How do you add a host family in Revit?

Choose Collaborate, then right-click a link file in the Project Browser, and choose Open and Unload. Select the hosted family that you want to convert, and choose Edit Family. Choose Create > Family Category and Parameters, and then assign the family a category that Revit can monitor.

How do you add a host in Revit?

Click Insert. In the drawing area, select the geometry that you created using the Revit Model Line or Detail Line tool in Step 1.

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Complete the fields as follows:

1. Family. …
2. Type. …
3. Name. …
4. Elevation. …
5. Segment or Chain. …
6. Create a copy. …
7. Use an Existing Host Line.

How do I add a family to a family in Revit?

Load Families

1. Click Insert tab Load from Library panel (Load Family).
2. In the Load Family dialog, double-click the category of the family that you want to load.
3. Preview any of the families (RFA) in the category: To preview a single family, select it from the list. …
4. Select the family that you want to load, and click Open.

How do I change the host of a Revit family?

Convert a Hosted Family to Face-Based or Non-Hosted Family in Revit

1. Choose Collaborate, then right-click a link file in the Project Browser, and choose Open and Unload.
2. Select the hosted family that you want to convert, and choose Edit Family.

How do you unhost an object in Revit?

You can’t change the host.

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So you have 3 options :

1. uncheck workplane-based from the properties panel in the rfa.
2. create a ref-plane in the project and align your workplanebased rfa to it.. after this can be moved together.
3. use this rfa as a nested in a new generic family.

What is a face-based family?

Face-based. Use the face-based template to create work plane-based families that can modify their hosts. Families created from the template can make complex cuts in hosts. Instances of these families can be placed on any surface, regardless of its orientation. See Creating a Work Plane-based Family.

Why can’t I load a family in Revit?

If you get the message “Cannot Load Family Files” this could mean that the diffuser was not created with the proper family template file and the family category was not set to air terminal. … Insert tab > Load Family. Annotate tab > Symbol, Component. Massing & Site tab > Site Component, Parking Component.

Why is my family not visible in Revit?

The element’s family geometry is set to not be visible in the view or is being controlled with a visibility parameter. … The visibility of view markers (Elevations, Sections, and Callouts) can be controlled with the “Hide at Scales Coarser Than” parameter.

How do you create a nested family?

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).

Why is it not recommended to explode CAD in Revit?

Exploding a CAD file inside Revit is not a good idea. The problem is that Revit will change all layers into a Linestyle. That means if you have a large CAD file with many layers, you will have loads of dumb, useless linestyles.

How do you create a hatch in Revit?

Create a Custom Fill Pattern

1. Create a custom pattern in a pattern (PAT) file. …
2. Click Manage tab Settings panel Additional Settings drop-down (Fill Patterns).
3. In the Fill Patterns dialog, under Pattern Type, select Drafting or Model.
4. Click (New fill pattern). …
5. For Type, select Custom.
6. Click Browse.

What elements can be copy monitored?

What Elements Can I Copy or Monitor?

• Levels.
• Grids (but not multi-segment grids)
• Columns (but not slanted columns)
• Walls.
• Floors.
• Openings.
• MEP fixtures.