Revit® Architecture 2010: No Experience Required™

Chapter 17. Creating Families

• Creating a basic family

• Crating a complex family

• Creating an in-place family

As you are probably becoming acutely aware, having the right content is going to make or break a Revit project. I am sure you are also acutely aware that, other than the content that Autodesk has provided and the content you downloaded from this book's web page, you don't have anywhere near the amount of content you need to start a project! That being said, it is time to buckle down and dig into how Revit works, and see how having adjustable, parametric families is going to turn you into a Revit fan for life.

The first item we will tackle is how to create a basic family. We will start with the creation of a wall sweep, and then move into creating ...