Hi,
I know that families in Revit are located normally hier: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\RVT 2016\Libraries
Does anybody have an idea, how I can find the specific file, which the family in the tree in Revit is pointing at.
The Problem is that I have a family in my template but I can't find the corresponding file behind it.
Thank you. My Revit is in German.
You can not.
What you pointing at are parts of the roof category. Those are system families. They are hard coded in Revit and do not have a loadable part.
You can see this when right clicking on the family....no function to reload or edit the family.
So the only thing you can do is create (or duplicate) a new type and set the relevant parameters. Of course you can do this in your template files so that you do not have to repeat this process over and over again.
If you right click on a loadable family you will see a different menu
So here you can edit or reload the family.
When reloading it tries (if still exists) to open the folder where it was originally loaded from.
Louis
Please mention Revit version, especially when uploading Revit files.
Hi Louis,
thank you for your answer.
I'm trying hard since hours and it seems to be impossible for me to duplicate a System Family and edit it.
What I want to is to add the Parameter "Area Spring Coefficient" to the existing Family type ceiling or foundation plate in order to do a structural analysis. See here please: http://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2016/ENU/?guid=GUID-CCD6FCC1-C321-4526-A391-4AF12D9954A4
But when I duplicate a System Family as you said, the Option edit is not available (see the second Screen shot). I also drew a foundation plate with the duplicated Family. Normaly you can right click on the object an edit the Family of it. But the Option is deactive in my case (see the first Screen shot ).
Do you have any idea?
thank you.
As Louis said above, you cannot open to edit a system family. If you want to add a custom parameter to ceilings, do this: Manage > Project Parameters > (define the name, define the data type, define the group), and apply that new parameter to the "Ceilings" category. Now, when you click on a ceiling, if you look into Properties, you will see the new parameter under the group that you assigned to the new parameter.
