How to create a Revit family from scratch? Readers should definitely pay attention to this blog as I am going to reveal the process of developing a family from the scratch in Revit. I think readers must know that there are three kinds of families within Revit which include standard component families, system families and in-place families and all of these families are some or the other way used by modelers when they execute Revit modeling projects. When it comes to developing Revit families, users make best use of Family Editor Tool which is a graphical editing mode within this modeling software. When a family is created by users they have to open a family template in the Family Editor so that they can begin with the family as it provides them with basic information. Process of developing Revit family from scratch • • • • • • • • •
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The first step in this case is to open Revit Family Editor which allows users to create families within it. Revit users should go to ‘File,’ within file they should select ‘New’ and after which they must select ‘Family.’ While developing a family from scratch a window which lists numerous family templates within it displays in front of users. What users are required to do is to select a pertinent family template that is listed within the window. That means a new family file is created by users with the assistance of relevant family template. Once a pertinent family template is chosen by users after that they must define the subcategories for the family in progress. Sub-categories are basically used for governing the visibility of family geometry. The process of defining subcategories must be followed by developing a family framework. A lot of things have to be done for defining family framework such as family origin must be defined, reference planes and reference lines must be laid out so that they can support the users in sketching the geometry and dimensions must be added so that parametric relationships can be identified clearly. After this family types should be defined by users This should be followed by constraining the geometry to reference planes. After this flex the family and verify if the components are behaving properly, if they are behaving accordingly users should save the family.