Once all families have been configured with the desired “Swap With” options, click the “Swap” button at the bottom of the window to swap the types used on the instances of the families in the project.

To prevent an unwanted swap, simply select the “ ” option from the dropdown for each family. In the example above, “Single-Flush” is a promising candidate for the “Single-Flush1” family that was found. If a promising candidate for swapping can be found, it is selected in the “Swap With” column automatically. By selecting the “Doors” category only duplicate doors are shown in the dialog below. The list of families shown can be filtered by category by using the “Category” dropdown. In this example the “Break Line” type has been selected by default. Type Swapper will suggest the original family (typically without the number) from the project as the default “Swap With” option. For example “Break Line4” at the top of the list:

The “Duplicate Families” tab identifies families in the project that follow a naming convention of “ ” which is usually the result of Revit duplicating the family definition when elements are copied from project to project. Using Type SwapperĬlick on the “CTC Software” tab in the ribbon and then click on the “Type Swapper” button. Duplicate family elements, usually the result of copying elements from one file to another, can also be swapped out for the original family and type. Type swapper provides the ability to change the type or style used for existing instances of text, dimensions and line elements in the active project.

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