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Creating Line Based Cabinet

March 7th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Creating Line Based Cabinet

I had a very interesting Revit family sample last week. It is a furniture family, but we can place it just like placing walls: we define first and last point, not by the furniture location. It is not possible to create such a family type using the furniture template. We need to create it using Metric Generic Model line based.rft. Let us create a new Revit family using that template. Creating Line Based Family This family has … Read entire article »

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Adding More Void and Solid Forms

February 22nd, 2010 | 2 Comments

Adding More Void and Solid Forms

We have done with creating door basic. We add the main panel and symbolic lines. In this tutorial, we will add more forms: void and solid. As I always said, creating Revit family is just a repetitive process. More complex your object is, more repetition you will do. Not more difficult,but certainly more work! Open the door you created previously. Modifying Parameter We will add a void for the top part of this door panel, and add a … Read entire article »

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Creating Revit Family: Door

February 14th, 2010 | Add a Comment

Creating Revit Family: Door

We have learned the basic of Revit families. You probably have found that creating Revit families is just a repetitive process. You create parameters, create a work plane, create a solid/void form, and create sketch. This time, we will create a door family. This door family will have solid and void forms, and you will be introduced to symbolic lines and visibility control. We will start with a very simple door in this tutorial, and … Read entire article »

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Saving Families From a Project

January 25th, 2010 | Add a Comment

Saving Families From a Project

Sometimes we get a Revit project file, and see some interesting Revit families in the project. Can we save it to our family library folder and use it for our future project? Yes. Open your Revit project. Using Revit Menu You can click on Revit menu> save as> library> family. Revit will open a save dialog box. At the bottom of the dialog box, you can see a dropdown list: Family to save. You can find all … Read entire article »

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