Everything you create in Revit is part of a family - consequently, understanding families and what it takes to manipulate them is a vital part of learning the software. We’ll work through the creation of a Revit component (loadable) family complete with constraints and parameters.Įven if you are completely new to Revit, you have no doubt discovered how important families and the family editor are to your success in Revit. Whether you’ve never worked in Revit software before, or you’ve used Revit software for a while but you’ve simply avoided Family Editor, this article will teach you the basics of the Family Editor in a simple step-by-step fashion.

Don’t worry if you don’t know what a constraint or parameter is - we’ll cover that too.

In this short introduction, we will create a Revit component family complete with constraints and parameters. Once you get past being intimidated, you will find that while Family Editor is extremely powerful, it can actually be great fun. This article will introduce you to the basics of Family Editor. Maybe you know the power of Revit software’s Family Editor but you’ve avoided it or it has intimidated you until now.

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