Open a Revit Family

Open a family in the Family Editor to modify the family or to use it as the starting point for a new family.

1. Click File tab Open (Family).
2. On the left side of the Open dialog, select a family library or folder.
3. Navigate to the appropriate directory, select the file, and click Open.

To make other directories available from the Open dialog, see Setting Options.

Note: If you are editing a non-workshared file, other users will have read-only access to the file.