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9/21/2011- Understanding family concepts
- Creating an annotation vs. a model family
- Adding geometry
- Working with reference planes and constraints
- Creating extrusions, blends, and sweeps
- Creating parametric relationships
- Editing element visibility
- Building complex families
- Adding conditional formulas
- Creating towers and arches
Skill Level Intermediate
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- [Voiceover] Hello and welcome. My name is Paul Aubin and I'm thrilled to be here teaching you the Revit Architecture Family Editor course on lynda.com. When it comes to building information modeling, content is key. Your projects will only be as good as the data and objects that you put in them. But you and I both know that certain items just require custom treatment. And The Family Editor is amazingly powerful, and it allows you to build just about anything you can imagine. In this course, I'll get you started on the right foot by going over the high-level big picture concepts first. Then we're gonna dive in and create some annotation and some Model Families.
We're gonna make those Families parametric by introducing flexible dimensions, materials, and visual characteristics. We'll explore several different kinds of parameters. Parameters to control length, angle, driving array quantities, and inputting useful product data that we can report in our project schedules. We'll even look at creating advanced formulas and conditional statements to reduce data-input, drive complex relationships, and prevent our Families from failing on bad input. So if you're ready to take your Revit projects to the next level, then the Family Editor awaits you.
Let's get started.
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 7s
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1. Basic Concepts
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Using models vs. annotation3m 33s
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2. Annotation Families
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Kinds of annotation families5m 38s
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Creating a tag family11m 50s
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Shared parameters for tags12m 35s
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3. Simple Model Families
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Adding geometry8m 4s
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Using instance parameters9m 27s
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Understanding work planes6m 52s
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Adding a revolve13m 32s
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4. Family Geometry
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Understanding reference planes10m 52s
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Creating extrusions5m 27s
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Creating revolves5m 15s
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Creating blends6m 45s
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Creating sweeps6m 46s
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Creating swept blends5m 25s
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Using void forms10m 29s
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5. Beyond Geometry
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Working with identity data3m 26s
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Adding family types3m 36s
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Creating type catalogs8m 6s
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Using material parameters8m 20s
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Sharing materials5m 27s
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Understanding subcategories5m 15s
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6. A Family in a Family
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Building parametric arrays7m 17s
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Creating a profile family4m 54s
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Modifying a profile2m 21s
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7. Controlling Visibility
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Understanding symbolic lines5m 29s
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Editing elementvVisibility6m 15s
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8. Building a Complex Parametric Model Family
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Introducing complex families4m 42s
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Adding formulas10m 1s
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Loading a model family5m 14s
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9. Creating a Parametric Key Plan
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Tracing a view5m 49s
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Adding zones5m 33s
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Flexing the key plan1m 26s
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10. Controlling Rotation Work Planes and Shared Parameters
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Shared parameters12m 9s
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11. The Tower and the Arch
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Locking down a curve8m 26s
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Working with advanced formulas10m 19s
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Finalizing the arch5m 59s
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12. Conclusion
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Goodbye48s
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