055 Bonus Tools Help

Overview

Bonus Tools Help opens the Bonus Tools documentation website at https://bonustools.kiwicodes.com/public/tutorials in your default browser with a single click. From there you can browse every tool's tutorial page, find step-by-step usage guides, and check requirements and troubleshooting notes — all without leaving Revit. This is the fastest way to look up how any Bonus Tools command works.

Table of Contents

• Key Features
• Requirements
• Running the Tool
• Tips and Best Practices
• Common Use Cases
• Troubleshooting

Key Features

• Opens https://bonustools.kiwicodes.com/public/tutorials in one click — no dialog
• Always loads the current live documentation — no version lag
• Works from any open Revit document, including with no document open
• Separate from 054 Help File, which opens company-specific internal documentation

Requirements

• An active internet connection is required to load the documentation site
• A default web browser must be configured in Windows

Running the Tool

Launch

Find Bonus Tools Help on the Bonus Tools Ribbon or use 115 Search Tools.

Clicking the button immediately opens https://bonustools.kiwicodes.com/public/tutorials in your default browser. No dialog appears and Revit continues running normally.

Tips and Best Practices

• Use 115 Search Tools inside Revit to jump directly to a specific tool's help page by keyword — often faster than browsing the full tutorials index.
• Bookmark frequently visited pages. Once you find the tutorial for a tool you use regularly, bookmark it so you bypass the index entirely on future visits.
• Check the documentation before contacting support. Most common questions about tool behaviour, setup requirements, and error messages are answered in the tutorials.
• Use 054 Help File for internal company docs. Tool 055 is exclusively for Bonus Tools documentation; configure 054 to point to your office BIM standards or project-specific guides.

Common Use Cases

Learning a new tool — When a colleague encounters an unfamiliar Bonus Tools command, clicking Help opens the full tutorials index, making it easy to find and share the relevant documentation.

Troubleshooting unexpected behaviour — If a tool produces an unexpected result, open the help site and navigate to that tool's tutorial to check requirements, validation rules, and the troubleshooting section.

Sharing documentation — Open the tutorials site, navigate to the relevant tool page, and copy the URL to share with a team member who has a question about a specific command.

Staying current — Check the tutorials site after Bonus Tools updates to discover new tools and read updated documentation for existing ones.

Troubleshooting

"Failed to load Help File. Please check connection." Your machine does not have an active internet connection, or the Bonus Tools site is temporarily unavailable. Check your network and try again. To confirm whether the site is reachable, navigate to https://bonustools.kiwicodes.com/public/tutorials directly in your browser.

Browser does not open No default browser is configured in Windows. Open Windows Settings → Apps → Default Apps, assign a browser as the default for HTTP and HTTPS links, and retry.

Site opens but shows outdated content Your browser may be showing a cached version of the page. Press Ctrl+F5 to force a fresh load from the server.