Reloading Families - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

3 A dialog displays asking if you want to open the family for editing; click Yes.
4 Complete the modifications of the family.
5 If you want to save a copy of the modified family, click File menu
6 On the Design Bar, click Load into Projects.
7 Select the projects or families you want to load the edited family into, and click OK.
8 If the modified family is used in the project, the Reload Families dialog displays asking if you
9 Close the family file.

Reloading Families

Within the Project Browser of a project or a family, you can right-click a loaded family name and click
Reload. A navigation dialog displays where you can select only one file. A loaded family remembers the full
path from which it was originally loaded. If you select a family with a different name than the one you
selected in the Project Browser, the family within the project is renamed.
NOTE You cannot reload system families.
You can also reload a family from the File menu
reloading families, see
To reload a family:
1 In the Project Browser of a project or family, right-click a family and select Reload.
2 In the Open dialog, navigate to and select the family you want to reload.
3 Click OK.
4 When prompted, click Yes to overwrite the existing version or No to cancel.
354 | Chapter 8 Creating Your Own Components (Families)
TIP You can also right-click the component family within the drawing area or Project Browser and
click Edit.
The selected family opens within a session of the Family Editor. The original project is still open
in the background.
If only one project or family is open in the background, the family is loaded into it. If multiple
projects or families are open, a dialog displays where you can select the projects or families to
load the modified family into.
want to overwrite the existing version. Click Yes.
NOTE You also have the option to overwrite the existing parameter values. For more information,
see Reloading Families into a Project
IMPORTANT If you are working in a project (or are using a template) which contains families that
were created prior to Revit 6.0, these families will not be editable within the project (even if the
project is updated to the most recent version).
Reloading Families into a Project
For more information regarding reload options, see
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on page 352.
Load from Library menu. For more information on
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Reloading Families into a Project
Save.
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