Cleaning as You Go

Guardian works as a great tool when cleaning up files and families, but it can also easily integrate into your normal workflows. Families can be cleaned/modified as they are loaded into projects and mapping rules can be created just by renaming properties in the Project Browser.

Users with admin accounts are able to see the elements that are brought into a project when loading a family. Once a family is loaded, a dialog will prompt to see the incoming elements or to process them as normal.  

Selecting Let me choose which properties to keep will open the following dialog.

In this dialog, admins can map, remove, or rename any of the properties being brought in by the loaded family. Any elements that are flagged as unused will be set to be removed. This is designated by the deselected element and the one-time mapping rule to remove.  

When renaming elements in the project browser, Guardian will ask if the rule should be remembered as a new mapping rule. This feature can be activated by selecting the option in Project Configurations or Project Settings.  

When renaming a property in the Project Browser, Guardian will give the following prompt:

Selecting the Remember (update rules) option will save the new rule in the applied Mapping Configuration.