Revit file link problem

[sitaramaiah]

Dear All 

When we linked the revit file into project then the loaded families( floor based template ) are not placing onto revit linked file 

Families are asking a HOST is needed 

Is they any other way to load the families onto linked files 

Thanks 

Sitaramaiah

[L.Maas]

That is why most people do not use ceiling/wall/floor based families. You only can host face based families on linked files.

[CoreyDaun]

You will either have to redesign such a Family as Face-Based/Work Plane-Based or convert the Family using the procedure detailed below.

Many Families that are available for download are built to specifically host to a Wall, Floor, or Ceiling Element in a Revit Project. The problem with this becomes apparent when a Linked Model is involved - these Families CANNOT host to an Element within a Link Model. Therefore, Families that are hosted to a Face are necessary. Any of these element-specific Families can be converted to Face-Based with the following procedure:

1. Create a new Project and draw a Wall, Floor, or Ceiling - which ever element is an appropriate host.

2. Load in the desired Family and place one instance of each Type on the host Element. Exclude Types you do not wish to retain.

3. Save this Project somewhere temporarily and close it. Start another new Project.

4. Link the previous Project file into this one. The placement of the Linked Model is irrelevant.

5. Go to Collaborate tab » Copy/Monitor ▼ Select Link. Select the Linked Project and use Copy to create a copy of each of the placed Elements.

6. The Family is now converted to Face-Based and may be saved/exported from this Project to a separate file for later use.

Note: Only certain Categories are available for Copy/Monitor. If the desired Family is not of one of these, you can edit the Family prior to this process and temporarily change it to an applicable Category and then change it back when completed.

[sitaramaiah]

Thanks for solution 

After trying i will get back to you 

Thanks 

Sitaramaiah

[David_W_Koch]

Corey:

Just tried this out (while documenting the procedure for our office standards, with proper attribution, of course), and found that even if I only place one instance, of one type, when I copy/monitored that instance, all of the types for that family came through.  Have you found that you need to include instances of every type you want, and to copy/monitor each type?  In my test, I was using Revit 2015 R2, with UR 5 applied [Build 20141119_0715(x64)].

The object-hosted source families I was using in my test remained in the location where they were when originally placed in the first project file, so Revit would have been able to reference those files (if necessary) when copy/monitoring the family via the linked file in the second project file.  I did not try moving the source family file to see if that made a difference.