Creating Revit Families in Autodesk Revit
BIM Objects
For whom?
Dedicated training for designers and BIM modellers who knows the basics of the Autodesk Revit software and want to broaden their knowledge about the Families Editor.
- Number of days: 2
- Duration: 16 h
- Materials: YES
Educational goals
Students will acquire skills in creating basic and intermediate libraries (.rfa families) in Autodesk Revit. They will learn about the Revit family editor, types of family templates, reference planes and lines, and controlling dimensions with reference planes. They will also learn how to add labels to dimensions and manage parameter types, including type, element and user parameters – shared.
During the training, participants will learn how to create descriptive families, nest families, combine and rewrite parameters, and create model families. The course also covers introducing shared parameters, testing families, creating 2D annotations, and managing and efficiently using families in Autodesk Revit. Participants will also learn how to create a bill of materials for a project and export the list.
Course schedule Revit Families
Introduction to Revit family editor
- Overview
- Family template types
- Planes and reference lines
- Controlling dimensions using reference planes
- Adding labels to dimensions
Parameter types
- Parameters of type and element
- User parameters – shared
- Functions used in family parameters
Descriptive families
- Labels
- Drawing tables
- General description
- Detail family
Nesting families
- Connecting – rewriting parameters
- Families with interchangeable components
Creating model families
- Creating a family model element in the Revit project on the basis of a family profile
- Creating a component family
- Entering family parameters and shared parameters
- Nesting families
- Transfer of parameters between families
- Creating 2D annotations
- Preliminary family tests
- Model refinement by creating additional equipment
- Setting parameter formulas for visibility control
- Creating and add materials
- Final testing and editing of the component family
- Placing the component family in the project
- Describing the component and nested elements in the design documentation
- Creating component designation
- Creating a list of components in the project taking into account shared parameters
- Manage and use families efficiently in Autodesk Revit
- Exporting a Family type list