Need to create multiple families from on OBJ assembly

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I used DirectShape to load the geometry from obj file. Model is coming good in Revit. However I want to create family for all components in OBJ file instead of having one family of all components and apply parameters to each individual family. If I separate OBJ for each component and create family from it, it becomes impossible to position the instance of these families so that I get the desired complete assembly.

Can you please suggest me the way to do that.

[jeremytammik]

Congratulations on making good progress.

You can use direct shape elements to create family definitions.

Here is a discussion of improving family performance by suppressing direct shape generation in certain views:

http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2018/01/directshape-topics-and-happy-new-year.html/#8

Here is a collection of other direct shape topics that should cover all you need to know:

http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/about-the-author.html#5.50

Cheers,

Jeremy