Revit Family Creation Training Course Content

The Family Editor

• Introduction to Creating Families
• Understand the Family Editor
• Differences between the family and project interfaces
• Managing families

Revit Family Types

• System families
• In-place families
• Component families

Family Templates and Categorisation

• A guide to selecting the right template
• Family categories
• Hosting

Basic family creation

• Creating 2D elements
• Creating 3D geometry

1. Extrusions
2. Blends
3. Revolve
4. Sweep
5. Swept Blends

• Creating the Parametric Framework

1. Working planes
2. Reference lines and planes
3. Setting dimensions as parameters
4. Creating additional parameters

• Family Elements Visibility Display Settings
• Setting Object Styles
• Adding tools for families

1. Controls
2. Openings
3. Lines
4. Components

Parameters Types

• Shared parameters vs family parameters vs project parameters
• Tags and labels

Advanced topics

• Materials
• Equations
• Catalog Creation
• Understanding Instance and Type Parameters

Creating Specific Families

• Controlling detail levels
• Creating Profiles
• Creating Annotation Families
• Creating Custom Door Families
• Working with Shared Parameters

Troubleshooting & Best Practices for Creating Revit Architecture Families

• Problem Solving
• Testing
• Design Considerations

Please note: Course topics may be customized by the instructor based upon the knowledge and skill level of the course participants.