Solution:

This guide covers a step-by-step process for creating a family with a detailed description to help you through this difficult task. After completing this guide, you will be able to apply the same logic to create a variety of different advanced families for project needs. This guide is for users who understand how to build a basic Revit family and apply parameters to control the family.

The guide is divided into 6 sections:

1. Assessing family structure of Door-Passage-Single-Flush.rfa.
2. Adding Door Swing Parameter.
3. Creating Door Panel Family.
4. Creating Door Accessary Family.
5. Adding Door Panel Swap parameter.
6. Modifying Door Handle Family.

Creating Door Panel Family:

It is time to prepare the door panel family that will be nested into the Door family.

1. Open a new family editor using Generic Model Face Based.rft.
2. Set up the parameter frames using reference planes.
3. Place extrusion on to reference plane to form the door panel.
4. Save as door panel and nest this into Door-Passage-Single-Flush.rfa family. Then place the door onto the revolving object face.
5. Test the door panel swing angle parameter to see if the door panel swings accordingly.
6. Map door panel parameters to host family parameters.
   • DP_Height à Height
   • DP_Thickness à Thickness
   • DP_Width à Width
7. Test the door angle parameter after remapping the parameter.
8. Disable the visibility of the revolving object so it won’t show up when the door family is inserted into the project.                                                                                                                                                                            
9. Update the family element visibility of the door panel so it won’t show up on the floor plan. Nested 2D detail family is going to be shown on the plan.                                                                       
10. Insert the door family into the project to see the result.

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