Revit Architecture: Family Editor (Imperial and Metric)

Learn how to create standardized content such as furniture, doors, and other architectural components using the Family Editor in Revit.

Introduction

• Content is king
• What you should know

1. Basic Concepts

• Defining a Revit family
• Understanding the kinds of families
• A systematic approach to content use and creation

2. Annotation Families

• Exploring annotation families
• Creating an annotation family
• Creating a tag family
• Shared parameters for tags

3. Family Geometry

• Understanding reference planes: Work planes
• Creating extrusions
• Creating blends
• Creating sweeps
• Creating revolves
• Creating swept blends
• Using void forms

4. Simple Model Families

• The family creation process
• Creating a new model family
• Adding reference planes and constraints
• Parameters
• Adding geometry
• Adjusting Geometry
• Sweep by path
• Complete the geometry

5. Beyond Geometry

• Using material parameters
• Adding family types
• Working with identity data
• Creating type catalogues

6. Controlling Visibility

• Understanding symbolic lines
• Editing element visibility
• Creating visibility parameters
• Cutting families with voids when loaded
• Ensuring the display of overhead items in a plan
• Understanding subcategories

7. Building a Complex Parametric Model Family

• Introducing complex families
• Using blend forms to model an awning family: Part 1
• Using blend forms to model an awning family: Part 2
• Adding reference planes and importing nested families
• Building arrays and applying rules
• Adjusting a parametric array group
• Adding formulas to drive parameter values
• Understanding the reference planes IsReference property
• Working with a family type parameter
• Using a formula to prevent common errors
• Testing in a project and adding a flip control
• Shared families and shared parameters

8. Creating a Parametric Key Plan

• Tracing a view
• Adding zones
• Adding conditional formulas
• Loading and flexing the key plan

9. Controlling Rotation Work Planes and Shared Parameters

• Using reference lines to control rotation
• Understanding sweep profile rotation
• Build a sweep with a parametrically driven profile
• Apply rotation parameters to a sweep profile
• Prevent common error conditions with a formula
• Adding a parametric void element

10. Create an Adaptive Component

• The challenge of creating a parametric brick arch
• Crash course in the adaptive family editor
• Modify the default template to match your requirements
• Using reference lines to create parametric formwork
• Build a simple flexible adaptive component
• Create a divided path and a repeater element
• Making a divided path parametric
• Creating flexible void forms in the adaptive family environment
• Apply materials to adaptive components
• Create family types and load into a project to test

Conclusion

• Next steps