new families from zero

[alestat]

Hello everyone,
I'm doing the thesis on a church and I'm using revit for a detailed 3d.
is it possible to create families from scratch? in the sense that the standard families of revit are walls, windows, floors etc.
but my professor would like as families facilities in elevation, structures in horizons, fixtures etc...
therefore I should create a "base" family that is called structures in elevation and insert inside it all the types of wall that are there in the church. .
I searched everywhere but found nothing like that. .
Is it possible to do that? How?
thank you in advance...and apologize if mine is a stupid question

 

[lance]

what you call families are actually categories, they are defined by the program and you cannot create new ones or change them.

thank you in advance...and apologize if mine is a stupid question

In fact, you said the equivalent of a blasphemy...

If you clarify better the objectives that want to reach your professor with the different classification maybe we can indicate you other ways...

 

[alestat]

I imagined but let's say that they are self-taught.. so I learn by hand as I do things practically thesis is on the bim applied to existing buildings (in this case a church) and they want to create a 3d "interactive" in which each element can be questioned individually but however it is part of a family... for example the walls...and this we solved it with revit..why they did a similar thesis using another program (arcgis) and had used a list of "families" for example foundations, elevation structures, structures in horizons, covers, internal and external pavements, fixtures... and wanted to use the same legend also on revit ..so instead of "muri" I should enclose them all within "building structures". But if you can't do it, I won't waste any more time and go on

 

[lance]

ok, what you can do is create a custom parameter and exploit it to assign the professor's coding directly to the individual elements.
the procedure is a little complex to explain in a post of a forum.... search for project parameters and parameters shared in the online and online guide, so you begin to make an idea.

 

[alestat]

I'm sorry if I didn't even answer to thank you, but I had problems with the internet... anyway thanks for your help! I looked for some shared parameters and saw how to create them etc. but I have a question, to do what I need (so the list that the professor wants) I create the shared parameter and connect it to the type of family? (e.g. the horizontal lock parameter and by family type I connect it to the walls?)..thanks again!

 

[lance]

create the shared parameter assign to the family (if it is a loaded family). then in the project environment (or even better within a template) create a project parameter by selecting the correct one from the shared parameters file (which meanwhile you were forced to create) and assign it to the categories of elements you want to use it.

However, honestly, from what you write, I think you really have a lot of confusion in the head between families, categories, family types etc. so since it is a thesis or you read a good book or you do a good course, or otherwise you should leave it alone; I don't want to say that to use revit they want us who knows what skills but it's not even a software that you can use or learn way by doing. the risk is really to have to leave at some point and start over.

Good luck!