Mastering Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2012

Chapter 15: Family Editor

Understand the Family Editor. Before you start modeling a piece of content in the Family Editor, take a moment to think about how you expect that piece of content to “behave” in your project. Don't be afraid to model a first pass quickly. But also be thinking ahead with regard to how it might change. The role of the Family Editor isn't just an environment to model geometry; it also determines how the content that you create will behave in the project environment.

Master It Choosing the right template is critical. You can convert from one family template to another, but this is not always the case. Why would you want to choose a door template rather than a Generic Model template?

Solution Balusters, curtain panels, detail ...