Revit Lighting Fixture Family Tutorialx

1/18/2010Revit Lighting Fixture FamiliesTutorial: Creating a generic pendant light fixture family for use in a linked file (Revit 2009).Sean AveryAssociate Member, IESElectrical/Lighting Designer, DLR GroupGoals1. Create a Lighting Fixture Family which includesa. Face Hosted Dynamic Fixture Modelb. Attached Symbolc. Emergency Parameterd. Electrical Connectione. Masking RegionWhether or not you create fixture families or download vendor’s families, the concepts in this tutorial should help you understand the inside workings of families in order to make use of them easier.1ÆÆ1/18/2010Starting a new family1. Go to File New Family2. Select a family template file.• ThThere is a large list of template ffililes to choose from. TTh hey are based offff of the Component type (electrical equipment, Lighting fixtures, etc) and hosting type.• There are two general hosting types, Hosted and non-hosted. Non-hosted devices stay where you put them regardless of what happens to walls, ceilings, etc. Mechanical equipment is generally non-hosted (except ceiling mounted diffusers). Hosted devices move with their hosts ( for example, receptacles stay in the walls). • There are multiple types of hosted devices:– Hosted– Ceiling hoos steedd– Wall Hosted– Floor hosted– Face hostedSelecting Template File• A Likely choice for a fixture hanging from the ceiling would be “Linear Lighting Fixture Ceiling Based.rft” template file•PROBLEM: In a linked file, ...