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Hands-on Lab / Las Vegas 2015
Families In Motion: New and Exciting Methods that Make Your Revit Families Move

Have you ever built a family in Revit software and needed to create rotation and dimensional parameters because there were multiple moving parts? This class will show you how to create parameters within the Revit software massing, adaptive component, and traditional Family Editors so your families can move. Just some of the examples we will show include folding-door rotation, articulating booms on cranes, and swinging roof davits. Forget what you’ve learned about how to apply rotation and dimensional parameters to Revit software families. This lecture will show new and exciting methods that could be applied to most Revit families. There will even be a portion of the lecture dedicated to simulating ball joint movement. The class is sure to be fun, exciting, and fresh.

Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2016
More Families in Motion: New and Exciting Methods That Make Your Revit Families Move
Have you ever built a family in Revit software and needed to create rotation and dimensional parameters because there were multiple moving parts? This class will show you how to create parameters within the Revit software massing, adaptive component, and traditional Family Editors so your families can move. Forget what you've learned about how to apply rotation and dimensional parameters to Revit software families. This lecture will show new and exciting methods that could be applied to most Revit software families and is intended to be Part 2 to the class titled "Families in Motion" in previous years at Autodesk University. The class is sure to be fun, exciting, and fresh. This session features Revit. AIA Approved
Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2015
Creating Smarter Revit MEP Families
Revit software is a very powerful Building Information Modeling (BIM) platform, but you can squeeze a lot more out of it by investing some time into your families. This class will take you over some innovating methods for making your Revit MEP software families more powerful and easier for your teams to use. Do you want to be able to use the information in your families in formulas but don't know where to start (Inconsistent Units!)? Do you have families that are difficult for users to configure because you need more than just a box? Do you use equipment that is so bespoke that you don't feel you can build a standard family for it? This class will show you how to overcome all of these issues and more so that you get more value out of the time you spend building Revit MEP software families.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2013
Incorporating Engineering into Revit Structure: Advanced Families
This class presents several custom families that incorporate structural engineering within the families themselves. By integrating engineering into custom families, a structural engineer can capitalize on more features of Revit Structure to aid in the engineering design process. The families demonstrate several tools within the Family Editor, including nesting, formulas, conditional statements, reporting parameters, and visibility settings. In a companion class, SE1592: Incorporating Engineering into Revit® Structure: Project Procedures, these families and all of their features are demonstrated within the project environment.
Hands-on Lab / Nashville 2025
Revit Family Editor Fundamentals
This session is going to walk through the intricacies of creating a parametric family. Gain an understanding of the proper uses of reference planes and reference lines to create the skeleton of the family. We’ll then get into the creation of different types of solids, along with the tools to make a functioning parametric family.
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Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2012
Triage for Your Autodesk® Revit® Family
We have all built family content over the years. Some of us are proud of what we have built and have every right to be. Some of us, on the other hand, have built content we wish we could take back and never show to anyone. This class will answer any of your family questions and will strive to not only answer the question but provide a background to the answer. No "yes" or "no" answers here. Expect dissertations for an answer. Expect to learn. Be warned—this class will not cover the basics of family creation. You are expected to know how to build a family when you walk in the door.
Hands-on Lab / Las Vegas 2015
The Family Editor from a Structural Engineer’s Perspective
Creating and customizing families is likely one of the most desired advanced skills in Revit software, and learning the Family Editor can be challenging—not only due to the vast amount of knowledge there is to be gained, but also because much of the resources to learn the Family Editor are focused on architectural examples and processes. This lab will provide an introduction into the Family Editor from a structural perspective. While we can apply the fundamental ideas to any discipline, we will structurally focus the examples.

This session is full, but an alternate time is now available.

Hands-on Lab / Las Vegas 2013
Revit Families: Step-by-Step Advanced Concepts
The power and potential of the Revit Family Editor is vast, and 90 minutes just doesn't do it justice. Dispensing with the basics, this hands-on lab jumps right into the deep end of the pool. (If you need to brush up on the basics, video recordings of many Family Editor basics are posted on my website for all attendees.) In this hands-on lab, we explore advanced parameters and the use of formulas to drive the geometry. Whether you are new to the Family Editor or just want to use its more advanced features, this lab gives you the tools to begin making more advanced family content. We explore formulas, family type parameters, materials, and even dabble in some trigonomic functions. So be sure to buckle your seat belt. You are in for an exciting ride!
Hands-on Lab / Las Vegas 2017
Flexible Families: Learn to Make Your Families Stretch and Flex Like Never Before (REPEAT)
Have you ever created a parametric Revit family and wanted to have more control of the shape handles? Have you wanted to see the grip handles in 3D, control their visibility, or even control where they're located within the family? Are you tired of seeing what seems like hundreds of reference planes? This hands-on lab will teach you built-in Revit methods that let your Revit families flex like never before. Multiple, positionable 3D grip handles for sliding doors, grip handles that are formula drivers, and grip handles with visibility are just a couple of the examples we'll cover in this lab. So let's have some fun by giving the infamous reference plane a little bit of a break, and get our hands dirty with awesome stretch methods that have been hiding in the Revit Family Editor all along!
Hands-on Lab / Las Vegas 2018
The Family Editor from a Structural Engineer's Perspective
Creating and customizing families is likely one of the most desired advanced skills in Revit software, and learning the Family Editor can be challenging‚ not only due to the vast amount of knowledge there is to be learned, but also because much of the resources to learn the Family Editor are focused on architectural examples and processes. This lab will provide an introduction into the Family Editor from a structural perspective. While we can apply the fundamental ideas to any discipline, we will structurally focus the examples. This lab will build a different family than we did last time!
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2013
Size Does Matter: Learn How to Scale and Morph Families in Revit
Have you ever wanted to scale a family in Revit software or were just curious to know how to do it? This class shows you how! Have you ever noticed that when you select a family in Revit, the scale command is always grayed out? This means that scaling a family in Revit is not as simple as selecting the family and using the scale command. However this class shows you how to scale any family in Revit by applying simple scale principles. This class also shows you how to morph a family in Revit because scaling and morphing are the same phenomenon. There are many ways to scale a family in Revit but the scaling and morphing methods presented in this class are simple, efficient, practical, unique, and fun and all are controlled by just 1 parameter each.
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2012
All in the Family: Creating Parametric Components in Autodesk® Revit®
The key to mastering Autodesk® Revit® Architecture, Autodesk® Revit® MEP, or Autodesk® Revit® Structure software is the ability to create intelligent, parametric families for your content libraries. It's not as easy as simply building a 3D model. This class will show you how to use the modeling tools in the Revit Family Editor, as well as the process of creating intelligent parameters to properly control family dimensions, behavior, and visibility. Additionally, you will learn how to make sure that your families "play nice" with other elements in your model.
Hands-on Lab / Las Vegas 2017
Flexible Families: Learn to Make Your Families Stretch and Flex Like Never Before
Have you ever created a parametric Revit family and wanted to have more control of the shape handles? Have you wanted to see the grip handles in 3D, control their visibility, or even control where they're located within the family? Are you tired of seeing what seems like hundreds of reference planes? This hands-on lab will teach you built-in Revit methods that let your Revit families flex like never before. Multiple, positionable 3D grip handles for sliding doors, grip handles that are formula drivers, and grip handles with visibility are just a couple of the examples we'll cover in this lab. So let's have some fun by giving the infamous reference plane a little bit of a break, and get our hands dirty with awesome stretch methods that have been hiding in the Revit Family Editor all along!
Hands-on Lab / Las Vegas 2014
Revit Families: A Step-by-Step Introduction

Maybe you know the power of Revit software's Family Editor but you've avoided it or it has intimidated you until now. Wait no more. This hands-on lab will introduce you to the basics of Family Editor. Once you get past being intimidated, you will find that while Family Editor is extremely powerful, it can actually be great fun. In this short introduction to Family Editor, you will create a Revit component family complete with constraints and parameters. Don't worry if you don't know what a constraint or parameter is we'll cover that too. Whether you've never worked in Revit software before, or you've used Revit software for a while but you've simply avoided Family Editor, this lab will teach you the basics of the editor in the most effective way possible hands on. (The session uses architectural examples, but the concepts apply to the flavors of Revit software, including Revit LT software.)

Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2019
Make your Revit Families smart and adaptive !!
In this class attendees will be introduced to do Parametric Design using Adaptive Points and how to work with Adaptive components in Revit with and w/o Dynamo. Explore ways to create interesting parametric relationships which are anchored to Attractor Points using Dynamo. points. Learn about their application, advantages and disadvantages. How these families can be further placed and made parametric using attractor points in Dynamo will be shown. This advance knowledge is beneficial to anyone interested in creating Flexible & Dynamic smart revit families for their Design.
Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2015
Taming Parametric Curves in Revit Family Editor
Have you ever tried to control the shape of a curved form parametrically in the Family Editor? If so, you’ve no doubt discovered that flexing them sometimes throws you a curveball. In this session we’ll explore several techniques to tame your unruly parametric curves. We’ll look at examples of circles, arcs, quarter round, half round, arches, and we’ll even check out some splines. We’ll look at both simple and compound curves. We’ll work primarily in the traditional Family Editor but most techniques apply to the massing Family Editor environment as well. We’ll explore curvature and rotation, and we’ll throw in some trigonometry for good measure. After this session, I cannot guarantee that you’ll never have another misbehaving curve in your family content, but what I can promise is that you’ll come away with several useful tools to help you tame them when curve-mischief strikes!
Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2016
Revit Families: A Step-by-Step Introduction
Maybe you know the power of Revit software’s Family Editor but you’ve avoided it or it has intimidated you until now. Wait no more. This session will introduce you to the basics of Family Editor. Once you get past being intimidated, you will find that while Family Editor is extremely powerful, it can actually be great fun. In this short introduction to Family Editor, we will create a Revit component family complete with constraints and parameters. Don’t worry if you don’t know what a constraint or parameter is—we’ll cover that too. Whether you’ve never worked in Revit software before, or you’ve used Revit software for a while but you’ve simply avoided Family Editor, this class will teach you the basics of the family editor in a simple step-by-step fashion. (The session uses architectural examples, but the concepts apply to all of the flavors of Revit software, including Revit LT software.)

This session features Revit Architecture, Revit, and Revit LT. AIA Approved
Hands-on Lab / Las Vegas 2015
Revit Families: A Step-by-Step Introduction
Maybe you know the power of Revit software’s Family Editor but you’ve avoided it or it has intimidated you until now. Wait no more. This hands-on lab will introduce you to the basics of Family Editor. Once you overcome your nerves, you’ll find that while Family Editor is extremely powerful, it can actually be great fun. In this short introduction to Family Editor, you will create a Revit component family complete with constraints and parameters. Don’t worry if you don’t know what a constraint or parameter is—we’ll cover that too. Whether you’ve never worked in Revit software before, or you’ve used Revit for a while but you’ve simply avoided Family Editor, this lab will teach you the basics of the editor in the most effective way possible—hands on. (The session uses architectural examples, but the concepts apply to the flavors of Revit software, including Revit LT software.)
New Orleans 2022
Taming Parametric Curved Geometry in Revit Family Editor
Have you ever tried to control the shape of a curved form parametrically in Family Editor? If so, you’ve no doubt discovered that flexing them sometimes throws you a curveball. In this session, we’ll explore several techniques to tame your unruly parametric curves. We’ll look at examples of circles, arcs, quarter round, half round, and arches, and we’ll even check out some splines. We’ll look at both simple and compound curves. We’ll work primarily in the traditional Family Editor but most techniques apply to the massing Family Editor environment as well. We’ll explore curvature and rotation, using both armatures (or rigs) and formulas to constrain flexing behavior. We’ll even throw in some trigonometry for good measure! After this session, there’s no guarantee that you’ll never have another misbehaving curve in your family content; but we can promise that you’ll come away with several useful tools to help you tame them when curve-mischief strikes!
Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2014
Parametric Classical Orders— A Journey with Revit Family Editor
Years ago I began exploring the possibilities of creating the classical orders of architecture in Revit software. Parametric families are the cornerstones of Revit software, and this project presented an ideal way to push Family Editor to its limits. Challenges were many, but there were plenty of successes as well. This session is part case study (of the journey I took from the original idea all the way to the publication of a book) and part tutorial (to show the 'nuts and bolts' of how we built the software families), all demonstrated directly in Revit software. In this session I'll talk about scaling, content reuse, profiles, moldings, formulas, nested components, and complex forms in both the traditional and adaptive component Family Editors. I'll show the final successful versions and a few not-so-successful earlier versions as well. If you're interested in historic architecture and/or classical form, or you just like pushing Family Editor to extremes, then this session is sure to please.
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