Eklenty Essentials Help

Unit Set Changer

When you start Unit Set Changer, a prompt will appear asking whether you want to set the unit system of the active file to Imperial or Metric.
Selecting Imperial sets the document's units to the default Revit Imperial system.
Selecting Metric applies the most commonly used Metric unit definitions to the document settings.

View Dependents

View Dependents prints the view names of view-dependent components (such as tags or dimensions) associated with the selected element.

This tool helps you determine if elements you plan to move, delete, or modify have already been tagged or are referenced in dimensions across the project.

Using View Dependents:

A console will open, displaying:

The information will be displayed in this specific order.

Slipped Duct Taps

Slipped Duct Taps identifies and lists duct tap elements that are misaligned or positioned away from the duct boundaries, helping to detect potential installation issues.

The tool scans the entire project and reports any issues, printing the ElementId and Level Name of the found tap elements to the console.

Align Gauge

If you notice that a Duct, Pipe, Cable Tray, Conduit, or accessory element behaves unexpectedly during design or review, there’s a high possibility that the element is sloped, tilted, leaning, rotated, or a combination of these.

Align Gauge helps you identify what's wrong with the element.

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Tip:

If you find yourself needing to press the Tab key to connect two elements, it's a sign that something is wrong with either of those elements.

Using Align Gauge:

Connect Nearest

Connect Nearest connects the nearest open connectors of the selected elements.

Using Connect Nearest:

Transition Connect

Transition Connect creates a transition fitting instance between two ducts.

Using Transition Connect:

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Important Notes:

Ensure that the connectors are properly aligned and oriented so a transition fitting can be created.

Toggle Insulation

Toggle Insulation allows you to toggle the visibility of duct and pipe insulation categories on and off.

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Important Notes:

This tool will not work if the visibility setting is locked by the view template.

Tee Fixer

Tee Fixer adjusts the connection sizes of duct Tee fittings to match the dimensions of the connected ducts, ensuring a seamless and accurate fit.

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Important Notes:

This tool only works with Reducing type Tee fittings.

Select your Tee fitting instances you want to fix and start the tool.

Select All Family

The Select All Family tool selects all elements in the project that belong to the same family as the user-selected element(s).

Steps to use Select All Family:

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Tip:

You can also use Select All Family to select all instances of a family of a Legend element.

Select Visible Family

The Select Visible Family tool selects all elements in the project that belong to the same family as the user-selected element(s).

Steps to use Select Visible Family:

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Important Notes:

You can't use Select Visible Family to select all instances of a family of a Legend element.

Zoom Selected

The Zoom Selected tool zooms in on the selected element(s) in the active view.

Steps to use Zoom Selected:

System Members

The System Members tool selects all components of the system(s) that the selected element(s) are connected to.

Steps to use System Members:

Select System

The Select System tool selects all of the system(s) that the selected element(s) are connected to.

Steps to use System Members:

Sub Components

If you have family instances with nested shared families, you may need to select those sub-components to modify their parameters.

Steps to use Sub Components: