Open a family in the Family Editor to modify the family or to use it as the starting point for a new family.
- On the Home page, under Families, click Open.
As an alternative, from the ribbon, click File tab
Open
(Family).
- On the left side of the Open dialog, select a family library or folder.
- Navigate to the appropriate directory, and select the file.
In the Preview pane, the dialog displays the Revit release that was last used to save the file.
- 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.