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2.1WORKFLOWFORMODELCONTENTCREATION

Beforeyoucreateamodelfamily,reviewthestandardsinthissection,andthenusethebestpracticeworkflow

belowtocreateyourcontent.Thisworkflowhelpstoensurethatyourcontentiscreatedinthemostefficientand

leasterror‐pronemanner.

1. Createanewfamilyfile(.rfa)withtheappropriatefamilytemplate.

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2. Definesubcategoriesforthefamilytohelpcontrolthevisibilityofthefamilygeometry.

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3. Createthefamilyskeleton,orframework:

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• Definetheorigin(theinsertionpoint)ofthefamily.

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• Layoutreferenceplanestosnaptowhenyousketchcomponentgeometry.

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• Adddimensionstospecifyparametricrelationships.

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• Labeldimensionstocreatetypeorinstanceparametersor2Drepresentation.

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• Test,orflex,theskeleton.

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4. Definefamilytypevariationsbyspecifyingdifferentparameters.

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5. Addasinglelevelofgeometryinsolidsandvoids,andconstrainthegeometrytoreferenceplanes.

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6. Flexthenewmodel(typesandhosts)toverifycorrectcomponentbehavior.

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7. Repeatpreviousstepsuntilthefamilygeometryiscomplete.

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8. Specify2Dand3Dgeometrydisplaycharacteristicswithsubcategoryandentityvisibilitysettings.

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9. Savethefamily,andthentestit.

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10. Forlargefamiliesthatincludemanytypes,createatypecatalog.

TIP:Formoreinformationonthestepsinthisworkflow,downloadtheRevit®Architecture2009FamiliesGuide

(www.autodesk.com/revitarchitecture‐documentation),andseetheCreatingStandardComponentFamiliestopic.

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