Creating an In-Place Element

For information about creating families, see Creating Loadable Families.

1. Open a project.
2. Model tabConceptual Mass panel (Create Mass).
3. In the Family Category and Parameters dialog, select a category for the element, and click OK.

   The category that you choose will be the category under which the family for the in-place element will display in the Project Browser, in which it will schedule, and in which you can control its visibility.

4. In the Name dialog, type a name, and click OK.

   The Family Editor opens.

5. Use the Family Editor tools to create the in-place element.
6. When you finish creating the in-place element, click Finish Model.