How can i create a wall or a floor as a family?

[Anonymous]

Is there any possibility to create a wall family?

In other words, can I use a generic type of construction of a wall and use parameters?

For example, when I change the tickness of a wall the core changes but the finishes don't.

[chrisplyler]

That's not what I was teaching at all. Don't be a brick.

In both of your pictures, the doors are set vertically into an alcove.

And those windows can be done either as sloped glazing or skylight families.

[Corsten.Au]

I was expecting that reply and observation..

pretty obvious.

[Corsten.Au]

I get your point . We both can read between lines as well..

i do want to agree with you . But

i really don’t want a software to guide architecture.

Architecture is free from restrictions of softwares...

solutions are just common sense, possible built, use, functional, and for that on can use

Gehry technologies , Hand sketches, robotics, robofold as zaha Hadid uses... 

theres is nothing here to agree or disagree when it comes down to design...

and software wise , depends one ones skills .. 

most of the time what’s possible by one person is not a solutions to other..

Happy New year..

[Anonymous]

There is a way to create a loadable ceiling family which we all know is a system family.

Here is the link to the "how to", it's in french but maybe it can help you. If it's working for ceiling I guess it can work for floor and walls :

https://villagebim.typepad.com/files/bim_methode_familles_syst%C3%A8me--1.pdf

[Anonymous]

Thank you.  I struggled a little as my French isn't too good, but I got there in the end.

[Anonymous]

Great 🙂

If it worked, maybe you can mark this as a solution ?

[Anonymous]

Spot on

[Anonymous]

Thanks for pointing out that doors and windows don't have to be plumb. 

[Anonymous]

“Well, if you guys are so smart then you should have realised there was no "Autodesk response" in this thread.”

It says “Rina Sahay Autodesk Expert Elite Revit Architecture Certified Professional” and it’s on an Autodesk page. To assume Autodesk has an involvement is not unreasonable.

“Sharing your decades of existance (sic) to strangers on the internet may be fun and all, but at the very least, offer something relevant to a solution to the original question.”

It was me that asked the original question. The response I got was sneering and unhelpful. Subsequently there have been some useful and helpful posts from other users.

Now let’s just drop it.

[s.borello]

Please don't do this.

[eccalderon]

Actually, I too am trying to do the same thing. For a practical reason at that.

I need to nest 2 walls into a Shower family, one for the base/skirting/zocalo and another for the glass wall to host the glass shower door. Included in the shower family is also the drain and symbolic lines for slope. Dimensions and finishes are parametric and types are of the standard shower sizes. Using a shower super family like this would save me a lot of time. Hence, I rest my case for a proving there is a practical use for creating a wall family

[judith.fuller]

I totally agree. Like let me insult you multiple times about how stupid I think your question is and then barely answer it. So rude 

[Sahay_R]

@eccalderon The only way out would be to model the walls in the family as extrusions. If you check out manufacturer stall families (like the Bradley families) you will see that the partitions are modeled as extrusions. 

[navid.hedayati]

Perhaps this will be useful:

How to save system family as external loadable family - engipedia