System, annotation, model
A Revit project is built from three kinds of family. Most family sites only know about the third one. This library carries all three.
- SimpleFixed geometry, a few types, no formulas. Drop it in and go.
- FlexibleDimension parameters and types, maybe a type catalog.
- ParametricFormulas, visibility switches, nested families, arrays.
- Highly parametricNested parametric families, lookup tables, MEP connectors. Watch the video first.
How it works, built in. Some families come with a short video on how the family works. The link lives in the family itself: open Type Properties, find the URL parameter, and click it.
Design and construction families
Twenty years of production families, cleaned up and upgraded to Revit 2020, growing to 50,000 types across architecture, mechanical, electrical, structural, and plumbing. Every family is one of two kinds, and the difference matters.
| Design families | Construction families | |
|---|---|---|
| Represent | Design intent: a bed, a base cabinet, a table | The actual product that gets bought and installed |
| Tied to | No particular manufacturer | One manufacturer and model number |
| Dimensions | Typical, easy to flex | Exact, built from the product data sheet |
| Used for | Layouts, early schedules, presentations | Specification, submittals, procurement, coordination, as-builts |
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Walls, floors, ducts, pipes
System families live inside projects, so they come as Revit 2020 library projects. Open one next to your model and use Manage › Transfer Project Standards to bring in the types you want. Each file includes a sheet showing every type.
| Library file | Includes | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Rog4ue-Walls-Floors-Roofs.rvt | Wall, floor, roof, and ceiling types with layers and materials | Planned |
| Rog4ue-Stairs-Railings.rvt | Stair, landing, and railing types | Planned |
| Rog4ue-Mechanical.rvt | Duct types, piping systems, and fittings settings | Planned |
| Rog4ue-Electrical.rvt | Cable tray, conduit, and wire types | Planned |
| Rog4ue-Structural.rvt | Foundation, slab, and structural wall types | Planned |
| Rog4ue-Plumbing.rvt | Pipe types and plumbing systems | Planned |
The drawings have families too
Tags, symbols, section and elevation heads, callouts, and title blocks: the 2D families that make a set readable, and the ones every office rebuilds from scratch. The first batch is coming, graded like everything else.
Until then, the Dummy Annotations series on the Tutorials page shows how Brian builds them.