Loaded families can be easily edited in Revit Building
8.1 while working on a project. Once the family has been edited, it can
be reloaded into the project that allows all views that contain the
family to reflect the changes. Thus, there is flexibility in terms of
being able to alter the state of the loaded family at any point in the
design process.
In this article the focus is on editing a round table with chairs
family. It is loaded into an office building project and is located in
the cafeteria room on floor plan 1-1F. To show the family in a view
other than plan, a camera view can be created to illustrate the table
and chairs in perspective. The two views are tiled and a selected
example of the family is shown in red. Note that the side view of the
table currently has a vertical edge. Also note that as soon as families
are selected in any view, there is an “Edit Family” button that appears
on the Design Options bar. (See Figure 1)
Once in the edit state of the family, you’ll notice the design bar
options change along with the rfa file in plan view being opened. For
this example we will edit the side profile of the table itself from a
vertical edge to a rounded edge. A solid sweep can be used to edit the
circular edge of the table in plan view. This is illustrated in magenta
in Figure 2.
Once
the path is defined, Revit allows users to edit its profile in an
elevation or 3D view (see Figure 3). The elevation views are more suited
for this example and in it, from basic lines and arcs, a closed
loop of the new side view of the table is sketched. By clicking
“Finish Profile” and then “Finish Sweep” on the Design Bar, the
updated profile is shown in the elevation view of the table (see
Figure 4).Now all that is left is to reload the family back into
the project by clicking on “Load into Projects” on the Design Bar (see
Figure 5).
A dialogue box will pop up and it’s important to check
mark the request to override the existing parameters values for the
family (see Figure 6). That will allow the edits to be updated in all the views.
To
illustrate the change, I will zoom in on the profile of the table in the
camera view (see Figure 7). Notice the rounded edge that appears on all the tables that
are part of the same family.
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