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4. On the Modify | Place Door tab, click the Load Family button, as shown
in Figure 1.53. This will open the Load Family dialog.
FIGURE 1.53 You can load an .rfa file during the placement of a hosted
family.
5. Browse to the Doors directory.
Note that if you are on a network, your directories may not be the
same as in this book. Contact your CAD/BIM manager (or whoever
loaded Revit on your computer) to fi nd exactly where they may have
mapped Revit.
6. Notice there is a list of doors. Select
Single-Raised Panel with
Sidelights.rfa
, and click Open.
7. In the Properties dialog, click the change element type menu, as shown
in Figure 1.54. Notice that not only did you bring in the raised panel
door family, but you also have seven different types of the same door.
These types are simply variations of the same door. You no longer have
to explode a “block” and modify it to fi t in your wall.
8. Select Single-Flush 36” x 84”, as shown in Figure 1.54.
9. Zoom in on the upper-left corner of the building, as illustrated in
Figure 1.55.
10. To insert the door into the model, you must place it in the wall.
(Notice that before you hover your cursor over the actual wall, Revit
will not allow you to add it to the model, as shown in Figure 1.55.)
Once your pointer is directly on top of the wall, you will see the out-
line of the door. Once you see this, pick a point in the wall. The door
is inserted. (We will cover this in depth in the next chapter.)
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