Metric Tutorials - Autodesk

Creating a Custom Truss Family
In this exercise, you use the Revit Structure Family Editor to create a custom truss family.
Training File
■ Click File menu ➤ Open.
■ In the left pane of the Open dialog, click Training Files, and open Metric\m_RST_Truss_Custom_Family.rvt.
Open the truss family
1 Click File ➤ New ➤ Family.
2 In the left pane of the Open dialog, click the Training Files icon.
3 Open Metric_Structural_Trusses.rft located in the Metric folder.
Sketch web reference planes
4 On the Design Bar, click Ref Plane.
5 Sketch 5 vertical reference planes approximately as shown.
6 On the Design Bar, click Dimension, and place dimensions to each reference plane as shown.
7 Click the EQ symbol to apply equal constraints.
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