Metric Tutorials - Autodesk

■ Standard Component
■ In-place
System Families
System families are pre-defined within Revit Structure and comprise principle building components such as
walls, floors, and roofs. The basic walls system family, for example, has wall types that define interior,
exterior, foundation, generic, and partition wall styles. You can duplicate and modify existing system families,
but you cannot create new system families.
NOTE You can use “Transfer Project Standards” to copy system families from one project to another.
The following illustration shows different types within the basic walls family.
Standard Component Families
Standard component families are loaded by default in project templates, while many more are stored in
component libraries. You work with the Family Editor to create and modify components. You can either
duplicate and modify an existing component family or create a component family based on a variety of
family templates.
The following dialog box shows how you can select a specific family template to start your family design
project.
Family templates are either host-based or standalone. Host-based families have components that require
hosts. Standalone families include columns, and beam. Family templates assist you in creating and
manipulating component families.
Standard component families can exist outside of the project environment and have an .rfa extension. You
can load them into projects, transfer them from one project to another, and save them from a project file
to your library if needed.
512 | Chapter 16 About Families and the Family Editor