
Workflow: Using System Families in Your Projects
System families are predefined in Revit Architecture and saved in templates and projects, not loaded into
templates and projects from external files. You can duplicate (copy) and modify the types within system
families to create your own custom system family types.
For detailed information about system families, see
on page 418.
Before you begin a project, use the workflow that follows to determine whether you can use existing system
family types, or whether you need to create your own custom system family types.
1
Determine the system family types that your project requires.
2
Search existing system families and determine if you can find the system family types that you need
in Revit Architecture templates or in your office templates.
3
If you can find a system family type that is similar to the family type that you need, save design time
by modifying it to meet your needs.
4
If you cannot find the system family type that you need and you cannot modify a similar family type
to fit your needs, create your own system family type.
Loading System Family Types
Because system families are predefined in Revit Architecture, you can only load system family types in
projects or templates.
To load system family types, you can:
■
copy and paste one or more selected types from one project or template to another
■
transfer all system family types of a selected system family or families from one project to another
Copy and paste system family types when you have only have a few system family types that you need to
load between projects or templates.
Transfer system family types when you are creating a new template or project, or anytime that you need to
transfer all the types of a system family or families.
NOTE
When you transfer system family types, you use the Transfer Project Standards tool. You can also transfer
system settings with this tool.
For information about the Transfer Project Standards tool, see
Transferring Project Standards
on page 446.
For detailed information about loading, copying, and transferring system family types, see
on page 418.
Loadable Families
Loadable families are families used to create both building components and some annotation elements.
Loadable families create the building components that would usually be purchased, delivered, and installed
in and around a building, such as windows, doors, casework, fixtures, furniture, and planting. They also
include some annotation elements that are routinely customized, such as symbols and title blocks.
Because of their highly customizable nature, loadable families are the families that you most commonly
create and modify in Revit Architecture. Unlike system families, loadable families are created in external
RFA files and imported (loaded) in your projects. For families that contain many types, you can create and
use type catalogs, which allow you load only the types that you need for a project.
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