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In this training course on Revit Families, expert author Simon Whitbread takes you on a journey to learn how to create and manage families within the Revit suite of products. Families are powerful objects that share a common set of properties and are used throughout Revit projects. This course requires no prior Revit Family experience, however familiarity with the Revit suite of products is recommended.
You will begin with a tour of the Family Editor interface, and discover where the various tools are, and how to access them. You will learn how to create new families and edit existing ones. Other topics include modelling, managing parameters, templates, and the difference between family types and catalogs. You will get hands-on with a few different family types, from furniture to columns, electrical sockets, and pipe fittings. Finally, this video tutorial covers annotation, detail components, and importing foreign data.
By the conclusion of this computer based training video on Revit Families, you will have a deeper understanding of the process involved in creating and managing families, as well as hands-on experience with actually building families. Extensive working files are included to allow you to follow along with author from lesson to lesson in this training course.
Total Time: 8 hours
01. Introduction
0101 Introduction To This Course
0102 The Family Editor Interface
0103 Family Editor Quick Tour
0104 In Depth Interface - Create Tab
0105 In Depth Interface - Insert Tab
0106 In Depth Interface - Annotate Tab
0107 In Depth Interface - View Tab
0108 In Depth Interface - Manage Tab
0109 In Depth Interface - Modify Tab
0110 Keyboard Shortcuts
0111 Using The Included Working Files
0112 Working With Views
0113 So, What Is A Revit Family?
0114 File Concepts - Family Templates, Model Objects
0115 Standards
0116 File Naming
02. Basic Creation Tools
0201 Opening A Revit Family
0202 Family Planning
0203 Reference Planes
0204 Reference Lines
0205 Dimensions And Parameters
0206 Modelling Techniques - Solids
0207 Modelling Techniques - Voids
0208 Model Lines
0209 Symbolic Lines
0210 Nested Components
0211 Model Text
0212 Connectors
03. Family Planning
0301 You Want What?
0302 It Is All About Hosting
0303 Parametrics
0304 Controlling Visibility
0305 Detail
0306 Templates - Overview
0307 Templates - Wall
0308 Templates - Ceiling
0309 Templates - Floor And Roof
0310 Templates - Face Based
0311 Templates - Un-Hosted
0312 Templates - Line
0313 How Do You Take Your References? Strong Or Weak
0314 Family Category And Parameters!
0315 Flexing Your Family
0316 Family Types
0317 Family Catalogs
0318 Lookup Tables
04. Parameters
0401 Parameters
0402 Shared Parameters
0403 Parameters: Type, Instance Or Reporting?
05. Formulas
0501 Introduction
0502 First Steps
0503 Trying It Out
0504 What Can Go Wrong
06. In Depth Modelling
0601 Extrusion
0602 Blend
0603 Revolve
0604 Sweep
0605 Swept Blend
0606 Voids
0607 Voids As Hosts
0608 Voids As Hosts - Adding Detail
0609 Model Lines
0610 Arrays
0611 Linear Arrays
0612 Troubleshooting
0613 Flip Arrows
07. Architectural Furniture Family
0701 Generic Chair - Reference Planes
0702 Generic Chair - Modeling
0703 Generic Chair - Completing The Modeling
0704 Additional Parameters
0705 What More Can We Do
08. Structural Column Family
0801 Column Family
0802 Adding Some Detail
09. Electrical Outlet Family
0901 Socket Family
0902 Planning The Model Objects
0903 Creating Model Elements
0904 Flexing
0905 The Symbol Family
0906 Nesting
0907 Testing
0908 Electrical Connections - Wires
0909 Electrical Connections - Conduits
10. Electrical Lighting Family
1001 Lighting Family
1002 Planning
1003 Modelling
1004 IES Files
1005 Types
1006 Testing
11. Pipe Fitting Family
1101 Pump Family
1102 Planning
1103 Parameters
1104 Modeling
1105 Connectors
1106 Testing
1107 Types
12. Family Oddities
1201 Cuttable Families
1202 Examples
1203 Visibility Of Imported Data
13. Annotation Families
1301 Tags
1302 Testing
1303 View Title - Part 1
1304 View Title - Part 2
1305 View Title - Part 3
1306 View Title - Part 4
1307 View Title - Part 5 - Testing
14. Detail Components
1401 Detail Component
1402 Repeating Details
15. Importing Foreign Data
1501 Utilizing Legacy CAD Files In Your Families
1502 3D Geometry - From 3D
1503 3D Geometry - From 2D
1504 Tidying The Mess
16. Conclusion
1601 What Did We Learn
1602 External Resources
1603 Acknowledgements
1604 About The Author