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Model Cleanup

The Model Cleanup allows you to quickly batch delete Views, Schedules, Sheets, View Templates, Filters, Links, Imports, Images, Families and Other Styles from your Revit Models. Easily select the elements you want to remove and remove them all with a single click.

Core Features

  • batch delete Views, Schedules, Sheets, View Templates, Filters, Links, Imports, Images, Families and Other Styles.
  • Manage only items not used in the model.
  • Supress non-critical warning messages.
  • Deep Clean inside Families.

Table of contents

  1. Select items
    1. Navigation to select the items
    2. Filter
      1. Show unused only
      2. Hide unchecked items
    3. Options
      1. Supress non-critical warning messages
      2. Deep Clean inside Families
  2. Clean All
  3. Clean

Select items

Use the checkboxes in the left-hand menu to manage the type of items to be cleaned.

DiStem Model Cleanup - choose items to be cleaned
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  1. Use the search box to search for specific items.

  2. Right-clicking can expand and collapse the item tree, as well as hide unselected items.

DiStem Model Cleanup - navigation
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Filter

Show unused only

Select this option to show only the items that are not being used in the model, so you can be sure not to delete elements in use.

Hide unchecked items

To make it clearer which elements are to be cleared in bulk, select this option to view only the items that have already been selected.

DiStem Model Cleanup - filter
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Options

Supress non-critical warning messages

By selecting this option, the Model Cleanup tool will suppress non-critical Revit messages. Only essential messages will be displayed.

Deep Clean inside Families

By selecting this option, the tool will clean unused elements inside the selected Families, but the selected Families will not be deleted.

DiStem Model Cleanup - options
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Clean All

If you want to use the Clear All tool, select the “Only show unused” option to clear them in bulk.

DiStem Model Cleanup - Clean All
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Clean

Select the elements you want and click on “Clear”. Then check the selected elements and type “DELETE” to clear them.

DiStem Model Cleanup - Clean
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