Families for electrical design

Module overview

Use families for your Revit electrical design projects. Learn how to create parametric families, create annotation families, and add parameters to meet the needs of your project. Finally, understand the capability of the family editor by learning how to customize families.

After completing this module, you'll be able to:

• Model family elements.
• Create annotation families.
• Add parameters.

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Module outline

• Define MEP connectors
• Configure electrical connectors
• Configure electrical equipment
• Understand family types
• Understand family creation workflow
• Configure light sources
• Determine family category and part type
• Differentiate between family hosting types
• Configure element visibility settings
• Create annotation families and tags
• Define symbols and annotations in a family
• Use parameter types
• Distinguish between parameter disciplines and data types
• Use formulas
• Practice exercise
• Challenge exercise
• Challenge exercise