1. AB2623-Triage for Your Autodesk Revit Family
Shawn C. Zirbes
Chief Technical Officer

2. Class Summary
We have all built family content over the years. Some of us are proud of what we have built and have every right to be. Some of us, on the other hand, have built content we wish we could take back and never show to anyone. This class will answer any of your family questions and will strive to not only answer the question but provide a background to the answer. No "yes" or "no" answers here. Expect dissertations for an answer.

3. Learning Objectives At the end of this class, you will be able to:
Describe best practices for family creation
Take full advantage of repeatable troubleshooting techniques used by advanced users
Execute rapid repair techniques for multiple families
Generate consistent quality families without the issues that are common to new content creators

4. The Essential Best Practices

5. The Essential Best Practices
Establish Host and Family Category Early
Name ALL Reference Planes
Set Reference Type for All Reference Planes
Only Dimension to Reference Planes
When you break this rule
Do Not Nest Deeper Than 3 levels
2 is preferred
Use Type Instead of Instance Whenever Possible
Use Shared Parameters Whenever Possible
Flexing and Testing

6. Rapid Repair Techniques

7. Rapid Repair Techniques
Using Family Processor
Changing Parameter Setups
Flexing Quickly
Testing Live
Architecture
MEP
Pipes
Duct
Electrical

8. Repeatable Trouble Shooting Techniques

9. Repeatable Trouble Shooting Techniques
Why Will The Object Not Insert?
Host is not correct
Host is correct
Why Will The Object Not Schedule?
Wrong category
Wrong parameter setup
Why Will Data Not Flow?
Connector Configuration
Random Reason

10. Closing Thoughts

11. AB2623-Triage for Your Autodesk Revit Family
Shawn C. Zirbes
Chief Technical Officer

12. Questions/Answers

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