the Blocks Plugin.
Each profile will have its own list of favorites and, when deleting a profile, the list of favorites of that profile will also be deleted.
Plugin General Interface / Families
Families: See all the families in the Blocks library, the most recent ones will be at the top of the list, this is the screen shown in the image above.
Collections: See the collections we create weekly, the most recent will be at the top of the list, you can also enter each collection and explore the families that exist within it.
Saved: View the families you have saved.
History: See the families you have recently used.
Most Used Families: See the families most frequently used by Blocks Plugin users in the last 24 hours or 30 days.
Notifications: Blocks notifications.
Profile: You can view the selected profile, manage your profiles, or switch between them.
Search: The search bar adapts to the screen you are on. For example, on the families screen, you can search for families, on the collections screen, you can search for collections, and on the favorites screen, you can search for families among your favorites.
Families: When you click on a family, the plugin will download the latest version of that family from our servers, and Revit will automatically insert it into your project.
Save: When you click on the icon above each family, you can save it, and it will be added to the list of saved items in your user account.
Arrow: When you click on the icon, you will be taken to the information page for that family.
The Free plan interface displays all available families, but families exclusive to the Premium plan are marked with a padlock icon in the top right corner ( 12 ).
Collections
Every week we create a new collection of 25 families, and you can find these collections on this screen, by clicking on a collection you can explore the families that belong to it.
Saved Items
It is possible to save the most frequently used families in one or more folders within the plugin.
Save Icon: Saves a family to your favorites. Clicking on this icon will save the family to the general folder.
Save to: Select the folder where you want to save the family.
Item to be saved: Thumbnail and image of the family to be saved in a folder.
New Folder: Button to create a new folder.
Save Button: Clicking on it completes the process of saving the family.
Folder of Saved Items:
6. General: General page of families that were saved without specifying a folder.
7. My Folders: Folders you created to organize your families.
Report Family Error
If you encounter an error in any family, you can report it through the Plugin. Access the family's information page and click on the top-right button ( 1 ). Then, describe the error you found and click "Send".
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We hope this article has helped you understand a little about how Plugin Blocks works, if you have any other questions, please contact support through the chat on our website: www.blocksrvt.com