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This feature provides Company and Project Administrators the ability to add Guide and Prevent protections to predefined elements that are not to be copied or arrayed. With rules-based settings that provide almost infinite customization, administrators are given the control to prevent elements from being copied or arrayed. To assist administrators, Guardian comes pre-loaded with Copy and Array Protections Rules predefined for the most common elements that are known to cause model performance problems.
Let’s face it, there are certain elements that should not be copied or arrayed, intentionally or unintentionally. As an example, copying In-place families is not a best practice as they significantly increase the file size of the model relative to the same family created as a loadable family. As for an unintentional example, we’ve all seen it before, there are duplicate instances of a Linked Revit model or Linked CAD file in the same place.
When Copy/Array Protections is first enabled within Project Configurations under the Custom Interaction tab, it will be adopted by each project model once the model is registered. Copy/Array Protections can be further customized at the project level within Project Settings on a model-by-model basis.
Editing and creating rules under Customize behaviors when copying or arraying elements will activate Copy/Array Protections.
Select the settings cog to configure rules that will automatically apply the Copy/Array Protections to any elements that meet the rules conditions.
Select the New button to create a new rule to identify which modeled elements are to be copy/array protected. Create as many rules necessary for the elements that need to be protected. Please note, the rules will be processed in the order in which they are displayed. Use the arrow buttons to arrange the proper order of the rules.
Different AND/OR condition types can be used to create rules to meet specific needs for the Copy/Array Protections.
The different conditions that can be utilized include:
Category conditions can be used to specify categories that should be protected. Administrators can also specify categories that should be ignored by the rule.
The protection mode can be customized for each rule:
When an end user attempts to copy or array a protected element, Guardian will alert them with the custom Command Message provided by the Project Administrator (If the Protection Mode is set to guide or prevent).
If set within the Custom Interactions settings for Copy/Array Protections, the end user will be required to provide a comment to proceed with copying or arraying the selected element.
If set to Prevent mode, the end user will be required to provide the Project Password or One-Time Password to proceed with copying or arraying the protected family.
There are two ways for a Project Administrator to receive notification; Project Central and Email Notifications.
Any Copy/Array Protections rule that have been triggered will appear automatically within Project Central’s activity feed.
Enable email notifications in the individual rule set dialog by checking Send email. When an end user attempts to copy or array the protected element, the Project Administrator will be notified with an email containing the pertinent information.
To be fair, creating AND/OR rules sets can take a bit of time to wrap one’s head around. Thus, we have provided the following Copy/Array Protections rule sets to help get started.
Used to prevent Revit links from being copied or arrayed.
Used to prevent CAD links and Imports from being copied or arrayed.
Used to prevent In-Place Families from being copied or arrayed.
Set to Guide to provide users a Command Message best practice when Levels or Grids are copied or arrayed.
Set to Monitor to keep track of when Rooms are copied or arrayed in Project Central and Guardian Backstage to know if future protections are required.
Set to Monitor to keep track of when Room and Space Separations Lines are copied or arrayed in Project Central and Guardian Backstage to know if future protections are required.
Set to Monitor to keep track of when Area Boundary Lines are copied or arrayed in Project Central and Guardian Backstage to know if future protections are required.
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