If you've spent tons of time creating a custom family only to find out that you've created it under the wrong family category, it's okay! In this video, I'm going to show you how to change the family category so you don't have to rebuild your family and can schedule your components properly!
Video Transcript
Hey, happy Sunday!
I'm Chelsea from TheStudentArchitect.com which is an online space for architects and architecture students.
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So today we're going to talk about how to change a Revit family category. So let's say you spent a ton of time creating this custom family only to find out that you've created it under the wrong family category.
So right now I have a custom that I've created here and if I click on the door and look over in the Properties Panel, you can see that it's set to the Generic Models category rather than the Door category. So that means, when I try to tag my door or set it to a schedule, it's not going to schedule with my other doors because it's not set to the right category.
So thankfully there is a very quick fix to change this. I don't have to go back and recreate this family under the correct category, I just need to change the category.
So what I have to do is go into the Edit Family mode. So I can either go up to the Ribbon and click on Edit Family in the Ribbon, or I can just double click on the family. So I'm just going to double click on the door here.
And all I'm gonna do is go up to the Ribbon and you'll see an icon here for Family Category and Parameters. So if I click on that, you'll see this is where you can change your family category as well as various family parameters.
So, like I said, right now you can see it's set to Generic Models, but all I have to do is click on the Doors category and hit OK. And now if I reload it into the project, I'm just going to hit Overwrite the Existing Version. I would only want to do Overwrite the Existing Parameter Values if I change types, sizes, or things like that. So I'm just going to overwrite the existing family, and we'll say no to that for now.
And now when I click on the door you can see it's set to the Door Family Category. And if I hit 'TC' on the keyboard to Tag Category, you can see I can now tag it as a door and it will now show up in my door schedules.
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I really hope you have a great day and I'll see you next Sunday!
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Happy modeling!
♥ Chelsea
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