Revit Change Floor Hosted Family To Non Hosted

Technically all family content in revit is hosted be it a wall ceiling level or face.

Revit change floor hosted family to non hosted.

A hosted family is one that requires a host in order for the family to be placed in the model. Technically all families are hosted. For more details on what you can copy and monitor in revit see about copy monitor. Aubin for an in depth discussion in this video convert a hosted family to face based or non hosted family part of revit.

When we say not hosted or non hosted we generally mean that a family is not specifically associated with a certain host element like a wall ceiling floor or face. Convert between hosted wall face ceiling floor and non hosted families in revit january 30 2017 january 1 2018 luke johnson fellow expert elite karam baki has posted an interesting workaround for converting between differently hosted revit families. It turns out that if you start building a family as a hosted family let s say a wall hosted family or a ceiling. Convert a hosted family to face based or non hosted family this is a short excerpt from revit.

They are either hosted by a level a wall a ceiling a floor or a face surface of some element. We use the copy monitor capabilities in revit 2017 to accomplish this. Work with parameters as needed link them through etc if needed. But the terms as they are used have taken on special meaning.

Because of all the things that we can change after we start building the family changing its hosting behavior is not allowed. Here s the basic steps. This four minute friday shows how to convert a ceiling hosted family to a face hosted family in revit mep 2017. Tips tricks and troubleshooting by paul f.

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