Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:00
How to make a family based stair in Revit
So – you always wanted to have a Stair Family in Revit. Like a real family, something you could load just like a – Family.
That can be done, no dirty tricks, it has all been in there for the last 10 years…
Step 1
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Open an empty Revit project and create a stair. Any stair. Does not matter.
Export your result to IFC – go Application Menu > Export to IFC
Close your Project and open the IFC file. (Application Menu > Open > IFC) |
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Step 2
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You may now see something like this |
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 Now select the stair and look at your ribbon – notice the Edit In-Place button.
Click on it – congratulations, you have created an In-Place stair. |
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Step 3
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Now we make a Family out of this. When in In-Place editing mode, select all the geometry (or any geometry, does not matter) |
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 Click on Create Group |
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Give it a descriptive name… |
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Then click the Application menu Save As Library |
Click on Group – note that you will save the grouped geometry in the In-Place family with an *.rfa file extension |
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Step 4
| Close everything and open the Family file you just created – now you have a true Family based stair that you can parameterize to your hearts content… |  |
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