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  • Customizing Ideate Explorer

    • Customizing Ideate Explorer

    Topics in this section

    Ideate Explorer Settings cog

    Settings

    Access the Settings dialog as shown above from the main dialog of Ideate Explorer. This information pertains to the local machine settings. The values within this dialog are stored by default at C:\Program Files\Ideate\Ideate Software 20xx\Ideate Explorer. Topics in this section:

    Read Warnings On-Demand

    The checkbox “Read Warnings on-demand only” shown below is an optional Ideate Explorer setting that can be used to improve performance. When this option is selected the warnings data will only be gathered if/when the Warnings tab is activated. In larger projects with lots of warnings the launch time of Ideate Explorer can be slowed down by this process. When this option is checked, the alert icons on the main dialog will not be displayed.

    Include Revit Filters

    This option is off by default and controls whether the project-specific Revit filter list is included in the Filter drop-down alongside with Ideate Filters.

    Set File Path Defaults

    When Ideate Explorer is first launched within a Revit project, the default warning rankings are read from the XML file specified at under the ‘File Paths’.

    The Default Warnings.xml file has approximately (60) ranked warnings. The rankings set within this file are based on beta-tester input about the relative importance of each warning. Our research indicates that the significance of each warning type will vary with the project type, unique project conditions, and also the primary discipline (architecture, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structure, etc.).

    You can use the Browse button to specify a different file location and/or different XML file. In addition to the Default Warnings.xml, Ideate Explorer also includes a warning rankings file called CustomWarnings.xml. This file defines 915 potential warnings, none of which are ranked. Use this file as a starting point to set your own standard.

    The ‘Default metric settings’ file sets the default value for the warnings threshold. The default value is 100 warnings per 100 MB of file size. This value can be overridden within the active project.

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