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adgreen

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When im loading my families, always recieving a warrning :YOU MUST CHOOSE FAMILY FILES OF THE CATEGORY COMPONENT...

anyone know the steps should done,  to go forward wiih our families...?

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This problem occurs when you are in a view and process that is specific. For instance loading a plumbing fixture after starting the column process or being in a drafting view and loading a model element.  Generally if you are just loading families into a project, try actually being in a floor plan with no active commands.  You have to be in the plan - not just have it open on your screen. - click in the plan after opening it.

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You are trying to insert a family that is not compatable with what command you are trying to insert it with. For example if I click on the Window command and go to insert family and try to insert a door I will get the warning you are recieving.

 Go to Insert>Load Family (without picking any other command) and find the family that you want to load and load it into the project. 

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