Custom Families and Parameters in Revit 2016

Brian DeYoung

Level 2

5h 3m

In this Revit 2016 tutorial course, Brian DeYoung from SOM will show you how to work with custom families and parameters in Revit 2016.

First you will learn how to build families, case work families, and line based famlies using custom parameters and conditional formulas, using these familes to create furniture and casework. Then, you will learn how to create annotations such as tags, labels, and symbols. Finally you will learn how to utilize familes to create curtain walls and panels, and how to bring those elements into a project using the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago as an example.

When you are done with this course you will know how to utilize the different types of famlies and parameters in Revit 2016 to quickly and efficiently create complex and customized designs in your projects.

Image credit: Jamie Hamilton

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Introduction to Revit 2016

54s

Getting started in Revit 2016

1m 27s

Creating reference planes in plan

6m 19s

Creating reference planes in elevation

4m 38s

Adding dimensions

2m 18s

Creating parameters from dimensions

4m 56s

Reporting parameters and formulas

4m 29s

Flexing the model

4m 42s

Creating the chair geometry

7m 23s

Assigning material parameters

2m 12s

Building the chair legs and a nested family

8m 44s

Casework family types and parameters

6m 23s

Creating casework and nested families

10m 2s

Extruding the family and adding parameters

4m 25s

Model lines and symbolic lines

4m 24s

Creating different versions of the casework

5m 16s

Adjusting reference planes for nested families

3m 38s

Loading nested families into project

8m 15s

Swapping out nested families

7m 58s

Line based families

6m 24s

Creating arrays with line based families

8m 48s

Setting up formulas in your parameters

9m 16s

Creating type parameters in an array

4m 10s

Building a room tag

8m 4s

Building a room tag with separate labels

5m 1s

Shared parameters

8m 59s

Building a room tag with shared parameters

9m 23s

Bringing a tag with shared parameters into a project

4m 48s

Symbol annotations

6m 5s

Creating a graphic scale

3m 37s

The Modern Wing

2m 30s

Creating and adding columns

5m 35s

Creating and adding beams

8m 30s

Placing more beams

4m 34s

Placing and arraying upper canopy beams

4m 37s

Creating and adding roof shades

5m 2s

Arraying roof shades

7m 37s

Curtain walls

5m 39s

Creating grids in curtain walls

3m 35s

Adding a door to a curtain wall

8m 43s

Preparing a model for curtain walls

5m 11s

Constructing reference planes and establishing length parameters

6m 7s

Building a simple panel

7m 3s

Adding and extruding 3-dimensional geometry

2m 24s

Assigning materials and visibility parameters to curtain panels

6m 31s

Creating the first level curtain wall

4m 45s

Constructing vertical mullions for the gallery panels

7m 43s

Constructing the glass for the gallery panels

7m 17s

Creating extrusions on the panels

3m 14s

Creating the top horizontal mullion and adding materials

5m 45s

Creating a fastener to add to the glass

5m 19s

Loading the gallery panels into the project

10m 26s

Conclusion to Revit 2016

1m 3s

About the Author

Brian is an Associate at SOM, and has been using Revit since 2002. His professional experience includes modern high-end single family homes, mixed-use commercial projects and international airports while at firms such as SOM, Marmol Radziner and Gensler. With this wide ranging background Brian has unique technical design expertise and the ability to manage both architectural teams and the intelligent digital models teams create. He currently lives in Chicago, IL.

Custom Families and Parameters in Revit 2016

Chapter 1: Building our first Revit Family with Parameters (48m 2s)

Chapter 2: Building a casework family (50m 21s)

Chapter 3: Line based families and arrays (28m 38s)

Chapter 4: Annotations and shared parameters (45m 57s)

Chapter 5: Building the Modern Wing canopy (38m 25s)

Chapter 6: Basics of working with curtain walls (23m 8s)

Chapter 7: Building the Modern Wing curtain panels (1h 7m 37s)

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