Learn how to load families in Revit | Step by step and explained
Are you new to Revit or don't know how to load families into your model yet? In this video, I'll show you step-by-step how to insert a structural family (column) into Revit, even if you don't have one installed.
📎 Useful links:
👉 Download Revit families: https://www.autodesk.com/en/support/t...
👉 More free content at: www.ingegeek.site
💡 This tutorial is ideal for students and professionals just starting out in the BIM world with Revit.
✅ First, I'll explain how to find and download families from the official Autodesk website.
✅ Then, we'll load a new family and show you how it differs from AutoCAD blocks.
✅ I also briefly explain what it means for a family to be parameterized and how to modify its units.
⌛ Timeline
» 00:00 - Introduction
» 00:46 - Download official Autodesk families
» 01:33 - Inserting a family
» 02:11 - Why insert a "Structures" column and not an "Architecture" column?
» 03:12 - Inserting a family for the second time
» 04:23 - Why are "families" different from CAD blocks?
» 05:29 - Outro
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