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DLowery

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In revit 2013, I would like to only have families in my projects that I might use.  There are about six 3D families I have created for use in myprojects, and I will never use conduits and pipes and fifty or so other families that are in the drop down list when I want to place one of mine.  Many I cannot delete from the project browser becassue they are the "last type" or something and none can I purge.  

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teafoe5

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Go into your project browser under families and click on the ones you want gone, right click and delete them

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DLowery

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As I said, I cannot delete many families because they are the "last type," whatever that means and I still have 100 or so families in the drop down list when I want to place a component.  

It seems like Revit really wants me to use ductwork and ceilings and stairs and piping and stuff from many disciplines that I would never, ever use. At all.  Ever.  

Why can't I customize it to only have my families?  Do I need to create a template perhaps, that only has my families in it?  Can it be done?

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teafoe5

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Ahhh I see what you are saying now I'm sorry I mis-read you post.  System families cannot be deleted so therefore there must be at least 1 instance of the family.   

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Are you doing systems -MEP?

In architecture, there are only a few families that are system level families that can't be deleted but they are so few, that should not be a problem..... floor, wall, roof, curtain wall, stacked wall, mullions, panels, some profiles, stairs, levels, views  & some annotations

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DLowery

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As I said, I cannot delete many families because they are the "last type," whatever that means and I still have 100 or so families in the drop down list when I want to place a component.  

It seems like Revit really wants me to use ductwork and ceilings and stairs and piping and stuff from many disciplines that I would never, ever use. At all.  Ever.  

Why can't I customize it to only have my families?  Do I need to create a template perhaps, that only has my families in it?  Can it be done?

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WWHub

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You can not delete system families and they really take up very little space.  If your not working in those categories, you don't really have to deal with them.  Just don't expand those categories in your browser.

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