🚀 New: Project Templates

Project Templates lets teams store Revit project templates in the Kinship library and start new models from them without leaving Revit.

How it works

To add a template to your library, open the model in Revit and choose Project Template from the Add to Library dropdown. Then set a name and optionally add a comment. If a template with the same name already exists, Kinship will add the model as a new Revit version. If a template with the same name and same Revit version already exists, Kinship will overwrite the existing one.

To create a new model from a template, click the New Project button on the Kinship ribbon panel. This will display a list of the templates in your library. Selecting one starts a new model from that template. Templates might be available in several Revit versions, and Kinship automatically opens the version that most closely matches the one you are working in.

You can also start a new model from the Kinship web app by going to the Project Templates section on the Library landing page, clicking into any template and then choosing New from Template.

Availability

Everyone can start a model from a template using the New Project button.

Only Content Managers and above can add or update templates.

Limits

• Templates can be .rte or .rvt files, and the latter either central or non-central models.

• The New Project dialog lists only templates available in your Revit version or earlier.

• Newly added templates will appear for use only once their upload finishes processing.

✨ Improved

• Updated the Kinship ribbon with a refreshed icon set and clearer tooltips and descriptions for every button.

🚀 New: Project Templates

Project Templates lets teams store Revit project templates in the Kinship library and start new models from them.

How it works

• The Library home page now shows a Project Templates section with the most recent templates and a See All link to view all of your team’s templates.

• Each template has its own page with description, information, comments, and its available Revit versions.

• The + Create Template button opens a dialog to add a new template. You can upload .rte or .rvt files, add multiple files for different Revit versions, as well as edit the name, image and color for the template.

• You can add a description to a template from its detail page by clicking on Edit Info under the More menu in the top right, or by clicking on the + Add Description button in the About section.

• Template files can be downloaded, updated, opened for editing, or deleted for each Revit version.

• The New from Template button starts a new Revit model from the template. This will default to creating the model in your active Revit version. You can also click on a specific Revit version of the template to create a new model in that version.

Availability

• Everyone can browse templates and create new models from templates.

• Only Content Managers or Admins can add and manage templates.

Limits

• Templates can be .rte or .rvt files, and the latter either central or non-central models.

• Newly added templates will appear for use only once their upload finishes processing.

✨ Improved

• Updated icons across the Web Platform for a more consistent look, including More menus and navigation chevrons.

🔧 Fixed

• Fixed an issue where dropdown menus on family Files pages could fail to open, ensuring file actions work correctly.

• Fixed an issue where grouped families could show incorrect Added by and Last updated by details, ensuring family lists display the right people.

• Fixed an issue where filtering the library by Revit version could return incorrect results, ensuring the filter matches the selected versions.

🔧 Fixed

• Fixed an issue preventing some details from being loaded.

• Fixed an issue where materials assigned to family Object Styles could be unassigned in some cases.

🧹 Cleanup

• Improved performance and stability.

• Refactored internal code in preparation for new features.

✨ Improved

• Improved History pages so recent activity loads faster and large histories are easier to browse.

• Improved responsiveness during long-running requests, ensuring other tabs and actions are less likely to wait.

• Improved Revit build recognition with support for Revit 2027.1 and Revit 2024.3.5.

🔧 Fixed

• Fixed an issue where family pages could show a 404 when links referenced an archived or upgraded item, ensuring users land on the current item page.

• Fixed an issue where family type thumbnails could fail to display when type names contained unsupported filename characters, ensuring type previews display correctly.

• Fixed an issue where non-workshared models could show an empty team listing, ensuring model team members display correctly.

• Fixed an issue where the Download Journal action could fail from crash details, ensuring journals can be downloaded reliably.

• Fixed an issue where shared collection pages could miss confirmation messages, ensuring action feedback appears correctly.

• Fixed an issue where pending team invitations could show missing invitation dates or inviter details, ensuring invitation details and exports are consistent.

• Fixed an issue where table row selection could behave inconsistently, ensuring selection and deselection work reliably.

🧹 Cleanup

• Updated collection-sharing email templates so footer dates stay current.

🔧 Fixed

• Fixed an issue where materials assigned to family Object Styles could be unassigned in some cases.

🧹 Cleanup

• Improved performance and stability.

• Refactored internal code in preparation for new features.

✨ Improved

• Tracked models with Materials enabled now process custom material images after Sync with Central, reducing the need to reopen a model before Kinship copies newly added material images.

• Improved material image handling so Revit’s built-in material images and images referenced through custom render appearance folders keep their existing paths. Custom image files added from direct file paths are still copied into Kinship when Materials is enabled.

• Improved cleanup of uploaded family files by clearing unused Object Style material references and removing unused Revit material assets more completely.

• Updated add-in installation support for Revit 2026 and above while preserving compatibility with earlier Revit versions.

• Improved compatibility for the browsable search interface in Revit 2024 and above, reducing conflicts with other add-ins that use WebView2.

🔧 Fixed

• Fixed an issue where private collections and projects could be missing from the Revit Add-in search scope filters for Admins.

• Fixed an issue where uploading files or folders could fail to generate thumbnails for selected RFA files.

• Fixed an issue where family uploads could remain stuck in pending upload after a successful upload.

• Fixed an issue where material processing could show a Revit worksharing error when another user owned a material appearance asset.

✨ Improved

• Improved material image handling so Revit’s built-in material images and images referenced through custom render appearance folders keep their existing paths. Custom image files added from direct file paths are still copied into Kinship when Materials is enabled.

• Updated add-in installation support for Revit 2026 and above while preserving compatibility with earlier Revit versions.

• Improved compatibility for the browsable search interface in Revit 2024 and above, reducing conflicts with other add-ins that use WebView2.

🔧 Fixed

• Fixed an issue where unused Revit material assets could remain in uploaded family files after unused materials were removed, ensuring downloaded RFAs are cleaned more completely.