How to add a door to a generic model?

[tricelle.cummings]

I created a generic model and I need to add a door to a few walls, however it will not place, any suggestions?

[rxi.gg]

I don't understand what are you referring to

[tricelle.cummings]

I created a generic model family and I need to add a door to my family, but it won't place. I think it's because I chose generic model when cresting instead of generic face based or generic wall based.

[tricelle.cummings]

I am creating a family and I chose generic model to model a structure, however I need to add a few doors and it will not place. I figured it's because I chose generic model, is there a way to place the door in the walls?

[EATREVITPOOPCAD]

Doors can be added only to walls. If you are going the route you are going with, I think the way to do this is this:

• Create a void cutout in the generic family size of the door and frame
• draw a wall in that void
• add a door to that wall, and the door with the frame will take up the entire length of the wall making it disappear leaving you with a door in your generic family

[tricelle.cummings]

Thank for the suggestion! However I forgot to mention that the walls are extrusion with parameters. Is it possible to add doors and windows without having to recreate this structure in a new family category? 

[EATREVITPOOPCAD]

So I played around with what you are doing, and this is what I came up with.

• Create another generic family which will be with the size of the cutout. See pasted image, I made a red block for my generic "cutout" family
• Place where you want the cutout to happen (can be in multiple locations)
• Go to ribbon -> modify tab -> Cut and select both families (The one cutting and to be cut)
• Hide the cutting family (my red block)
• Place a wall with the door into as my previous post said

[tricelle.cummings]

Thank you

[luke.johnson]

I believe you could use this method to create a kind of super family that has a variety of nested components including doors:

https://wrw.is/save-in-place-family-as-rfa-for-use-in/

[ToanDN]

You can change a wall based door family to a face based door family then you will be able to place it in the generic model family.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit/learn-explore/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-cha...