CTC SuperDoor™ Configurator User Guide
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Contents
Suite Overview .................................................................................................................................................................................. 4
Installation and Configuration ........................................................................................................................................................... 4
License Activation and Management ................................................................................................................................................. 4
Cloud Shared or Free Trial License ......................................................................................................................................................... 5
Trial Licensing ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Cloud Shared Licensing .......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Network Floating Licensing ................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Changing Licensing at Any Time .......................................................................................................................................................... 13
Common Toolbar and Menu Buttons .............................................................................................................................................. 14
Getting Help ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Getting More Help: Videos ................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Submitting a Feature Request ............................................................................................................................................................. 15
Reporting a Bug ................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Contacting Technical Support .............................................................................................................................................................. 15
Getting Application Information .......................................................................................................................................................... 16
Suite Settings .................................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Starting Suite Settings ......................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Controlling Which Ribbon Buttons are Visible and how they Appear .................................................................................................. 17
Seeing and Changing License Status .................................................................................................................................................... 20
SuperDoor ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Opening SuperDoor ............................................................................................................................................................................. 21
Building a Door .................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Configurator Options ........................................................................................................................................................................... 29
SuperDoor Admin ............................................................................................................................................................................ 30
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Starting SuperDoor Admin ................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Basic Database Setup .......................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Content updates .................................................................................................................................................................................. 33
Configuring SuperDoor Content ........................................................................................................................................................... 34
Configuring Parameters ....................................................................................................................................................................... 37
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Suite Overview
The products from CTC Software offer many utilities for enhancing the productivity of users of Revit® software from
Autodesk®. Revit users launch these tools from within the Revit software.
Although written to function correctly with the international community in mind wherever possible, CTC Software
products are currently only tested on English USA versions of Revit running on English USA versions of Windows.
Installation and Configuration
The standard workstation installation requires little more than running the setup program. For more information
regarding topics such as automating workstation installations and preconfiguring workstation settings, please refer to
the CTC BIM Suites Installation and Configuration Guide document.
License Activation and Management
The productivity tools provided with light background colors are free tools that run without any special licensing. The
productivity tools provided with dark background colors are premium tools which require licensing.
Unless initially preconfigured by the system administrator, the first time any of the licensed tools are launched from the
Revit ribbon, the Product and License Information dialog will appear which requires specifying the kind of license that is
to be used:
One of the choices must be made and configured correctly using the “Apply” button in order to proceed with using the
tool.
The selected licensing will automatically apply to all of the tools that are included in the suite which require licensing. So
once the first tool has configured the licensing, the other premium tools will automatically be licensed as well.
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Cloud Shared or Free Trial License
The first choice for Cloud Shared or Free Trial License should be selected if your organization has a CTC Software online
account and either have purchased cloud shared licenses, or have acquired a trial license for the account.
If your organization does not have a CTC Software account, the link on this form will allow you to create one.
The first time you try to use a cloud shared or trial license, you may be asked to login to CTC’s portal. You may not be
asked to login if you are already logged in from another tool, such as CTC’s HIVE™ product.
Trial Licensing
Trial licenses allow you to use the software (including premium tools) without any purchased licensing for a limited time,
typically 14 days. The software will generally be fully functional during the trial, with a few exceptions where
functionality will be limited during a trial.
Any standard Internet connection is required to use trial licensing.
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Once you’ve been granted a trial license, the status at the top of the dialog should look like this:
Cloud Shared Licensing
Cloud shared licensing allows you to get a license from CTC Software’s cloud license server, requiring only a standard
Internet connection. The licenses must be purchased and configured by your organization for their CTC Software
account.
With cloud shared licensing you can also “borrow” a license, which will temporarily apply the license to your computer
and will thus allow you to continue using the software even when you don’t have a reliable Internet connection.
However, while the license is borrowed, it will be one less license that’s available to other users in your organization.
For regular (non-borrowed) licensing, all you do is select Cloud Shared or Free Trial License option and connect to CTC’s
cloud services with your login.
Once you click the Apply button and are successfully logged in, the tool will connect to the online licensing engine, verify
your account has been allocated a license for this product, and return a success message.
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When successfully applied, the status at the top of the screen will update. For example:
Borrowing a Cloud Shared License
IMPORTANT: For normal use of the software, where you have a standard Internet connection, you DO NOT need to
borrow a license. Borrowing a license is normally only needed when you know you will need to use the software at a
time when you won’t have a reliable Internet connection. While you have a license borrowed, that is one less shared
license available to all other users.
NOTE: Borrowing is only available for purchased cloud shared licenses. Borrowing is not available for trial licenses.
IMPORTANT: In the event your computer is lost, stolen or damaged (e.g. a hard drive crash) an administrator CAN
NOT recover a borrowed license. In that case, the license will be unavailable to all users until the borrow period has
naturally expired. As such, you only want to borrow a license for the barest minimum amount of time needed.
Begin by opening the Product and License Information screen. From here, click the ‘Borrow…’ button to the right of the
Cloud Shared choice to begin the process of choosing the length of time to borrow a Cloud Shared license.
The date selector should appear:
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Confirm the date selection and click the Borrow License button. A success message should appear.
Returning a Borrowed Cloud Shared License Early
To return the license early, in the Product and License Information form, find the Return Early… button and click it.
A prompt will appear confirming that the license should be returned.
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Click the Yes button, then you should see:
The license status should now show a ‘not borrowed’ message.
Network Floating Licensing
When choosing the “Network Floating” choice, the CTC Network Floating License Server software must be installed and
configured by a system administrator on a computer connected to your office LAN or WAN. The installation and
configuration of this server software is described in the CTC BIM Suites Installation and Configuration Guide document.
IMPORTANT: Using network floating licenses on a remote Revit workstation which is using a software VPN connection
to the company network is not recommended. This typically includes workstations that need to start up VPN client
software in order to connect to the company network. Because software VPN connections are generally less reliable,
the quality of maintaining the license after starting the software is in jeopardy and cannot be ensured. If the remote
Revit workstation is to use network floating licenses, then a hardware VPN connection is strongly recommended. If a
hardware VPN connection is not available, the best practice is for the remote workstation to use a borrowed license
(discussed below) instead.
Your system administrator will need to tell you the path (computer name or IP address) of the license server computer,
which you must enter on this screen.
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Once you have set the server name (or IP address), click the “Apply” button. This will verify the settings by attempting
to check out a floating license for this suite. If the server can be contacted correctly and a license checked out, the
following dialog will appear:
At this point, the status at the top of the Product and License Information screen should show that a network floating
license has been acquired.
Borrowing a Network Floating License
IMPORTANT: For normal use of the software, where you have a connection to the network with your license server,
you DO NOT need to borrow a license. Borrowing a license is normally only needed when you know you will need to use
the software at a time when you won’t have a reliable connection to your network. While you have a license borrowed,
that is one less shared license available to all other users.
IMPORTANT: In the event your computer is lost, stolen or damaged (e.g. a hard drive crash) an administrator CAN
NOT recover a borrowed license. In that case, the license will be unavailable to all users until the borrow period has
naturally expired. As such, you only want to borrow a license for the barest minimum amount of time needed.
Begin by opening the Product and License Information screen. From here, click the ‘Borrow…’ button to the right of the
Network Floating choice to begin the process of choosing the length of time to borrow a network floating license.
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Returning a Borrowed Network Floating License Early
To return the license early, in the Product and License Information form, find the Return Early… button and click it.
A prompt will appear confirming that the license should be returned.
Click the Yes button, then you should see:
The license status should now show a ‘not borrowed’ message.
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Common Toolbar and Menu Buttons
Getting Help
In the toolbar, clicking the “Help” button will display this user guide.
Getting More Help: Videos
An alternate source of help is to click on the Videos button, which will display a list of tool-specific videos in your web
browser.
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Submitting a Feature Request
If you have an idea for enhancing a feature or would like to see a new feature added to the software, you can either use
the “Request Feature” button on the About dialog (seen below) or can access that functionality using the “Request
Feature” drop-down menu choice:
Selecting this option will open the Support page on the CTC web site, which allows you to add a request for a new
feature by selecting the Wish List option.
Reporting a Bug
If you encounter what you feel is an issue or incorrect operation in the software, you can report this as a “bug” by either
using the “Report Bug” button on the About dialog (seen below) or can access that functionality using the “Report Bug”
drop-down menu choice:
Selecting this option will open the Support page on the CTC web site, which allows you to submit the information about
the issue.
Contacting Technical Support
In the toolbar, clicking the “Support” button will open the Support page on the CTC web site. This button may be hidden
by your system administrator.
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Selecting this option will open the Support page on the CTC web site.
Getting Application Information
In the toolbar, clicking the “About” button will display a dialog which shows information about this tool.
This screen should look like this:
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Suite Settings
The Suite Settings tool allows suite-level changes to be applied.
NOTE: You may need to restart Revit in order to see any changes made with this tool take effect.
NOTE: Your system administrator may disable some features of this application.
Starting Suite Settings
On the Revit ribbon, click on the “Suite Settings” button.
This will launch the application:
Controlling Which Ribbon Buttons are Visible and how they Appear
The first tab in the Suite Settings tool allows changing which ribbon buttons are available, if this feature has not been
disabled by the system administrator. The CTC Suites Installation and Configuration document explains how ribbon
button availability can be controlled more automatically using either configuration files or Active Directory security
group definitions.
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For any ribbon buttons that you don’t want to have available, simply clear the checkmark by their name and then click
the “Save” button.
If you turn off the button for this application itself, the following dialog will appear when you try to save that change:
Selecting the grouping checkboxes near the bottom of the dialog will condense the tools into a dropdown button.
This is the default configuration when the tools are installed on a new computer:
Note that if only one tool within a group is visible, the button for that tool will be placed directly on the panel.
Selecting the “Use small icons for ungrouped tools in the Revit ribbon” checkbox can save some ribbon space for
ungrouped tools. For example, these settings:
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Seeing and Changing License Status
The second tab allows seeing the current license status and changing the licensing:
The top portion of this screen shows how the licensing is currently configured for this suite. Clicking the “Change
Licensing…” button will show the dialog that allows changing how the suite is licensed:
For more information on how the Product and License Information dialog works, please review the “License Activation
and Management” section of this document, above.
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SuperDoor
Introduction
The SuperDoor add-in allows configuring a new door and loading into the current project by using families that have
been configured by an administrator using the SuperDoor Content Manager tool.
Opening SuperDoor
On the Revit ribbon, click on the “SuperDoor” button.
Building a Door
The first step in building a door is selecting the assembly. The assembly governs the type of door to be created, for
example a single panel swing door or a telescoping bi-part door. To choose an assembly either select the desired
assembly and click the “Next” button, or double click on the desired assembly.
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Depending on the assembly selected different Panels and Frames will become available. For example, a revolving door
will only show the revolving door panels.
The door and panel selections work the same as the assembly, select the desired Frame/Panel and click next or double
click on the desired frame/Panel.
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Note that at any time the previous selection panes can be revisited to make alternate selections.
Once the selection of the assembly, Frame and Panel are complete, the “Parameters” pane is used to set the individual
parameter values for the door. As parameters are selected, preview images can be displayed to indicate how altering
the value will affect the family. In the example below the “Width” parameter is being modified.
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The dropdown options on each parameter are populated with values from the types that existed in the corresponding
family. These values can be selected for re-use, or new values can be entered (as in the example above).
There are several sub-tabs under parameters, by default they are Dimensions, Graphics and Options however up to 9
levels of organization can be configured by the SuperDoor administrator.
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Once all parameter values have been set as desired, click the “Create Door” panel or the “Next” button to continue. This
tab provides options for family and type naming. By default the family name is determined by the assembly that was
selected on the first tab.
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The default type name is a combination of the panel, frame, width & height values. Seed names have been configured
for each family in the database (for example the “F” for Flush Panels above). The default seed name values can be
modified by the SuperDoor Administrator.
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The configured door can be loaded into a project and/or saved to a folder location. Select the desired options and click
finish. If the option to load the door into a project was selected, placement of the new door will be initiated
automatically.
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Configurator Options
To use a configuration database, it must be specified in the application options.
Parametric type naming can also be configured here. The Configurator allows selecting and ordering of the family
parameters whose values will be used for type naming. Simply double-click a parameter to instantly move one
parameter from one pane to another. To move several selections, left-click each while holding the SHIFT key and use the
left/right arrows to move them between panes. The right pane contains the list of parameters that will be used. The
up/down arrows can be used to re-order the list.
Two custom text fields are available as well as optional separators. An example preview of the resulting name is
provided below the naming options.
Specify the unit of measurement to be used for length parameters (if selected) in the type names.
Choose OK to apply the settings. Changes to these options do not affect previously configured assemblies.
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Basic Database Setup
The default install does not include the SuperDoor family content. Once the SuperDoor software is licensed the
“Download SuperDoor Content” button can be used to download the latest version of the family files.
The family files, once downloaded, can be stored locally or on a network share. Click the “Data Settings” button and
then “Pick Folder…” to select the folder containing the SuperDoor content.
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The content folder can be placed in any location accessible to all users; however the subfolder structure must remain
unmodified.
When the content has finished downloading, extract and copy it into the specified location and each piece of content
will become visible in the SuperDoor Admin window.
After content has been mapped, the basic configuration of the database is complete.
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Content updates
If changes or updates have been made to Superdoor content families, it may be necessary to reinitialize the content in
the database.
To update just one configured assembly, simply double click it in the list. For multiple assemblies, use the right-click
context menu to save time:
Hold the CTRL or SHIFT key while left clicking to select multiple items in the list then right click to update the selected
content in the database.
Right click anywhere in the list and choose Update Data for all of the Configured Assemblies (no selection is necessary).
This will process all of the configured assemblies in the database.
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Configuring SuperDoor Content
All of the default content will come pre-configured in the database however the configuration can be modified if
changes are desired. To modify a configuration open the SuperDoor Admin tool and locate the desired piece of content,
highlight it and click “Configure…” to open the configuration window. In this example the “Door-Swing-ICS-Single” will
be opened.
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The “Family Information” dialog is used to configure each piece of content in the database.
Changing Seed Names
The seed names are used to name the family and types of doors created by users of SuperDoor. If the default seed
names do not match existing company standards they can easily be changed my modifying the “Seed Name” field in
each piece of content.
Select the existing Seed name, enter the desired value and click the “OK” button.
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Configuring Compatible Frames and Panels
Each assembly family has been configured with a list of appropriate frames and panels so that invalid selections cannot
be made. For example it would be inappropriate to select a revolving door panel when using a single swing door
assembly. To configure which frames and panels and be used with each assembly, open the assembly and click either
the “Select Compatible Frames…” or “Select Compatible Panels…” button.
The “Compatible Families” window is used to select each panel or frame that can be used with the assembly. Modify
selections as needed and click the “Ok” button.
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Configuring Parameters
The default content for SuperDoor has already been configured in the database however changes can be made to the
default configurations using the “Family Information” dialog. To modify parameter configuration open the desired
family. The list of parameters for that family will be displayed in the lower right portion of the “Family Information”
dialog.
Parameters that have been configured already will be highlighted in yellow while parameters that have not been
configured will display in white. Select the parameter to configure or change, once selected there are several functions
on the left side of the dialog to control how the parameter will function.
Parameter Preview Images
Each parameter can have a specific preview image assigned to it. These preview images are very helpful in determining
what the parameter will change when values are modified.
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To set a preview image on a parameter, select the parameter and click the “Select Image…” button.
The “Select Image” dialog box will open. Click the “Add Image…” button to add a new image, or select an existing image
and click the “Ok” button.
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Parameter Visibility and Grouping
Parameters in each family that are desirable to have visible in the configuration tool must be assigned to a display group.
To assign a parameter to a display group select it and choose an option from the “Display Group” dropdown.
By default there are 3 groups, however up to 9 groups can be enabled via the “Data Settings” button on the main
SuperDoor Admin dialog.
