Revit Families

Revit Families

Released November 2012
Publisher(s): Infinite Skills
ISBN: 9781771370479

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Video description

In this Revit Families training course, 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.

Table of contents

  1. Introduction
    1. Introduction To This Course 00:01:18
    2. The Family Editor Interface 00:01:47
    3. Family Editor Quick Tour 00:04:04
    4. In Depth Interface - Create Tab 00:04:56
    5. In Depth Interface - Insert Tab 00:02:28
    6. In Depth Interface - Annotate Tab 00:02:10
    7. In Depth Interface - View Tab 00:03:08
    8. In Depth Interface - Manage Tab 00:03:42
    9. In Depth Interface - Modify Tab 00:03:20
    10. Keyboard Shortcuts 00:04:13
    11. Using The Included Working Files 00:00:51
    12. Working With Views 00:03:42
    13. So, What Is A Revit Family? 00:03:52
    14. File Concepts - Family Templates, Model Objects 00:02:54
    15. Standards 00:01:13
    16. File Naming 00:02:26
  2. Basic Creation Tools
    1. Opening A Revit Family 00:04:04
    2. Family Planning 00:02:18
    3. Reference Planes 00:06:16
    4. Reference Lines 00:01:19
    5. Dimensions And Parameters 00:06:09
    6. Modelling Techniques - Solids 00:03:38
    7. Modelling Techniques - Voids 00:05:02
    8. Model Lines - Chapter 2 00:02:48
    9. Symbolic Lines 00:03:21
    10. Nested Components 00:06:03
    11. Model Text 00:04:37
    12. Connectors - Chapter 2 00:04:23
  3. Family Planning
    1. You Want What? 00:01:17
    2. It Is All About Hosting 00:03:53
    3. Parametrics 00:05:23
    4. Controlling Visibility 00:05:01
    5. Detail 00:01:39
    6. Templates - Overview 00:03:21
    7. Templates - Wall 00:02:58
    8. Templates - Ceiling 00:02:17
    9. Templates - Floor And Roof 00:01:32
    10. Templates - Face Based 00:01:18
    11. Templates - Un-Hosted 00:02:39
    12. Templates - Line 00:02:48
    13. How Do You Take Your References? Strong Or Weak 00:03:40
    14. Family Category And Parameters! 00:02:56
    15. Flexing Your Family 00:01:25
    16. Family Types 00:06:08
    17. Family Catalogs 00:05:08
    18. Lookup Tables 00:04:19
  4. Parameters
    1. Parameters - Chapter 4 00:04:43
    2. Shared Parameters 00:05:35
    3. Parameters: Type, Instance Or Reporting? 00:03:29
  5. Formulas
    1. Introduction 00:01:52
    2. First Steps 00:02:59
    3. Trying It Out 00:07:02
    4. What Can Go Wrong 00:03:39
  6. In Depth Modelling
    1. Extrusion 00:07:30
    2. Blend 00:05:43
    3. Revolve 00:04:52
    4. Sweep 00:06:43
    5. Swept Blend 00:08:38
    6. Voids 00:04:55
    7. Voids As Hosts 00:05:45
    8. Voids As Hosts - Adding Detail 00:03:57
    9. Model Lines - Chapter 6 00:06:01
    10. Arrays 00:04:37
    11. Linear Arrays 00:06:58
    12. Troubleshooting 00:02:59
    13. Flip Arrows 00:04:30
  7. Architectural Furniture Family
    1. Generic Chair - Reference Planes 00:05:38
    2. Generic Chair - Modeling 00:05:50
    3. Generic Chair - Completing The Modeling 00:03:44
    4. Additional Parameters 00:03:51
    5. What More Can We Do 00:09:03
  8. Structural Column Family
    1. Column Family 00:06:03
    2. Adding Some Detail 00:07:10
  9. Electrical Outlet Family
    1. Socket Family 00:01:42
    2. Planning The Model Objects 00:06:28
    3. Creating Model Elements 00:04:39
    4. Flexing 00:04:39
    5. The Symbol Family 00:04:48
    6. Nesting 00:03:33
    7. Testing - Chapter 9 00:02:22
    8. Electrical Connections - Wires 00:06:10
    9. Electrical Connections - Conduits 00:05:28
  10. Electrical Lighting Family
    1. Lighting Family 00:03:32
    2. Planning - Chapter 10 00:08:38
    3. Modelling - Chapter 10 00:05:14
    4. IES Files 00:05:46
    5. Types - Chapter 10 00:02:40
    6. Testing - Chapter 10 00:02:48
  11. Pipe Fitting Family
    1. Pump Family 00:03:34
    2. Planning - Chapter 11 00:04:01
    3. Parameters - Chapter 11 00:04:38
    4. Modelling - Chapter 11 00:06:59
    5. Connectors - Chapter 11 00:07:21
    6. Testing - Chapter 11 00:04:46
    7. Types - Chapter 11 00:03:22
  12. Family Oddities
    1. Cuttable Families 00:01:57
    2. Examples 00:02:20
    3. Visibility Of Imported Data 00:04:37
  13. Annotation Families
    1. Tags 00:05:20
    2. Testing - Chapter 13 00:04:27
    3. View Title - Part 1 00:05:09
    4. View Title - Part 2 00:04:12
    5. View Title - Part 3 00:04:25
    6. View Title - Part 4 00:07:39
    7. View Title - Part 5 - Testing 00:05:08
  14. Detail Components
    1. Detail Component 00:04:26
    2. Repeating Details 00:03:18
  15. Importing Foreign Data
    1. Utilizing Legacy CAD Files In Your Families 00:02:33
    2. 3D Geometry - From 3D 00:03:41
    3. 3D Geometry - From 2D 00:03:41
    4. Tidying The Mess 00:03:41
  16. Conclusion
    1. What Did We Learn 00:01:32
    2. External Resources 00:01:40
    3. Acknowledgements 00:00:58
    4. About The Author 00:02:19

Product information

  • Title: Revit Families
  • Author(s):
  • Release date: November 2012
  • Publisher(s): Infinite Skills
  • ISBN: 9781771370479