Before you begin a project, use this workflow to determine whether you can use existing families, or whether you need to create your own custom families.
Loadable families are the most extensive and customizable families in Revit LT. You can create your own custom families, but a number of families are ready for use in the family library and on the Web.
- Determine the families that your project requires.
- Search existing loadable families and determine whether you can find the families that you need in the library, on the Web, in Revit templates, or in your office templates.
- If you find an appropriate family but not the specific type that you need, create a new type.
- If you can find families that are similar to the families that you need, save design time by modifying existing families to your needs.
- If you cannot find the families that you need or modify similar families to fit your needs, create your own families.