A Primer on BIM Navigator

BIM Navigator is a powerful tool for library and project parameter management in Revit. Bringing to bear the combined power of Smart Browser and BIM Tree Manager, it lets users review parameters from different angles to give maximum control — from family management and modification to quality control of projects.

For a side-by-side break-down of the two arms of BIM Navigator, see the table below.

And if you’d like to see more about BIM Navigator, join our webinar on Thursday, December 7, 2017! It’s geared toward anyone and everyone involved in the BIM workflow — Revit modelers, BIM managers, BIM analysts, BIM evangelists, team leads, MEP engineers, architects, designers, structural engineers, and contractors.


To manage parameters inside a Revit project, use:	To manage parameters outside a Revit project, use:

Browse information from different angles
Control parameters inside Revit projects:	Control parameters in Revit content libraries:
Group and quantify Revit objects	Store a library anywhere
Filter Revit project families by different rules	Browse libraries
Prepare a project browser	Search for a Revit Family
Work with multi-category elements	Load families
Roombook for multi-category elements	Drag-n-drop families
Instant selection of Revit elements through a table	Review families without opening them
Project quality control	Group families for batch changes
Export to an external source	Filter families for batch changes
Batch parameter management
Project prameter quality control	Family parameter quality control
Change Value	Change Value
Copy Value	Copy Value
Copy value from Host	Rename Family
Copy value from Room	Delete Family
Copy value from Space	Change Category
Copy Host Mark	Add subcategory
Rename Type by rule	Add type
Change Type	Rename Type
Replace element and map parameters	Rename Type by rule
Replace nested elements	Delete Type
Calculate orientation	Add Shared Parameter
Calculate Elevation	Add Family parameter
Calculate Coordinates	Add selected parameter
Calculate area	Rename parameter
Calculate values (write formulas)	Modify parameter
Sort and Mark elements	Replace with family parameter
Create a real Revit schedule	Remove parameter
Create new Shared Parameter	Add formulas

Browse information from different angles

Control parameters inside Revit projects:

Control parameters in Revit content libraries:

Batch parameter management

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