Search and filter
Find any family in your library in seconds.
Work in progress
Search your whole library at once instead of guessing which folder a file is in. Narrow the results with filters such as category and Revit version.
What search looks for
Type in the Search families, folders… box. Results include both families and folders.
- Search first looks for the words you typed, in names.
- When a short query, or a question in plain language such as door with a glass panel, finds little that way, search also looks for families whose content matches what you described, even if their names use other words.
- You can search in another language. The query is turned into English keywords first, because family descriptions are kept in English. This uses AI credits; if none are left, search still runs on your words as typed.
Where you search
| From | Searches |
|---|---|
| Dashboard | Your own families and folders, and those shared with you. |
| My families | Your own library only. |
| A workspace's Families tab | That workspace only. |
In My families the search box opens a search window. Type, and the results appear at once, with tabs for All, Families and Folders and the number in each. Each result shows its thumbnail, its path, its date and its category. Press Enter or choose a result to open it.
Narrow the results
In the search window, + Filter adds a filter:
| Filter | Choices |
|---|---|
| Category | One Revit category |
| Tag | One tag |
| Updated | Any time, Last 7 days, Last 30 days, Last 90 days, This year |
| Thumbnail | Only families that have a thumbnail |
| Scope | All, Owned by me, Shared with me. Not shown in My families, which already means your own library |
| Match | Exact phrase |
Each filter you add appears as a chip you can remove. The sort order at the top right is Relevance, Recently updated or Recently created.
Shared with me limits the results to families and folders other people shared with you. See Share with people.
Filters in the My families list
Next to the search box in My families, Filters opens a panel that filters the list you are looking at:
| Filter | Keeps families that... |
|---|---|
| Category | have one of the Revit categories you tick |
| Revit version | were saved in one of the Revit versions you tick |
| Date | changed today, in the last 7 or 30 days, this month, this year, last year, or in a range you pick |
| Tags | carry one of the tags you tick |
Choose Apply to filter, or Clear all to start again.