Combining Family Types

[Anonymous]

Hi guys,

So I'm trying to make my companies family database a bit more tidy and I've come across multiple instances where revit families downloaded from a manufacturers website are in seperate .rfa files instead of one .rfa with multiple types. In the instance I'm looking at now, I have 24 .rfa files which should be in one .rfa files split up into types.

Does anyone know of a workflow to combine all of these files into one family? They all have the EXACT same parameters.

Thanks very much,

Dave

[L.Maas · Accepted solution]

Do they also have the same elements (e.g. extrusions, revolves)?

If only the value of the parameters vary between the 24 families then you could export family types from each family.

The export will create a text file. Something like:.

In the top row of that text file are the parameter definitiions, the rows below are the values for the corresponding parameter.

If the families have the same parameters you can repeat this process for each family.

Then you can combine the values of these other families in a single file. (You have to make sure that the amountr and sequence of the parameters are the same for each family)

Then you can use your family with this file as a type catalog (name of the family and name of the type catalog has to be the same).

If desired (not desired with many types) you can import the type catalog in your family.

I usually make use of a type catalog when I have 5 or more types. HERE on the Revit Help site more information about type catalogs.