Too many heavy families in a project will cause performance issues.
The problem is that the family ends up being 3 MB, which is way too much for what you actually need. That means they have 50 options that can be activated by checking parameters. The other problem is that they are often built as “super-families”. It’s to create families so you will end up buying their products.įor example, most families you will find on BIM Objects will have a bunch of parameters like phone number, URL and other useless junk that doesn’t provide any meaningful value to your project.
That means their incentive is not to create lean and efficient families. Manufacturers create Revit families as advertisements for their products. Remember that when something is free, it means you are the product. A good Revit family should be lean, efficient and without too many parameters. Most Revit families you will find online are terrible. If you really have to explode a CAD file, do it inside of a family or in a dummy project. Short story: purge all CAD files, use Link CAD instead of Import CAD. Autodesk has made a detailed guide.We wrote a guide about how to properly use CAD files inside Revit. Only when you know all the basic functions can you start creating families.
Where are Revit family templates located?Ĭ:\ProgramData\Autodesk\RVT xxxx\Family Templates\English_I\ Revit families creationįamilies creation is a large and complex topic. Select the family that you want to load, and click Open.Double-click the category of the family.Insert tab > Load from Library – Load Family.Each individual column is called a Instance. Instance – there can be several 400×400 columns in one building. Types in the family – the same looking rectangular column can be various sizes: 400×400, 500×500, etc. The model – is the entire building in Revit as a whole.įamily categories – types of elements that a building can is made from: columns, floors, walls, doors, windows etc.įamilies – different types of columns: for example, rectangular column, round column, rolled I-beam column. Model – Family Categories – Families – Types – Instance Below you can find some definitions of Revit families:
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