Revit Masterclass: Family Creation #1

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Today features a full length masterclass showing how to build a detailed parametric family - along the way we cover many medium to advanced level content creation techniques such as nested components, object styles, formulae and constraints. I'll follow up more masterclass style sessions at a future date on the channel, hope you find the depth covered in this session useful!
I hope you enjoy the session and learn something new! Feel free to comment any feedback/questions below, or follow my channel if you enjoyed this.
Software used;
Autodesk Revit 2019: www.autodesk.com/products/rev...
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@lamontg802 3 жыл бұрын

Wow this was a great tutorial. I walked thru the video and modeled the unistrut support. Great step-by-step narrative. The video packed a lot of info in one Revit family session. • Line Based Family • Nested 3D Family • Parametric Constraints • Work-planes • Parametric Formula/Constraints • Object Styles • Detail Level/Visibility I walked away with a wealth of tips for family modeling. Thanks for sharing!

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you were able to get so much out of the tutorial! I did indeed try to pick a family which covered many aspects of family creation and you picked up on all of them, great work.

@deanmacy8291 2 жыл бұрын

I have spent the last week going through your videos, you may very well be the greatest Revit user that has ever existed or ever will exist

@AussieBIMGuru 2 жыл бұрын

One of many good users out there no doubt - some people excel in other areas more than me such as MEP but I like to think I'm fairly good on the architecture side. Thanks for the kind words though!

@nickrosas7253 3 жыл бұрын

thanks, this is one of the most effective and efficient BIM tutorials I've come across. great work

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Glad you liked it.

@reality3289 2 жыл бұрын

It's a Revit tutorial.

@rommel_e_romero_alva 2 жыл бұрын

so true, i've seen most tutorials on revit family creation and this is the one i must have watched from the beginning

@AussieBIMGuru 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@oscarjensenmusic 3 жыл бұрын

thank god for the 0,75 watching speed! Thank You Aussie BIM Guru for all these great videos. I myself have a lot of experience in BIM and I really enjoy watching these smart videos. Peace ✌🏻

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

Haha yes I'm glad it's there too, I'd have to talk much slower if not for it! Glad you enjoy the videos even as an experienced user

@darrellbarbery8366 3 жыл бұрын

Damn you BIM Guru! ;-D!!! I've just gone back and re-modeled all of our Unistrut content families after watching this video! Painful at the time, but so much better than the way I did it in the past. Thank you for the tutorial. Class A content as always.

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

Haha glad to have helped, even if it gave some extra work! Depending on your discipline it may be worth considering the same methodology, but using structural framing instead of a line based generic model. This would enable you to analytically assess the elements as well, or include them in a structural takeoff.

@brandonpie1 4 жыл бұрын

New to your channel but your style is so laid back it feels like I've known you forever. 👍

@AussieBIMGuru 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Brandon! I try to keep things pretty laid back and approachable, lots of viewers are beginners looking for a friendly leg-up into the software. Tried and tested in previous professional training 👍

@JavierOropeza08 4 жыл бұрын

great stuff, really useful for anyone serious about making a production ready family.

@AussieBIMGuru 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Javier, glad you liked it!

@atpnguyen Жыл бұрын

this is exactly what I need, much appreciate your sharing and contribution Gavin

@AussieBIMGuru Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@xjphang 4 жыл бұрын

Great content. Learn something new everyday. I hope to see your channel grows ! thx !

@AussieBIMGuru 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you find it useful, much more to come :) Back on the 20th jan!

@muhammadabidmakba 2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks. This was a quality video and taught me a lot. Excellent work.

@AussieBIMGuru 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@cathychoi-kk2if Жыл бұрын

The BEST family course !! thanks!

@AussieBIMGuru Жыл бұрын

Glad it was useful!

@mariasimon2088 4 жыл бұрын

Finally understood the use of preview visibility.. thanks

@AussieBIMGuru 4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@phlippiecoetsee1388 3 жыл бұрын

Well done, most definitely the best tutorial i have seen.

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@user-lt9he8ro4z 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for tutorial, this is one of the most effective tutorial which I watched, and did do.

@AussieBIMGuru 11 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

@kentmengchan6846 3 жыл бұрын

Great! Easy understanding! Thankyou! Appreciate!

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@MyGuinness 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! a hug from Brazil! my english is not very good but i managed to learn it!

@AussieBIMGuru 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I am glad to hear that the content was still helpful, and well done on making it through.

@AsadUllah-bf7kh Ай бұрын

your cat wasnt hungry this time 😜 Really liked watching your videos ..... very professional , quick & to the point

@AussieBIMGuru Ай бұрын

Glad to hear! Haha they are always hungry but sometimes sleepy which helps when recording videos.

@philipeddington6282 2 жыл бұрын

Yet again this is awesome work and a very informative video.

@AussieBIMGuru 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@capch_bim3598 3 жыл бұрын

The way you explain its really tremendous ABD Thanks for Sharing Video

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@arkplato2186 3 жыл бұрын

Okay, you were right I should have seen this video before the window masterclass. There is so much to learn here. But I still made it to the window until the brick sill, still very commendable of me lol.... A big thanks for such a never seen before revit content. When are you coming up with a paid course?

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

Getting to the sill is a solid effort! I'm hoping to start building courses in July, still a few products to work on in my content store. Dynamo first, families after. Ideally they will be out before end of this year. Anyone who has been following my dates will know this has been sliding quite a lot - lots of things competing with this, but I am reducing my consulting workload progressively to make room for it.

@gustavomur59 7 ай бұрын

Thank you - Thank you - Thank you - Thank you - Thank you - Thank you - Thank you

@AussieBIMGuru 7 ай бұрын

You're welcome * 7!

@juansebastianrubiobuitrago1140 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial, very clear

@AussieBIMGuru 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Juan!

@mubashirmamupt7124 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot.. Jazakumullah khiren.. 👍👍👍

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@blasco6 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, excellent commentary, thank you for this beautiful video. My question is, Is it possible to make the rods automatically touch the floor above regardless of channel height?

@AussieBIMGuru 4 жыл бұрын

You could use a face hosted family instead, but the channel height wouldn't be set relative to the level below. The best workflow would probably be using Dynamo to detect the height of linked model floor/beam above. Feel free to check out this video on my channel to see how: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qeCKeZB_nLiWZ58.html Thanks for the kind words!

@charlesball9522 4 жыл бұрын

Great stuff as always Gavin. I have a question regarding nested components, is it possible to schedule them as part of the overall family (like what you said @26:46)? let's say you wanted to include the unistrut family into another family say, a tv bracket. When I try to do this I get the unistrut and the bracket on separate lines. this makes sense if I use the OOTB manufacturer parameter for both. but even when I create a shared parameter for the unistrut manufacturer it doesn't seem to recognize them as the same family. What am I doing wrong? I just don't know what I am missing.

@AussieBIMGuru 4 жыл бұрын

Nested families that are 'shared' will always report as separate entities in schedules - each line represents an object. Typically, I'd use filters in a schedule to exclude nested components (by a field they have in common, like an additional visibility parameter like 'IsComponent' if all you want to capture is the host element itself. Capturing a component as granular as Unistrut might be quite macro in approach, it depends on your trade and intent (e.g. a contractor probably cares more about the item, whilst a component fabricator cares more about their respective piece such as the total length of Unistrut, and the lengths by which they need to cut).

@alvernepaiva3287 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, gonna be recommending this channel a lot!!! There is one thing that I really did not understand. What is the difference between the references. What differs a weak reference plane, from a no reference, and a top reference?

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

Named reference planes can be useful for when you switch between families - these help Revit maintain dimensions if objects are swapped. For example a 'Left' plane can be used if both families have one and it is dimensioned. I explain them in a bit more depth in this video if it helps: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ibODlKShrLa6mH0.html

@alvernepaiva3287 3 жыл бұрын

@@AussieBIMGuru Thanks, awesome content my friend !!

@User-tx5qz 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Is it possible to make the hanger to snap onto duct and adopt duct width and under side of duct as reference plan? fixing length might be different because the concrete slab varies in thickness. Thanks.

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

I would try building a duct fitting if you want it to be sized to the duct. My workflow accounts for slab thickness as it finds the underside at each hanger.

@User-tx5qz 3 жыл бұрын

@@AussieBIMGuru thanks for replying, its important that the hanger snap to duct so it will move with the duct, also to snap under duct as the duct sets up and down. Agin thanks for sharing and your help.

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

@@User-tx5qz a duct fitting should be able to do all of these things.

@tonymccusker1665 Жыл бұрын

This is so handy. Is it hard to add in a parameter to add a 2nd or 3rd unistrut and offset that. Also could this be added to some sort of dynamo script to place bracketing for all elements in a project?

@AussieBIMGuru Жыл бұрын

Potentially, it all comes down to the ingenuity and time of the scripter! If you add extra variables its more conditions to measure, e.g. identifying stacked runs is hard to do unless you systemize them together.

@munawarhussain7878 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'm glad!

@3Dreproductor 3 жыл бұрын

amazing man.

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@rasheedkhokhar1768 Жыл бұрын

Really Appreciate....

@AussieBIMGuru Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@l.aalbert8596 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial, how to create unistrut supports for Revit Fabrication Part ?

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

I believe fabrication parts are built in other software such as CAMduct or CADmep as ITM objects. This is the best i could find for itm file creation by autodesk; knowledge.autodesk.com/support/fabrication-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/ENU/Fabrication-UsersGuide/files/GUID-8BF4B16F-339E-4730-82FC-29B8ACB9CF74-htm.html

@choe_h 4 жыл бұрын

Awssome!!!! Thks !!!! Im upgrade my work

@AussieBIMGuru 4 жыл бұрын

Glad this helped you improve :)

@christopheragbodzahmakafui12 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent

@AussieBIMGuru 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@Cruisecool11 4 жыл бұрын

nice one!

@AussieBIMGuru 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers costa!

@snaveengowda123 3 жыл бұрын

awesome bro

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@christianruiz9472 3 жыл бұрын

How about adding a parameter to space every 54" on a duct?? Good job man,

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

Yes you could set it up differently to achieve such a rule. The point of the script you'd need to adjust is the spacing/division code block. Instead of finding max segments and equally dividing, you could find max fit and build a range between 0 and the upper range of this amount (spacing * max segments -1) and this would give equally spaced to the last required segment.

@snaveengowda123 4 жыл бұрын

awesome vedio for beginner like me.

@AussieBIMGuru 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Naveen - glad it helped!

@ptegeminstitution7525 Жыл бұрын

Dear Guru Thank you for your great videos on KZfaq I have one question about one of them in this video, you didn't create a hole ( void form) in the support it helps the profile be more realistic I create a profile with voids ( holes) but when the length changes the void interfere to each other I'' really appreciate you making a video about this issue thank you, sir

@AussieBIMGuru Жыл бұрын

Generally the voids at this scale would be onerous level of detail and as you also found revit doesnt do void profile arrays very well unfortunately. A face based void array family would be the only way but it uses a lot of memory so i would not recommend it.

@ruelaran548 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, is there any solution for the Revit Family created in Italian Language, to be converted into English? I'm using Revit english but when i open the Family, the parameters and properties are on Italian language. Can anyone help me out on there? Thanks in advance.

@AussieBIMGuru 2 жыл бұрын

As far as I am aware this is not possible for parameter names, as the user names these and revit doesnt have a translation tool built in. It only translates inbuilt things like commanss and tooltips which are hard built into the language pack. If firms need to have content in a language, typically it must be made in that language from the start.

@dane-xxx-8713 2 жыл бұрын

@ 6 min when you create the sweep, mine doesnt show as a sweep, it says: cant create sweep, any Idea whats going on?, did the exact same thing as you did...0o

@AussieBIMGuru 2 жыл бұрын

Double check your profile curve is closed and also that no edges are less than 2mm (Revit's tolerance limit is about 1mm or so).

@snaveengowda123 4 жыл бұрын

i need same support with many horizonal channel say example 2 or 3 layer........for combined mep Support

@AussieBIMGuru 4 жыл бұрын

Similar approach, just more reference planes and a parameter for the height of each bar.

@a16_dhirajhore93 7 ай бұрын

6.36 i did all things similarly but getting error Can't create sweep, what should i do?

@AussieBIMGuru 7 ай бұрын

Make sure the profile is one closed curve. Profiles do not support open or multiple curves.

@a16_dhirajhore93 7 ай бұрын

@@AussieBIMGuru thanks for the help, yeah i created multiple curves thats giving me error

@ravichandra-up1nu 4 жыл бұрын

Great work...!!! I would be pleased if yuh share the created family too...:)

@AussieBIMGuru 4 жыл бұрын

I'll upload late this month - need revit first!

@iftekharkhan8879 4 жыл бұрын

Hi.can u make a video on revit family from beginners to advance

@AussieBIMGuru 4 жыл бұрын

I actually have a 4 part series here where I cover all the fundamanetals: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o7VdjLygmNymZpc.html

@CMgraffix 3 жыл бұрын

nice tut

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

@scottbenefield6958 2 жыл бұрын

Great job on this family. Just need to slow down just a little.

@AussieBIMGuru 2 жыл бұрын

50/75% video speed might help, but yes I do speak quickly.

@Omar_khaled_ 3 ай бұрын

could you please send the family that you created

@AussieBIMGuru 3 ай бұрын

Its on my github in the revit repo.

@mariasimon2088 4 жыл бұрын

Also, i know i can google this but what is the use of assembly code?

@mostafamagdy7995 4 жыл бұрын

Classification for specs and technical data

@AussieBIMGuru 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty much what Mostafa said, it is often used to carry the Uniformat or Uniclass code of a Revit object. By default there is an assembly code table that comes shipped with Revit that provides access to a basic Uniformat table. Typically located at: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\RVT 2019\Libraries\Australia\UniformatClassifications.txt

@wojciechturek1601 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve got something from facade world you could show on your videos how to create step by step. Let me know if you will be interested It will touch same topic but differently I’ve seen some mullion transom families made in weird way and it would be handy to present a better solution on such a forum as KZfaq

@AussieBIMGuru 4 жыл бұрын

Sure, I'd be happy to talk further and see what you're talking about in more detail. Feel free to email me at the email in my banner and I'll see what I can do in the new year!

@wojciechturek1601 4 жыл бұрын

Aussie BIM Guru will do

@shakirali4122 3 жыл бұрын

hello sir, where are other parts of this topic

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

Haven't made part 2 yet, still deciding on the next one :) Maybe try my door series, thats a fairly advanced family series also.

@shakirali4122 3 жыл бұрын

@@AussieBIMGuru sir i am searching revit mep tutorials have you any suggestions chanel or playlist ? please help me sir.....

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

@@shakirali4122 unfortunately I'm not aware of any channels specializing in mep currently. I would search autodesk university website and see if there are some masterclasses there. Sean Fruin has some great content, but the videos aren't usually full tutorials and have dynamo focus.

@shakirali4122 3 жыл бұрын

@@AussieBIMGuru thanks for your efforts, could you upload revit MEP tutorials at your channel ?

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

@@shakirali4122 unfortunately mep isn't my background, I have architectural experience mostly.

@lepocse510 Жыл бұрын

can i download that?

@AussieBIMGuru Жыл бұрын

Yes if you look me up on github it should be on my revit repo.

@lepocse510 Жыл бұрын

im new in revit. I don't know github. is there a google upload?

@AussieBIMGuru Жыл бұрын

@@lepocse510 no, theres lots of videos showing how to use github. Its basically just a matter of finding the folder and downloading it from the menu. github.com/aussieBIMguru/Revit-Files

@lepocse510 Жыл бұрын

thank you sir. but what folder i can download that and what file name? thanks

@lepocse510 Жыл бұрын

thankyou. i found it! thanks a lot

@munawarhussain7878 3 жыл бұрын

Who is this instructor ?

@AussieBIMGuru 3 жыл бұрын

My name is Gavin, you can find more out about me here; au.linkedin.com/in/gavincrump