topic Free standing door not in wall in Revit Structure Forum

Free standing door not in wall

chriskD6WP2 — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 19:55:17 GMT

How do I show a door which does not reside in a wall? I just need to place a door near some guard rails for visual representation.

Re: Free standing door not in wall

A_MAQ — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:45:56 GMT

model a wall with the same dimensions of the door then place a door on that wall , the wall will be embeded in the door

Re: Free standing door not in wall

MostafaElashmawy — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 21:19:05 GMT

There is a magical trick that I've learnt from the legendary Paul F. Aubin.

Please follow attached screencast to know how to convert a door into non hosted family.

Otherwise, search the internet for gates families.they will be ok in your case.

Re: Free standing door not in wall

David_Knight — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 18:39:42 GMT

2.5 years later - thank you for posting this. I found this useful and solved my problem! and after testing - YES it will show up in the schedule.

Re: Free standing door not in wall

Nik4_99 — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 11:24:55 GMT

+3 years later:

I got stuck at 1:14 "Copy Monitor - Copy Door" - I can't Copy the door - just the wall is selected, and later when I delete Copied element - no door is left...

Now I am not sure if I am doing something wrong (highly unlikely given the great step-by-step tutorial) or something is changed in REVIT in last few years?

Re: Free standing door not in wall

peterjPFZK3 — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:14:05 GMT

Two more years later...

Still works in 2025. Be careful not to skip the step of converting the door family to an MEP family (electrical equipment, mechanical equipment). REVIT allows copy/monitor of MEP objects but not door objects (at least not without their walls).