1. © 2011 Autodesk Autodesk® Revit® Families: A Step-by-Step Introduction Paul F. Aubin Author/Consultant

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4. © 2011 Autodesk Your Lab Monitors Today  Desirée P. Ratley, PE, CE, LEED AP BD+C  Dezi is an uber-nerd who went to MIT and now is a structural engineer at Martin/Martin in Denver, Colorado. She is a regular Autodesk University speaker; she spoke at Revit Technology Conference USA; she is the Structural Director for the Denver Revit Users Group and is currently serving as AUGI Treasurer. And as if this is not enough Revit in her life, on the last binary day of this year, she married a Revit geek she met at the AU 2009 speaker social, so you can only imagine how exciting their evenings are.

5. © 2011 Autodesk Your Lab Monitors Today  David A. Butts  BIM Specialist at Gannett Fleming  Fishin’ Movie Producer  27 years industry experience  AU Instructor for Revit MEP/ACAD MEP/ACAD Arch for past 7 years

6. © 2011 Autodesk Your Lab Monitors Today  Matt Dillon  VP – Technical Services D|C|CADD  ATC Certified Instructor  Revit Architecture, Revit MEP, Revit Structure  Navisworks Manage  3ds Max Design  AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD MEP  Distinguished Speaker Award - Autodesk University 2010  Client consulting and mentoring  E-Learning – www.dccadd.com/e-learning

7. © 2011 Autodesk Your Lab Monitors Today  Matt Stachoni  Matt is the senior AEC applications and building information modeling (BIM) implementation technical specialist for CADapult Ltd., an Autodesk Silver reseller in the Mid-Atlantic region. Matt specializes in Revit® training and BIM implementation for design firms and the construction industry. He has over 20 years experience as a CAD and IT Manager for several A/E firms in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Boston, Massachusetts, and has been using Autodesk® software since 1987.

8. © 2011 Autodesk Your Lab Monitors Today  Darryl McClelland, LEED AP  has 26 years of practical design experience in MEP engineering. Although his primary focus was the design of mechanical systems, he spent 11 of those 26 years designing electrical and plumbing systems as well. He also ran his own engineering business for eight years. His design experience ranges from complex research laboratories and institutional facilities to medical and professional office buildings, and everything in between. He is a graduate of Purdue University and an active member of ASHRAE, ASPE, and a LEED AP.

9. © 2011 Autodesk Your Lab Monitors Today  Harlan Brumm  A really swell guy. Expert at all things Revit. Has a really cool blog called the Revit Clinic: http://revitclinic.typepad.com. And no, just because he has a goatee, he is not my twin brother.http://revitclinic.typepad.com

10. © 2011 Autodesk Your Lab Monitors Today  Doug Bowers  Doug is a LEED accredited licensed architect and an independent BIM software consultant performing training, implementations, and Revit family development across the United States.

11. © 2011 Autodesk Class Summary This hands-on lab will introduce you to the basics of the Revit Family Editor. In this short introduction to the Family Editor, you will create a Revit component Family from scratch, complete with constraints and parameters.

12. © 2011 Autodesk Class Summary This is AB3737-L Autodesk® Revit® Families: A Step-by-Step Introduction This is an INTRODUCTORY class  You will learn the BASICS of creating a Revit model Family.  I am teaching the class in Revit Architecture using Architectural examples.  However, most if not all concepts should apply equally to other flavors of Revit.  I assume NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE of the Family Editor. We will start at the beginning.  This is a Hands-on lab. If you don’t wish to follow along, please pass the mouse to the person sitting next to you.

13. © 2011 Autodesk Learning Objectives At the end of this class, you will be able to:  Create a simple, fully parametric model family  Describe reference planes, constraints, and parameters  Nest components and set up a parametric array  Apply materials and other accoutrements

14. © 2011 Autodesk What am I Skipping? The lab is Hands-on, therefore:  I am skipping a lot of background info  Kinds of Families  Family terminology  Basic hierarchy and concepts  Relevant background info is included in the handout  Please read the handout!  Let’s start building something

15. © 2011 Autodesk Family Editor – 000 Setup

16. © 2011 Autodesk Datasets for this lab are located in this folder: C:\datasets\AB3737-L If you are on your own laptop, ask one of the lab assistants for the files on a thumbdrive

17. © 2011 Autodesk Family Editor – 101 Building a box

18. © 2011 Autodesk Family creation procedures  Lay down Reference Planes  Create Parameters and Constraints  Flex  Build Geometry  Flex  Repeat

19. © 2011 Autodesk Family Editor 102 More than a box C ATCH U P ! 102 Shelf_A.rfa

20. © 2011 Autodesk More than a Box Box You guessed it

21. © 2011 Autodesk Family Editor 103 Solids and Voids C ATCH U P ! 102 Shelf_C.rfa

22. © 2011 Autodesk Solids and Voids  Turn our box into a shelf bracket  Create a Blend  Create a Void

23. © 2011 Autodesk Family Editor 104 Nesting Families C ATCH U P ! 104 Shelf_D.rfa

24. © 2011 Autodesk Nesting Families  Nest Families  Position Nested Instances  Save, Load and Flex

25. © 2011 Autodesk Family Editor 105 Creating Family Types C ATCH U P ! 105 Shelf w Brackets_A.rfa

26. © 2011 Autodesk Creating Family Types  Create Family Types  Flex

27. © 2011 Autodesk Family Editor 201 Assemble a Complex Family C ATCH U P ! 201 Shelving Unit_B.rfa

28. © 2011 Autodesk Parametric Arrays  Array the shelves  Make the quantity Parametric  Flex

29. © 2011 Autodesk Family Editor 301 One-sided or Two-sided? C ATCH U P ! 301 Shelving Unit_D.rfa

30. © 2011 Autodesk One-sided or Two-sided?  Create a Visibility Parameter  Apply to Family  Make new Array  Load into Project to Flex

31. © 2011 Autodesk Family Editor 302 Tweaking the Graphics C ATCH U P ! 301 Shelving Unit_E.rfa

32. © 2011 Autodesk Family Editor 303 Adding Materials C ATCH U P ! 301 Shelving Unit_F.rfa

33. © 2011 Autodesk Family Editor 401 Bonus Material – Formulas C ATCH U P ! 401 Box_A.rfa & 401 Shelving Unit_H.rfa

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