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      • Browse Content
      • Create By Category
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        • Schedule Import Results
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      • Convert Link
      • Renaming Links
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    • Link Properties
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      • Properties Tab
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        • Display Filters and Grouping
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        • Read-Only Properties
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  • How to...
    • Create NEW Elements
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      • Create New Placed Spaces
      • Create Custom Families
      • Create New Areas
      • Create New Schedule Keys
      • Create New Revisions
    • Create NEW Types
    • Use Ideate BIMLink for Quality Control
      • Audit Names for BIM Protocol Standards
      • Manage Duplicate Type Marks
      • Audit Interior Elevation Names
      • Who Did That?
    • Manage Key Schedule Data
      • What is a Key Schedule
      • Edit Key Schedule Data
    • Manage Sheet-based Revisions
    • Manage Project Standards
      • Re-Use Modified Families
    • Set Up Projects
    • Utilize Type Swapping
      • Title block Assignments
      • Update a Door Schedule
      • Update the Structural Model
    • Manage Calculated Values within Tags
      • Occupancy Data
    • Leverage Linked File Data
      • Linked Files and Room Data
      • Import Linked File Data
    • Assign Space Types
    • Construction Tasks
      • Create a Quantity Takeoff
      • Receiving Field Coordinate Point Data
      • Sending Coordinate Data to the Field
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  • Customization
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    • Known Issues
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• Ideate Explorer
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  • Explore Revit Warnings
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    • Set Warnings Standards
    • How to Resolve Revit Warnings with Ideate Explorer
      • Common Revit Warnings
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  • Ideate Explorer Basics
    • Introduction to Ideate Explorer
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      • Results
      • Using Auto-hide
    • Tools
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      • Ideate Delete
      • Refresh
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      • Export to Excel
      • Zoom Tools
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      • Show Elements
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    • Getting Started with Ideate Query
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      • MEP Queries
    • Tips for Working with Ideate Query
    • Ideate Query Known Issues
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      • Auditing Overview
      • Element Count
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      • Keynotes and Revisions
      • Clean Up Text and Dimensions
      • Scope Boxes and Plan Regions
      • Grids, Levels, and Reference Planes
      • Auditing Groups
      • Finding In-Place Families
    • Family Auditing
  • How to...
    • How Do I Delete a Hidden DWG?
    • How Do I Purge Imports?
    • How Do I Export to Excel?
    • How Do I Use Explorer to Swap Types?
    • How Do I Manage Worksets?
    • How Can I Create a Custom Filter?
    • How Can I Use Ideate Query for Quality Assurance?
    • How Do I Delete ALL Identical Instances?
    • How Do I Search by a Parameter Revit Value with Ideate Explorer?
  • Customization
  • Troubleshooting
    • What does the "No Good View Can Be Found" Message Mean?
    • Export Limitations
    • Can I Leave Ideate Explorer Open and Continue to Work In Revit?
    • Why Can't I Select Anything?
    • What Does the Yellow Symbol Mean?
• Ideate Sticky
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    • Starting Ideate Sticky
    • What's New in Ideate Sticky for Revit
    • Step 1: Getting Started with Ideate Sticky
  • Using Ideate Sticky
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      • Sticky Images
      • Sticky Schedules
        • Preparing the Excel file
        • Font Size Mapping Chart
        • Mapping Excel Line Styles in Ideate Sticky for Revit
        • Using Special Characters
        • Editing the Sticky
          • Editing in Revit
          • Editing in Excel
          • Updating the Sticky
    • Creating a Sticky
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    • Sample Files
  • How to...
    • Manage the Size of Sticky
    • Use Ideate Sticky with Ideate BIMLink
    • Work with Pivot Tables
    • Publish Project Start Up Views
    • Import Revit Images into Excel Files with Ideate Sticky
  • Troubleshooting
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    • File Opening Messages
    • Known Issues
    • Errors and Warning Messages for Ideate Sticky for Revit
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      • Customizing Ideate ReNumber
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        • Rule Value Definition
      • Sample Rules
    • How To...
      • Manage Door Numbering
      • Number Parking Along a Path
      • Avoid Unique Numbering Issues
      • Include the Linked File Room Number
      • Number Revit Sheet Sets
    • FAQ
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      • Results
      • Right-click Options
    • FAQ
  • Ideate SmartDelete
    • Using Ideate SmartDelete
    • How to...
      • How to Find Views with Deleted Elements
      • How to Know When it is Safe to Remove a Linked File in Revit.
    • FAQ
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      • Select the Missing Element
      • Select the Target View
      • Review the Results
      • Resolve the Issue
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      • Example: Phase
      • Example: Annotation Crop
      • Example: Level Extents
    • How To...
    • FAQ
    • Unresolved
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      • Select Which Views to Check
      • Language
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      • Understanding Warning Messages
      • SpellCheck Results
    • How To...
    • FAQ
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      • How To...
      • FAQ
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        • Select the Views to Align
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        • Cloning a Sheet
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        • Control Level Name
        • Copy to a Revit Design Option
        • Create Scaled Views
        • Create Sector Plans
      • FAQ
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    • Line Style, Line Pattern and Fill Pattern Management
    • Material and Appearance Asset Management
    • Filter, View Template and Scope Box Management
  • How To...
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    • Clean Up Your Title Block
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How to Use Ideate SmartDelete for Revit

Ideate SmartDelete for Revit Topics in this section

How Do I Find Views Where a Revit Element Is about to be Deleted?
Tips for understanding the “What else will be deleted” dialog.

How Can I Know If It Is Safe to Remove a Revit Linked File?
Tips for understanding “What else will be deleted” dialog with Revit linked files.