Creating Family Workflow

1. Choose appropriate family template
    Wall-based, Ceiling-based, Floor-based, Roof-based, Face-based, Standalone...

2. Define a Category

    Furniture, Light Fixture, Plant....

3. Creating the Family Framework (skeleton)

    a. defines origin (insertion point)

    b. Create Reference Plane

4. Dimension and label them to create parameters

    Dimensions alone do not create parameters, you must label the dimensions to create

5. Define Family Types (sizes)

    Specify the length, width, height

6. Create Family Geometry
    Create solid geometric shapes to represent elements

    Use 2D linework to add detail to solid geometry

7. Flex the family

    Test the family