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Show Families

Filters the list of objects based on the following options:

All – Shows all families that are currently loaded into the Revit project file.

Used in project – Shows all families that are already placed into the Revit model.

Search Bar

You can search either a Allows searching for specific family item items by name or a whole family categorycategories. Search for Families can also be searched by name or element ID in the Filter search bar. Selecting one or more families in the Revit viewport activates the filter as well.

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Initially, the The Scatter subtab loads empty prompting you to select a geometry from the Revit model and add it to the list.

Only the following family types can be selected as Scatter hosts:

The Add Scatter Hosts Image Removed button adds the selected objects the the list. The button works in a two-way fashion. You can either:

Add whole families or only selected faces of them. Use the Add Scatter Hosts Image Added button for that.

Left click on that button allows adding families. You can add them in any of both ways:

• select a family and click the button select a geometry and click to add it;
• or click the button, then select a geometry family and then click the press the Finish button  button which appears in the lower part of the Revit ribbon..

Right click on the button expands the Pick Face Image Added tool which allows selecting only a face of a family. This is useful in cases where you need to scatter objects only on a specific surface, for example on top of a floor or only on one side of a wall.
To select a face, click Pick Face, select a face or multiple faces and press the Finish button to finalize the selection.

Mind that only the following family types and their faces can be picked as Scatter hosts:

To delete an already added item from the listTo delete a scatter host from the list, select it and then press the the Delete key from  key on your keyboard. When a Revit family instance or selected face(s), which has been added to the list, is deleted from the project itself, it would also be removed from the list.

The button appears next to each host in the list. It allows for applying V-Ray Scatter (created in the Asset Editor to the selected host family. The items to be scattered will only be visible at render time and only over the surface of the selected host. ) to preferred hosts. Another way of associating a Scatter with a host is by drag and dropping it from the Asset Editor over the respective host slot. To remove the association between a Scatter and its host, use the Unassign V-Ray Scatter  Image Modified button.