FlowFraming User Manual
Introduction
FlowFraming is a Revit plugin that automatically generates code-compliant wood stud framing for walls and floor joist framing for slabs and floors. It is designed for residential and light-commercial architects, structural drafters, and BIM coordinators who need accurate framing assemblies directly inside Revit, with scheduling, cut lists, Excel exports, and dimensioned shop-drawing views, without leaving the modeling environment. The plugin adds a dedicated Wood Framing ribbon tab containing five panels: Wall Framing, Floor Framing, Tools, Shop Drawings and Manage Tools. The commands you use most are large buttons; the rest sit beside them as small stacked buttons or inside drop-downs (marked ▾). See The ribbon for the full list. In every picture of this manual, the red numbers match the numbered steps beside it.
Before You Start
You don't need to load a framing family. The first time you run Frame Walls or Frame Floors in a project, Wood Framing loads the Dimension Lumber family that comes with the installer, with true 2x sizes. To use a different structural framing family, load it with Insert > Load Family. A copy of the installed families is in Documents\Wood Framing\Families.
Assemblies are named from the wall's Mark by default, so fill it in before framing, for example Wall A-01. To change the naming, use Assembly Naming in the Tools panel.
Open a floor plan view before running the framing commands. Dimensions and tags land correctly there.
Getting Started
System Requirements
- ✓Autodesk® Revit® 2025–2027
- ✓Windows 10 or Windows 11 (64-bit)
- ✓Microsoft Excel (optional, required to open exported BOM files)
- ✓A free FlowFraming account (create one here)
- ✓Internet connection to sign in and activate, after that FlowFraming keeps working offline for up to 7 days
Installation
- 1Create a free account at flowframingtool.com/account and confirm your email with the link we send you.
- 2Sign in on your account page and click Download installer.
- 3Close Revit: the installer will ask you to if it is still open.
- 4Run
FlowFraming-Setup-x.y.z.exe. It needs no administrator rights and installs FlowFraming into every supported Revit version (2025, 2026, 2027) it finds on the computer. - 5Open Revit, go to the Wood Framing tab → Account ▾ › License, sign in with your account and click Start 14-day free trial (or Check now if you already bought a license).
doc-install-01.png: Account page with the Download installer button
Updating & uninstalling
- •Update: download the latest installer from your account page, close Revit and run it. It replaces the old version; your presets, type mappings and license stay as they are.
- •Uninstall: Windows Settings → Apps → Installed apps → FlowFraming for Revit 2025-2027 → Uninstall. Framing already placed in your models is normal Revit content and stays. Deactivate the PC first (see below) if you are moving your license to another computer.
License & activation
Click Tools › Account ▾ › License to see which account is signed in, your license type and renewal date, and until when FlowFraming works offline.
doc-license-01.png: License window in Revit with an active license
- •Free trial: 14 days with every feature, no credit card. One trial per account and per computer.
- •Buying: on your account page choose Annual ($299/year, all updates and new Revit versions) or Perpetual ($499 once). Checkout is handled by Paddle, our reseller. Then click Check now in Revit, no restart needed.
- •Computers: each license works on up to 2 computers. To move it, click Deactivate this PC in the License window, or deactivate the old computer from the Computers list on your account page.
- •Offline: once verified, FlowFraming keeps working without internet for up to 7 days. When online it re-checks in the background every 12 hours.
- •Invoices & billing: account page → Manage billing & invoices to download receipts, update your card or cancel.
- •Renewals: if a renewal payment fails, FlowFraming keeps working for 7 more days while you update your card. A canceled subscription keeps working until the end of the period you paid for.
- •Without a license: the framing commands stop until you start a trial or buy a license. Framing you already placed stays in your models.
doc-account-01.png: Account page Computers list with the Deactivate button
Concepts
Every time a wall or floor is framed, all generated members are grouped into a Revit Assembly linked to that element. Assemblies make it easy to schedule, tag, and manage framing as a unit, selecting the host element gives you access to its entire framing assembly.
A preset is a named snapshot of framing settings (spacing, member sizes, rim counts, etc.) saved per project. Presets can be mapped to specific Revit wall or floor types so the correct configuration loads automatically whenever you frame an element of that type, with no manual selection required.
When Auto-Update is enabled for a framed element, the plugin monitors that element for geometry and opening changes and re-frames it automatically. When Auto-Update is off, use the Update Framing or Update Floor Framing button to refresh framing after a change.
The plugin writes member size, role, and length data into each element's Comments parameter as framing is generated. This data can be exported at any time to an Excel workbook containing a detailed cut list and a rolled-up summary, no re-framing required.
Assemblies are named by a rule you set in Assembly Naming, built from any wall or floor parameter: by default the Mark followed by “Framing”, so a wall marked “A-01” gives “A-01 Framing”. When a parameter is empty, the If empty name is used, numbered in order. The Assembly Manager shows which names are out of date after a Mark changes.
Because every framed element is grouped into a Revit Assembly, the plugin can generate a full set of shop-drawing views directly from it, interior and exterior elevations, end elevations, a plan detail, two detail sections, a 3D view, a part list and a material takeoff, for walls and floors alike. Views are driven by reusable presets and land in the project browser; an assembly sheet is optional, so sheet layout stays under your control.
Every member the plugin places records its size and role in its Comments parameter, for example “2x4 King Stud”. That is what groups the framing for annotation: each member type gets its own dimension chain with its own style, anchor, side and offset, so a stud layout string, a plate height and an opening width never share a line. It is also what the labels and the BOM read, so leave the Comments alone.
Each annotation pass records exactly which dimensions and text notes it created on the view itself. Delete Dimensions and Delete Labels use that record to remove the plugin’s own work and leave anything you drew by hand untouched, and each leaves the other kind alone, so you can re-dimension without losing your tags.
Dialog Previews
Every dialog that draws a preview uses the same drafting style: Add Studs, Multiple Studs, Shift Studs / Joists, Connection Layouts, Opening Layouts, Header Options, Blocking Options, the T and L previews in Wall Settings, and the small diagrams in Dimension Presets and Tag Presets. The drawing sits on a light paper background with thin lines, and a row of colored chips above it explains what each color means in that dialog.
- Wood color members are the ones this command adds.
- Green is the selected member, or the member the setting you are editing controls (a header, a backer, a blocking row).
- Dashed gray members already exist (O.C. studs). Cut in plan or section they are drawn gray with an X.
- Dashed orange outlines show a member that will be removed or replaced.
- Walls are a dashed outline. Every member cut in plan or section shows an X, like a framing section on a print.
- Sections are drawn true to scale, and distances and heights are real dimensions with tick marks, so the preview reads like the shop drawing it produces.
The ribbon
Everything lives on the Wood Framing tab. The most used commands are large buttons; the rest sit in small stacked buttons and in drop-downs (a small ▾ after the name). Throughout this manual the red numbers in each picture match the numbered steps next to it.
| Panel | What is in it |
|---|---|
| Wall Framing | Frame Wall, Update Framing, Framing Configuration, Flip O.C. Layout, Edit Framing ▾ (Shift Studs, Multiple Studs, Add Studs, Move Stud(s), Align Stud(s), Reverse Connection, Delete Framing), Blocking ▾ (Add / Delete Blocking), Layouts ▾ (Connection Layouts, Connection Override, Opening Layouts, Opening Override, Blocking Override) |
| Floor Framing | Frame Floor, Update Framing, Framing Configuration, Flip O.C. Layout, Edit Framing ▾ (Shift Joists, Add Blocking, Delete Blocking, Delete Framing) |
| Tools | Export BOM, Type Presets, Names & Labels ▾ (Assembly Naming, Member Labels, Update Member Labels), Account ▾ (License, Privacy, Check for Updates) |
| Shop Drawings | Generate Assembly Views, Shop Drawing Presets, Annotate Views, Update Views ▾ (Update Dims / Tags, Update View Dimensions, Update View Labels), Delete Annotations ▾ (Delete Dimensions, Delete Labels), Disassemble Assembly, Update Assemblies, Dimension Presets, Tag Presets |
| Manage Tools | Template Manager, Load & Transfer Families, Wall Manager, Assembly Manager, Wall Numbering, Group Framing |
Wall Framing Panel
Studs, plates, openings, connections and blocking for straight walls. Every command works on a selection: select walls (or any of their framing) first to skip the pick step.
Frame Wall
Frame WallGenerates stud framing for the selected walls and groups it into one assembly per wall.
- Select one or more walls (or start the command and pick them).
- Click Frame Wall.
- If the wall type has a Type Preset, the walls are framed straight away with it. Otherwise the Wood Framing Settings dialog opens.
- Check the settings and click Preview & Frame. A summary lists the studs, plates, headers and openings that will be placed; nothing changes until you click Yes.
Update Framing
Update FramingRe-frames the selected walls with the settings they were framed with, after you change the wall, its openings or a layout.
- Change the wall in Revit (length, height, openings, joins).
- Select the framed walls.
- Click Update Framing. The members are swapped inside the existing assembly, so its views, dimensions and sheet stay.
Framing Configuration
Framing ConfigurationOpens the Wood Framing Settings dialog to create, edit and save configurations, with or without walls selected. With walls selected, the new settings are applied to them when you click Preview & Frame.
Flip O.C. Layout
Flip O.C. LayoutMoves the start of the O.C. stud layout of the selected walls to the other end of the wall (Start → End → Centered). The walls are re-framed at once and the choice is stored on each wall, so Update Framing keeps it.
Wood Framing Settings dialog
Opened by Frame Wall and Framing Configuration. The top part sets the studs and plates; the lower part sets the connections, the assembly and shop drawings, and auto-update.
- Configuration: pick a saved configuration, or use New…, Save, Save As…, Rename… and Delete. Configurations are saved in your Windows profile and work in every project.
- Stud spacing (O.C.): 12", 16", 19.2", 24", or Custom… to type any spacing.
- Stud size: the standard 2x sizes plus your own. Edit… opens Custom Lumber Sizes.
- Framing family: the structural framing family the members are placed with (for example Dimension Lumber). Only the family is chosen; the sizes are made from it.
- Top plates / Bottom plates: a saved plate layout. Edit… opens Top / Bottom Plates.
- Opening Layouts…: how doors, windows and wall openings are framed. See Opening Layouts.
- Preview & Frame: shows the summary, then frames.
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Material | Material written to the members (shown in schedules and the BOM). |
| Framing placement | Where the framing sits across the wall: on the structural core faces, or on the wall faces. |
| Stud layout from | Wall start, wall end or centered. Flip swaps start and end. |
| Framing offset (start / end) | Pull the framing back from either wall end, in inches. |
| Frame openings | Turn off to frame the wall as if it had no openings. |
- Wall connections: one connection layout per situation: outside and inside corners, corners with walls on both sides, T from either side, crosses, free wall ends, and the studs under discontinued top / bottom plates (where the plates step or break). Edit opens Connection Layouts.
- Group members into a wall assembly: creates one Revit assembly per wall.
- Edit rule…: the assembly name rule (the same rule as Assembly Naming and the Assembly Manager).
- Shop drawing preset: create the views, schedules and sheet of each assembly with a saved preset, or choose None – assembly only.
- Edit…: opens Shop Drawing Presets. The beige box is a read-only summary of the chosen preset.
- Use the wall type's own preset: when the wall type has its own preset in Type Presets, that one wins.
- Auto-update: re-frame by itself when the wall or its openings change (members are swapped inside the assembly; views are kept).
Top and bottom platesNEW
Build any plate stack: a single, double or triple top plate, a 2x6 cap over 2x4 framing, flat or on edge, centered or flush with either face. Save it as a layout and reuse it.
- Pick a layout or start a New… one.
- Size: any lumber size, or Wall stud to follow the wall's stud size.
- Orientation: flat or on edge.
- Across the wall: centered, or flush with the interior or exterior face.
- Comment label: optional word added to the member Comments (for example “Cap”).
- + Add plate adds a row. Plate 1 is the top (cap) plate; the studs stop under the last one.
- Save & Close.
Custom lumber sizesNEW
Add your own stud and joist sizes (3x6, LSL, I-joists…) after the built-in ones. They appear in every size list, for walls, floors, plates, headers and blocking.
- + Add size.
- Name: starts the member Comments (“3x6 Stud”); spaces become dashes.
- Width and Depth: the actual size in inches (width = narrow face).
- Offer for: walls, floors or both.
- Save & Close.
Edit Framing ▾
Shift Studs
Shift StudsMoves individual O.C. studs off the layout, to clear a pipe, a duct or a hold-down. The rest of the layout keeps its spacing.
- Pick the studs to move (or select them first).
- Choose the Mode: keep the original and add one, move it, or move it and add a special member at its own distance.
- Type the Move distance (positive = toward the layout end).
- Click Apply Shift.
Multiple Studs
Multiple StudsDoubles or triples a stud, or sets how many end studs a wall end gets. The O.C. layout does not move.
- Pick a common stud, a stud of an existing group, or an end stud. Pick several and press Finish to do them together.
- Set Total studs (1 puts it back to a single stud) and, for a common stud, where the extras go: toward the wall end, toward the start, or centered.
- Check the plan preview (red = picked, green = new) and click Apply.
Add StudsNEW
Add StudsAdds a block of studs anywhere on a framed wall: a tub end, a cabinet backer, a beam pocket. Blocks are saved and can be reused on any wall.
- Pick a saved stud block or build a new one in the member list and Save As….
- Set where it goes: measured from the wall start or end, the Distance, and whether the block sits before or after that point.
- Add & Re-frame. O.C. studs the block lands on are dropped.
Move Stud(s)NEW
Move Stud(s)Moves any vertical member of one wall (common, king, jack, cripple, corner or end studs) by a distance, as seen in the current view.
- Type the Distance.
- Pick the Direction (left / right as seen in this view, or toward the wall start / end).
- Check the preview and click Apply.
Align Stud(s)NEW
Align Stud(s)Aligns studs to a face, like Revit's Align: pick the studs, then pick a face square to the wall (a wall end, a column, a beam). The face of the stud group nearest to it lands on it.
- Pick the studs of one framed wall and press Finish.
- Pick the target face. The wall is re-framed in place.
Reverse Connection
Reverse ConnectionAt an L corner one wall runs through and the other stops against it; by default the framing follows the Revit wall join. Reverse Connection swaps that for one pair of walls.
- Select the two walls of the corner (or any of their framing), or pick them.
- Click Reverse Connection. Both walls are re-framed and the result says which wall now runs through.
Delete Framing
Delete FramingRemoves all framing members, the assembly and the stored framing state from the selected walls.
- Select the framed walls.
- Click Delete Framing and confirm.
Blocking ▾
Add Blocking
Add BlockingAdds rows of blocking between the studs of framed walls: as many rows as you want, flat or on edge, straight or staggered.
- Type the Number of rows (any number), with the height to the first row and the row spacing.
- Orientation: flat or on edge.
- Staggered: alternate bays are raised by one block (or by the Stagger offset) so each piece can be end-nailed.
- Rows that would go past the wall framing are listed in orange and skipped.
- Click OK. Save the settings as a configuration to reuse them.
Delete Blocking
Delete BlockingDeletes blocking without touching studs, plates or openings: either just the pieces you pick, or all the blocking of whole walls.
- Pick blocking pieces: only those pieces go; the rest of the row stays (and stays gone after Update Framing).
- Pick walls: all the blocking of those walls goes.
Layouts ▾
Connection Layouts
Connection LayoutsDefines exactly which members frame a T, an L corner, a cross, a free wall end or a discontinued plate, member by member, with a live plan preview.
- Choose the Situation and a layout (or New…), then + Add member.
- For the selected member set the count, size, orientation, where it sits along and across the wall, the gap before it and its label. Comments will read shows the result.
- Save & Close. Pick the layout per situation in the settings dialog.
Connection Override
Connection OverrideFrames one connection differently from the rest, without changing the wall configuration.
- Pick the connection: a wall of the T or corner, or any of its framing members.
- In the dialog choose the wall preset, a saved layout, or a custom layout for this connection only.
- Click Apply & Re-frame. Only the walls of that connection are re-framed, in place.
In the picture: 1 use a saved layout, 2 Swap through wall to change which wall runs through, 3 apply.
Opening Layouts
Opening LayoutsHow doors, windows and wall openings are framed: king and jack studs, header, sill, cripples and offsets, each with a live elevation preview. Replaces the old Header Options dialog.
- Pick a section on the left.
- King studs / Jack studs: type any Count each side: studs that would fall past the wall are skipped and reported.
- Save & Close. Tick Use for to choose whether the layout is offered for doors, windows and / or wall openings.
Header
- Pick the Header section.
- Header size per rough-opening width. Wall stud follows the wall's stud size (2x4 wall = 2x4 header). Any structural framing type loaded in the project (4x, LVL, PSL, glulam) is listed as Custom: Family : Type.
- Save & Close.
Cripples
- Pick the Cripples section.
- Cripples per position: 2 or more makes doubled cripples under the sill and over the header.
- Save & Close.
Opening Override
Opening OverrideGives one or more openings their own layout. Pick the door, window or opening, or any of its framing members (king, jack, header, sill, cripple).
- Pick the openings or one of their framing members, then Finish.
- Choose the Opening layout (Edit… opens the editor).
- Click Apply. The host walls are re-framed in place.
Blocking OverrideNEW
Blocking OverrideChanges the blocking of one wall by picking a single blocking piece: the dialog opens with that wall's blocking settings and only that wall is re-blocked.
- Pick one blocking piece.
- Change rows, spacing, size, orientation or stagger.
- Click OK.
Floor Framing Panel
Joists, rims, blocking and opening framing for floors and slabs.
Frame Floor
Frame FloorGenerates joists, rims and opening framing for the selected floors and groups them into one assembly per floor.
- Select one or more floors.
- Click Frame Floor. A Type Preset frames them straight away; otherwise the Floor Framing Settings open.
- Click Preview & Frame and confirm.
Update Framing
Update FramingRe-frames the selected floors with their saved settings after the slab or its openings change.
Framing Configuration
Framing ConfigurationOpens the Floor Framing Settings to manage floor configurations, with or without floors selected.
Flip O.C. Layout
Flip O.C. LayoutMoves the start of the joist layout to the other edge of the selected floors and re-frames them.
Floor Framing Settings dialog
- Configuration: pick, save and manage floor configurations.
- Joist spacing (O.C.): standard spacings or Custom….
- Joist size: standard sizes plus your custom sizes (Edit…).
- Framing family: the structural framing family used for the joists.
- Group members into a floor assembly: with its name rule (Edit rule…).
- Shop drawing preset: the views, schedules and sheet made for each floor assembly.
- Preview & Frame.
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Side rim joists / Start-end rim joists | Single, double or none on each pair of edges. |
| Joist layout from | Start or end edge; Flip swaps them. |
| Frame openings | Headers and trimmer joists around floor openings, with their own ply counts. |
| Auto-update | Re-frame by itself when the slab or its openings change. |
Edit Framing ▾
Shift Joists
Shift JoistsMoves single joists off the layout, with the same modes as Shift Studs.
Add Blocking
Add BlockingAdds lines of blocking between the joists of framed floors.
- Rows per bay.
- Blocking size (it matches the joist depth by default).
- Staggered pattern: offset alternate bays.
- Click Place Blocking.
Delete Blocking
Delete BlockingRemoves only the blocking from the selected framed floors.
Delete Framing
Delete FramingRemoves all joists, rims, blocking, the assembly and the stored framing state from the selected floors.
Tools Panel
Export BOM
Export BOMExports an Excel workbook with a cut list of every member and a summary by size and length, for the selected walls and floors or the whole model.
- Optionally select framed walls and floors.
- Click Export BOM, choose where to save, and open the workbook.
Type Presets
Type PresetsMaps each Revit wall and floor type to a framing configuration and a shop drawing preset. Frame Wall and Frame Floor then frame that type without asking.
- Click Type Presets.
- For each type pick the framing configuration and, if you want, the shop drawing preset.
- Click OK.
Names & Labels ▾
Assembly Naming
Assembly NamingSets how wall and floor assemblies are named from any wall or floor parameter. The rule is saved in the project, and Frame / Update Framing use it automatically.
- Click Assembly Naming.
- Build the name for walls and floors from parameter chips (for example Mark + “Framing”). ## 01 adds the next free number.
- Fill If empty: the name used when a parameter has no value.
- Check the preview, leave Rename existing assemblies now on to rename the ones already in the model (with their views, schedules and sheets), and click OK.
Member LabelsNEW
Member LabelsSets the text written to the Comments of every framing member, which is what tags, schedules and the BOM show.
- Member label pattern: the order of the words (size, special, face, role, position).
- Words: the word used for each role (“King Stud”, “Top Plate”…).
- Relabel existing framing now updates the members already in the model.
- OK.
Update Member LabelsNEW
Update Member LabelsRewrites the Comments of existing framing with the current Member Labels, for the selection or the whole model, without re-framing.
Account ▾
License
LicenseSign in, start the free trial, see your license and its renewal date, or deactivate this computer. See License & activation.
Privacy
PrivacyShows the FlowFraming privacy policy.
Check for Updates
Check for UpdatesShows whether a newer version is available and what is new in it. FlowFraming also tells you by itself once Revit is idle.
Shop Drawings Panel
Assembly views, schedules and sheets, with dimensions and tags placed for you. All of it is driven by named presets.
Generate Assembly Views
Generate Assembly ViewsCreates the views, schedules and sheet of each selected framed wall or floor from a shop drawing preset.
- Pick the shop drawing preset.
- Tick Use each type's shop drawing preset to let each wall or floor type use its own preset from Type Presets.
- Click Generate. The result lists the views, schedules and sheets made.
Shop Drawing Presets
Shop Drawing PresetsCreates and edits the named shop drawing presets: the view rows, schedules, sheets and common options.
- Pick or create a preset.
- Dimension Preset per view: which dimension lines it gets.
- Tag Preset per view: which tags it gets.
- Open Common Options for the options shared by every view (below).
- Save & Close.
Common Options
- Include in the assembly: what goes into each assembly besides the framing: the wall or floor itself, windows, doors, parts, hosted elements.
- Update existing assemblies… applies those choices to assemblies already in the model.
- Plan views: keep the assembly orientation, or turn the plan to read like the interior or exterior elevation.
- Save & Close.
Annotate Views
Annotate ViewsAdds dimensions and tags to assembly views that already exist (yours or the plugin's).
- Open an assembly view, or select views or framed walls / floors.
- Click Annotate Views.
- Pick the presets and options and click Annotate.
In the picture: 1 dimension preset, 2 tag preset, 3 replace what the plugin placed before, 4 Annotate.
Update Views ▾
Update Dims / Tags
Update Dims / TagsDeletes the dimensions and tags the plugin placed and places them again against the current framing, with each view's presets. Use it after Update Framing or a stud edit.
- Open an assembly view to update just that view, or select framed walls / floors to update all their views.
- Click Update Dims / Tags.
Update View Dimensions
Update View DimensionsSame as Update Dims / Tags, but only the dimensions. Tags are left alone.
Update View Labels
Update View LabelsSame as Update Dims / Tags, but only the tags. Dimensions are left alone.
Delete Annotations ▾
Delete Dimensions
Delete DimensionsRemoves only the dimensions the plugin placed. Anything you drew by hand stays, and so do the tags.
Delete Labels
Delete LabelsRemoves only the tags the plugin placed. Dimensions and your own annotation stay.
Disassemble Assembly
Disassemble AssemblyBreaks the assembly of the selected framed walls or floors back into loose members. Generate Assembly Views builds it again.
Update AssembliesNEW
Update AssembliesAdds the wall or floor, windows, doors, parts and hosted elements to existing assemblies, as ticked in their shop drawing preset (Common Options › Include in the assembly). Framing, views, dimensions and tags are not touched.
- Selected walls / floors: only the assemblies of the selection.
- All framed assemblies in the project.
Dimension Presets
Dimension PresetsOpens the Dimension Presets editor straight from the ribbon (Shop Drawing Presets and Annotate Views open it too). A dimension preset is a named set of dimension lines. Each view row in a Shop Drawing Preset, and Annotate Views, picks one by name in its Dimension Preset column.
- Click Dimension Presets in the Shop Drawings panel.
- Pick a preset under Configuration, or make one with New…, Save As… or Rename…. Presets are saved per user in
%AppData%\WoodFraming\DimensionConfigs.json. - On the left, choose what to set up: Framing members, Openings or Overall dimensions.
- For framing members each tab is one dimension line (Studs, King studs, Headers, Blocking…). Use Add line, Duplicate line, Remove line and Higher / Lower priority. Lines are placed in tab order, so earlier lines sit closest to the framing.
- In Common, set the line's name, whether it counts toward the total measure, the Filtering rules (for example Framing Group equals Studs), Dimension Grouping (one chain per distinct value, such as Comments) and optional Text Notes with a prefix, a parameter value and a suffix.
- Horizontal Elements, Vertical Elements and Element Sections set where the chain goes for members lying flat, standing upright, or seen end-on in plan and section views. The small diagram in each tab shows the chain and its extension lines.
- Click Save & Close.
Tag Presets
Tag PresetsOpens the Tag Presets editor straight from the ribbon. A tag preset is a named set of tags. Each view row in a Shop Drawing Preset, and Annotate Views, picks one by name in its Tag Preset column.
- Click Tag Presets in the Shop Drawings panel.
- Pick or make a preset under Configuration. Presets are saved per user in
%AppData%\WoodFraming\TagConfigs.json. - On the left, choose Framing members or Assembly label.
- Each tab is one tag. A member is labeled by the first tag (left-most tab) whose filter it passes; use Higher / Lower priority to change the order.
- In Common Settings, set the name, the text note type, the Tag Content (the parameter the text reads, plus a prefix and a suffix) and the Filtering rules. Tick Merge identical members to label touching identical members once, for example "(2) 2x4 Top Plate".
- Horizontal Elements, Vertical Elements and Element Sections set the label position (on the member, at its start or end, above, below, left, right or outside the wall), its rotation and its leader. The small diagram in each tab shows where the label lands.
- Click Save & Close.
Manage Tools Panel NEW
Project tools that work with or without framing. Wall Manager, Assembly Manager and Group Framing are floating windows: they stay open while you model.
Template Manager
Template ManagerCopies view templates, view graphics or view filters from another project: open, on disk or in the cloud.
- Source: a project open in Revit, a file on disk or a cloud model.
- What to transfer: view templates, the graphics of views, or view filters.
- Tick the items. In target shows whether each one already exists.
- Choose what happens when the name exists: overwrite, skip or copy as new.
- Click Transfer.
Load & Transfer Families
Load & Transfer FamiliesLoads families from another project or a family folder, with thumbnails and a type picker, and transfers system types between projects.
- Pick the source: open project, file on disk, cloud model or Family folder.
- Loadable families or System types.
- Tick the families; the panel on the right picks their types.
- Click Load.
Wall Manager
Wall ManagerEvery wall in one table: type, layers, thickness, location line, level, height, mark, comments and framing preset: editable cell by cell or in bulk.
- Filter, search and Group by (level, type, framing preset…).
- Edit a cell; pending changes turn yellow.
- Or check walls and set values on all of them at once.
- Apply to Revit: all changes in one undo step.
Assembly Manager
Assembly ManagerLists every framing assembly with its current name and the name the naming rule gives now, so out-of-date names can be fixed.
- Out of date rows show the current name → the new name.
- Filter by status.
- Edit rule… changes the naming rule.
- Apply renames the checked assemblies with their views, schedules and sheet.
- Update all out of date does every one at once.
Wall Numbering
Wall NumberingNumbers walls in the order they sit along a path of model or detail lines, including its branches.
- Draw connected lines along the walls.
- Click Wall Numbering and pick the path near the end where numbering starts.
- Set the options, check the preview and click Number walls.
In the picture: 1 parameter to write (Mark by default), 2 how branches are numbered, 3 rename the assemblies of framed walls too, 4 Number walls.
Group Framing
Group FramingFor modular projects: frame one instance of a model group (the source module) and copy its framing to the other instances, with their position, rotation and mirror.
- Pick the module (model group type).
- Select the framed instance and Set selected as source.
- Choose what to copy; Keep copies in sync updates them when the source changes.
- Check the instances and click Copy to checked.
Tips & Troubleshooting
Need a feature the plugin does not have? Email contact@flowframingtool.com. FlowFraming Labs is also working on more tools, including Panelizer and structural analysis.