Revit Families: What are loadable families used for and how are they developed?

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Revit Families What are loadable families used
for and how are they developed?

• Revit families are intrinsic part of
  design development process in Revit as they are
  very crucial for accomplishing the design of
  distinct building disciplines such as
  architecture, structure and MEP.
• Loadable families are sometimes called as
  standard component families which are created by
  Revit users in its Family Editor tool. Apart from
  loadable families there are other two types of
  families which are also used by Revit users
  during design development process and they are
  system families and in-place families.
• But system families cannot be developed by
  Revit users in Revit Family Editor as they are
  available in Revit in ready to use form.

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Use these steps for creating loadable families

• It is paramount for Revit users to plan the
  family much before they really start creating it
  in Family Editor.
• Users must be clear about the family sizes and
  how will it display in multiple views.

• It is also important for Revit users to
  understand properly if the family they are
  creating needs a host or it can be created
  without a host family.
• Apart from this they must have clear idea about
  the level of details that should be modeled by
  them in family that they are creating.

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Now by using right family template Revit
experts have to create a new family file in Revit
Family Editor.

• When families are developed in Revit, users have
  to be attentive in how to control the visibility
  of family geometry.
• So for managing the visibility of family geometry
  Revit experts have to define subcategories for
  the family in progress.
• Right after this they should be developing family
  framework for the standard component family that
  is being developed in Revit. For creating family
  framework it is important to define family origin
  and for creating component geometry users must
  create reference planes and reference lines.

• For identifying correct component behavior Revit
  experts have to flex the model.

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