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Revit Family Creation (2022)

With Revit online training from Pinnacle Series, design professionals in the architecture, engineering, construction, and manufacturing industries can learn about its advanced features, such as 3D modeling, automation, worksharing, and additional intelligent tools that bring improved coordination and consistency.

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Learning Path Courses:

Family Creation Advanced Course

Family Creation Advanced Course
(Video Run Time: 95 minutes)
(Estimated Exercise Time: 175 minutes)
(Estimated Quiz Time: 35 minutes)
(Minimum Course Duration: 305 minutes)

Course Description
This course will help you understand tools and techniques to create more complex and different categories of Revit families.

Course Objectives
The material presented in this course helps you gain an understanding of the following topics:
Common and discipline-specific built-in family parameters
Creation of family parameters
Family parameter types
Working with nested and shared families
Working with family formulas
Using If statements for family parameters
Using Boolean operators in family parameters
Employing reporting parameters
Creating type catalogs
Creating and working with lookup tables
Understanding and placing MEP connectors
Creating parametric arrays
Adding controls to families
Adding symbolic linework, regions and detail components to families
Creating Generic Annotation families

Course Prerequisites
To participate in this training course, you should complete one of the following learning paths:
Revit Architecture Fundamentals
Revit MEP Fundamentals
Revit Structure Fundamentals

Learning Path Progress
Family Creation Fundamentals
Family Creation Advanced

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Family Creation Fundamentals Course

Family Creation Fundamentals
(Video Run Time: 45 minutes)
(Minimum Course Duration: 45 minutes)

Course Description
This course will help you understand the fundamental concepts, skills, and tools needed to create your own families.

Course Objectives
The material presented in this course helps you gain an understanding of the following topics:
Understanding the Family Editor environment
Best practices
Creating form geometry
Working with reference planes
Adding parameters
Creating family types
Controlling element visibility

Course Agenda
Introduction to Family Creation
Starting a Family
Creating Extrusions
Creating Sweeps
Creating Revolves
Creating Blends
Creating Swept Blends
Working with Void Forms
Using Reference Planes in Families
Adding Parameters and Types in a Family
Managing Family Element Visibility Settings
Using Visibility Parameters
Course Prerequisites
To participate in this training course, you should complete one of the following learning paths:
Revit Architecture Fundamentals
Revit MEP Fundamentals
Revit Structure Fundamentals

Learning Path Progress
Families and Types
Family Creation Fundamentals
Family Creation Advanced

TIPS:
Turn off your phone, close your email, text and social media apps.
Plug headphones or ear buds to your computer.
Go Full Screen when watching videos.