From the course: Revit: MEP Families (2016)
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Creating a nightlight - Revit Tutorial
From the course: Revit: MEP Families (2016)
Creating a nightlight
- Okay, I'd like to make a night light symbol. This is essentially just going to be a detail item that we put into our 2x4 fixture family. Under families, let's go New. Now I want to scroll down until we find Detail Item. We're going to click Open. What I'd like to do is come in this direction and this will be our insert point, just like our 2x4 fixture. So, I'm going to right-click on this reference plane and Create Similar. I'm going to offset two feet to the right. I'm going to offset four feet downward. Cool. Now, let's dimension it. Click on the Align Dimension button, go from here to here, and then from here to here. Hit escape a couple of times. Select a two foot dimension. For our label, let's click Add Parameter. Let's call it Width. We'll keep it a type parameter. Click OK. Now for our four foot dimension, let's give that a label. Let's call it length. Let's click Okay. Hit escape a couple times. Now here's what we're going to do. On the Create Tab, I want to click on Filled…
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Creating a recessed 2x4 light fixture10m 1s
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Creating a pendant light9m 27s
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Modeling a wall sconce7m 31s
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Creating a light switch9m 4s
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Creating track lighting: Part 16m 52s
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Creating track lighting: Part 210m 25s
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Creating a nightlight5m 6s
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Creating an exit sign annotation4m 50s
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Creating a 3D exit sign9m 21s
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