How do I create a subcategory in Revit family?

How do I create a subcategory in Revit family?

Create Family Subcategories

  1. With the family open, click Manage tab Settings panel (Object Styles).
  2. On the Model Objects tab of the Object Styles dialog, under Category, select the family category.
  3. Under Modify Subcategories, click New.
  4. In the New Subcategory dialog, for Name, enter a new name.
  5. Click OK.

Can you change a Revit family category?

Most of the time we can change a family’s category. We can open the family, click Family Category and Parameters and choose a different category. An exception to the rule is when we attempt this with a family that is already assigned to the Structural Framing category.

What are the 3 types of families in Revit?

The 3 kinds of families in Revit are: system families, loadable families, and in-place families.

How do you create a nested family in Revit?

Create a Family with Nested Components

  1. Create or open a family into which you want to nest a family.
  2. In the Family Editor, click Insert tab Load from Library panel (Load Family).
  3. Select any families that you want to nest, and click Open.
  4. Click Create tab Model panel (Component).

When you create a new family How do you specify the category of that family?

To specify family parameters:

  1. In the Family Editor, click Create tab (or Modify tab) Properties panel (Family Category and Parameters).
  2. From the dialog, select a family category whose properties you want to import into the current family.
  3. Specify the family parameters.
  4. Click OK.

How do I change my family category?

  1. In the Family Editor, click Home tab (or Modify tab) Properties panel (Family Category and Parameters).
  2. From the dialog, select a family category whose properties you want to import into the current family.
  3. Specify the family parameters. NoteFamily parameter options vary depending on family category.
  4. Click OK.

How do you change a generic model to a family?

Use the following steps to convert to a family:

  1. Select the Model In-Place component.
  2. Select Edit In-Place.
  3. Cross select all geometry of the component.
  4. Select Clipboard Copy.
  5. Open a new Generic Model family.
  6. Clipboard Paste Aligned to Current View.
  7. Change the family type to the needed category.

What is a Revit family type?

There are three classes of families within Revit: system families, loadable families, and in-place families. System families form the basic building elements, such as walls, floors, roofs, ceilings, and other elements that you would assemble on a construction site.

What are Revit categories?

Categories are an import tool within Revit for identifying the inferred type of an element, such as anything in the Walls category should be considered as a wall. The API exposes access to the built in categories within Revit via the Document.

How do I make a nested family share?

  1. Open the host family or start a new family.
  2. Open the families that you want to nest, and share them.
  3. Load and place a nested component within the host family.
  4. Repeat this process for each nested component.
  5. Save the family.

How to create a new category in Revit?

In the New Subcategory dialog, for Name, enter a new name. Revitautomatically selects the appropriate category in the Subcategory of list. Click OK. Although you will not immediately create and assign the subcategory to the family geometry, you can specify the line weight, line color, line pattern, and material for the subcategory.

What is the difference between other family categories and subcategories?

Other families have no subcategories, which means that you can define your own. The Object Styles dialog lists family categories and subcategories. It also displays the line weight, line color, line pattern, and material assigned to each category and subcategory. Tip:You can apply a drafting pattern to a family.

How to assign different geometry components to a family?

To assign different line weights, line colors, line patterns, and material assignments to different geometric components of the family, you need to create subcategories within the category. Later, when you create the family geometry, you assign the appropriate components to the subcategories.

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