Forums >> Revit Building >> Technical Support >> Can You Change a Family's Type?

mjm223

active

Joined: Mon, Feb 10, 2014
0 Posts

I had created a custom stair landing (concrete-filled metal pan w/ 2"x12" stringers), but Revit considers it a "Generic Model". I want the landing to host railings, but "Generic Models" can't do that. Is there a way for me to convert my custom landing into a "Stair: Landing" family type?

A few key points:

- I'm using Revit 2014

- I didn't make a custom floor family as a landing because this landing is going inside of a stair shaft that has a single shaft opening spanning the entire height of the shaft (12 stories). The levels vary in height, so the number of risers changes level-to-level, meaning I'd have make a unique shaft opening for each level instead of a single shaft.

- The railings I want to host are just the railings that connect the stairs between each level. Normally, I'd just have the stairs themselves host those railings, but some of the stairs have triple runs (3 runs and 2 landings), so when I draw the railing to connect to the top of the triple-run stair and loop around to connect to the bottom of the next stair, it instead tries to connect to the bottom of the triple-run stair.

This user is offline

WWHub

site moderator|||

Joined: Tue, May 16, 2006
13079 Posts

Edit the in-place family and change the category.

Next to the modify - the icon with the yellow folder.

This user is offline

mjm223

active

Joined: Mon, Feb 10, 2014
0 Posts

Beautiful!! That was EXACTLY what I was looking for!!! Thanks!!!

This user is offline

mjm223

active

Joined: Mon, Feb 10, 2014
0 Posts

Wait, I may have spoken too soon. "Stairs: Landing" isn't one of the chocies. In fact, none of the choices listed imply a landing nor even a floor. Is there a way to convert the Gerenic Model specifically into a Stairs: Landing type?

This user is offline

WWHub

site moderator|||

Joined: Tue, May 16, 2006
13079 Posts

Perhaps this will help.... most sketches can be copied to clipboard and pasted into other sketches.....

This user is offline

mjm223

active

Joined: Mon, Feb 10, 2014
0 Posts

Sorry if, I have double posts showing up on this thread, my computer is acting funny.

I'll give that alternate method a shot and let you know how it works. Thanks!

One quick question, though: How do you edit one of Revit's existing "Stairs: Landing" families? When I right-click it in the Project Browser, the only option I get is "Search..."

Edited on: Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 12:23:39 PM

This user is offline

excluding a type in the family type parameter

0

Can't change Instance's Family. Try changing Instance's Host to a Level first.

0

<Family Type> parameter can't be controlled by formula. What else can we do? [ 1 2 ]

29

Changing Family Type Parameters within the .rfa itself ... Am i on an island?

11

Can't make type - no parameters in family

4