Autodesk Revit Architecture Families Guide

You would like more information regarding the creation of custom family content in Autodesk® Revit® products.

These are available online at www.autodesk.com:

Families Guide (CHM)

To help you understand how to work with Revit Architecture families, this guide contains conceptual explanations, hands-on tutorials, and reference information. Before using this guide, you should have a basic understanding of Revit Architecture.

Important: The Families Guide (Help and PDF versions) is installed in the C:\Program Files\Autodesk Revit Product Name\Program folder. To open the guide, navigate to the Program folder and double-click the ArchitectureFamiliesImpENU.chm (ArchitectureFamiliesMetENU.chm) or ArchitectureFamiliesImpENU.pdf (ArchitectureFamiliesMetENU.pdf) file.

Windows Vista users: You must be an administrator in order to extract the families guide documentation files. You must override the default Unzip to folder, extract the CHM file to the Desktop, and manually copy the families guide CHM file to the C:\Program Files\Autodesk Revit Product Name\Program folder. 

Families Guide Imperial

Families Guide Metric

Families Guide (PDF)

Families Guide Imperial

Families Guide Metric

Families Guide Imperial Training Files

Windows Vista Users: You must be an administrator in order to extract the families guide training files. During the extraction process, specify the following Unzip to folder, since the default path is not correct for Vista installations:
C:\Program Data\Autodesk\Revit Product Name\Training.

Families Guide Imperial Training Files

Families Guide Metric Training Files

Families Guide Metric Training Files