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Currently, if you want to reload a family, you have to find the entry in the project browser, right click and hit 'Reload...' I'd like to see this functionality extended so that when you right click on an element in the model environment, you can also access 'Reload...'. This is similar to the way that you can right click an element and 'Edit Family', which you can do from both the project browser and the model environment. I believe this would be a beneficial workflow, as quite often you have to hunt the browser for the correct family. If you are designing in a certain area of the model and decide you need a new type, you can add this to the catalogue and reload without removing your focus from the area you're working on, as opposed to breaking focus away to the project browser
Exposing Design Detail via task Analysis
A lot of good design is overlooked. When you are able to get a task done smoothly, without having to understand how to interact with a fancy widget or discover the way forward, you are often less likely to notice. You may notice if the interaction pre-existed and was recently improved. This h...
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