What is Type Catalogue in Revit?

What is Type Catalogue in Revit?

A type catalog lists all of the types in a family, allowing you to select and load only the types you need for the current project, resulting in a smaller project file size. You place this file in the same location as the family file so that when you select to load the family, the type catalog displays.

How do I use type catalog in Revit?

In a Revit project or template, click Insert tab Load From Library panel (Load Family). Navigate to the directory containing the family you want to open. Select the family (RFA file) to load. The Type Catalog displays.

What are the three types of Revit families?

The 3 kinds of families in Revit are: system families, loadable families, and in-place families. Most elements that you create in your projects are system families or loadable families. Loadable families can be combined to create nested and shared families.

How many types of Revit are there?

The Revit families can be broadly classified into 3 as System Families, Component Families or Loadable Families and In-Place Families.

How do I load a type catalog?

1. Create and place the type catalog in the same location (directory) as the family that you want to load.
2. In a Revit project or template, click Insert tab Load From Library panel (Load Family).
3. Navigate to the directory containing the family you want to open.
4. Select the family (RFA file) to load.

How do I import an RFA file into Revit?

Load Families

1. Click Insert tab Load from Library panel (Load Family).
2. In the Load Family dialog, double-click the category of the family that you want to load.
3. Preview any of the families (RFA) in the category: To preview a single family, select it from the list.
4. Select the family that you want to load, and click Open.

How many types of parameters are there in Revit?

three types
Within Revit, there are three types of parameters: project, global and shared.

Where are Revit system families located?

System families are predefined in and saved in templates and projects, not loaded into templates and projects from external files. Because system families are predefined in Revit, you can only load system family types in projects or templates. Revit includes many system families and project and system settings.

How do I load a project browser family?

Loading Families

1. Open your project in the ProjectWise browser.
2. Make sure you have already added at least one family source location to the project. (
3. Open a Revit project file.
4. In the ProjectWise browser, expand your family source location, then right-click a Revit family file (RFA) in the list and select Load Family.

How to create type catalog from existing Revit family?

We can create the Type Catalog directly from the family, so we do not need to recreate the data contained in each family type. To more easily describe the process, I created an example family. To export all of the Types along with the parameters, go to the File tab on the ribbon, then go down to the Export option.

Do you need to export system parameters in Revit?

System type parameters that were included as part of the family template and do NOT have a value, are NOT exported. They will be exported if they have a value for any of the types. You will typically want to delete the various Types from the family after creating the Type Catalog.

How to export an example family in Revit?

To more easily describe the process, I created an example family. To export all of the Types along with the parameters, go to the File tab on the ribbon, then go down to the Export option. On the Export flyout, select the Family Types command.

Can a type catalog be created in WordPad?

The text file created above can be used as the Type Catalog. Notice that the Notepad version has all of the information displayed in one continuous line. If you are familiar with working with Type Catalogs, you will notice that the WordPad version is the format which you are accustomed to seeing.