Just wanted to post this warning to everyone.
I was creating a "Specialty Equipment" family complete with sub-categories when I decided to change it to an "Electrical Fixture" category. When I changed the category in the family editor I noticed all the geometry categories changed to "Electrical Fixture" from the sub-categories I had created and none of the sub-categories were available anymore. I didn't think anything about it since I had also decided to change the sub-categories as well.
Well after I finished editing and inserted the family into a blank project, I noticed the the sub-categories I created for the "Specialty Equipment" also appeared in the project. I used a snooping app to look at the family database and sure enough the "Specialty Eq" sub-categories were still inside the "Electrical Fixture" family even though they didn't show in the Revit family editor. When I switched the category back to "Specialty Eq" the original sub-cats all reappeared in the family editor. Not a huge deal but it does pollute the project file.
Make sure you remove any sub-cats you created before switching the family category.
Here's one that will bake your noodle.
The attached Specialty Equipment Family has no Object Style Subcategory named "SEBOX", yet the element in it, is assigned to a subcategory named "SEBOX". When loaded into a project, note that "SEBOX" line properties are controlled via its own Object Style Subcategory listed under "Generic Models".
The only way I can describe the element is as a nested Object Style. It is not a nested family.
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