Revit Quick Start Guide

Revit Quick Start Guide

  • Revit user interface tour
  • Navigation in Revit
  • Using keyboard shortcuts in Revit
  • Visibility and graphics settings in Revit
  • Understanding families in Revit
  • Understanding parameters
  • Elements in Revit
  • Selecting elements in Revit
  • Temporary dimensions
  • Create a model in Revit
  • Model vs. Annotation
  • Place levels in Revit
  • Create grids in Revit
  • Control the display of levels and grids
  • Sketch modes in Revit
  • Create a boundary sketch
  • Add dimensions in Revit
  • Place tags and leaders
  • Create elevation views
  • Create views of your model
  • Selecting fields for a schedule
  • Creating sheets in Revit
  • Revit

Understanding families in Revit

Learn how the the elements you add to your Revit model are organized into families.

All the elements you add to your Revit model are organized into families. This includes walls, doors, structural members, mechanical equipment, or annotation elements such as elevation symbols, door tags, and column gridlines.

A family is a collection of elements with identical use, common parameters, and similar geometry. For example, although you may have different sizes of desks, all the sizes can belong to a desk family. If you look in the Project Browser, you can see a branch called Families.