After you understand the basics of creating parametric families, there are more complex techniques that you can use when you create families.
Some of these techniques are:
Nesting and sharing families to combine the geometry of 2 or more families
Linking family parameters
Creating work plane-based families
Topics in this section
Examples of Loadable Families
These examples describe families from simple to complex. Study these examples to learn how you can create families that meet the needs of your design.
Create a Family with Nested Components
To nest families in another family, create or open a host (base) family, and then load and insert instances of one or more family types into it.
Create a Family with Nested and Shared Components
To create a family with nested and shared components, share the families before you nest them in a host family. The host family does not need to be a shared family.
Associate Family Parameters
By associating family parameters, you can control the parameters of families nested inside host families from within a project view. You can control instance parameters or type parameters.
Associate Parameters for Model Text
If you place model text into a family, it acts like a nested family, and the format can be controlled by parameters in the host family.
Add a Generic Annotation
You can create a generic annotation family or load one from the available annotation families in the Revit library.
Create Specialized Families
Links to detailed procedures for created families that are provided throughout the help.
Create a Vertical Family
The option to create vertical families pertains only to families hosted by floors, ceilings, roofs, and site surfaces.
Create an Annotation Symbol Family
An annotation symbol is a tag or symbol applied to a family to uniquely identify that family in a project.
Create a Profile Family
A profile family contains a 2-dimensional closed loop shape that you can load into a project and apply to certain building elements.
Create a Curtain Wall Profile
You can nest a detail component within a host sweep profile family (wall sweeps, roof fascia, gutters, and slab edges) and use the visibility controls to specify when the detail component displays within a project.
Create a Type Catalog
A type catalog lists all of the types in a family, allowing you to select and load only the types you need for the current project, resulting in a smaller project file size.