Graphics Programs Reference
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Category This is the structure of the content that will be placed in the project.
This is how the Revit Architecture software ensures consistency and manages
the behavior of elements such as how a door interacts with a wall. You also use
categories to manage graphic display and visibility of elements.
Family Similar to blocks in AutoCAD, families are the basis of geometry you
create in a Revit Architecture project.
ty p e This is a repeatable variation within a family. For example, each type in a
six-panel door family could have size or material variations without duplicating
geometry. For example, the door panel extrusion could adjust size based on the
door type width.
Instance This is an actual element you place in the project model. For exam-
ple, door 607 may be the 25th instance you've placed in the project of the
36 × 80 Wood (0915 × 2032 mm) type of the 6-panel door family.
In the following exercise, you will modify some display properties throughout
the entire project using Object Styles. Then you will change the settings of one
view using the Visibility/Graphic Overrides dialog. Lastly you will change the
settings of one instance using Override Graphics in View By Element.
exercise 5.1: Creating a Model hierarchy
To begin, go to the topic's web page at www.sybex.com/go/revit2015essentials ,
download the files for Chapter 5, and open the file c05-ex-5.1start.rvt .
1. Open the Level 1 view and click the Manage tab; then choose Object
Styles from the Settings panel.
The categories you see in the Object Styles dialog box (Figure 5.1)
are those that are established by the software and cannot be changed.
You can use these categories to modify the default display character-
istics of element categories in your project.
2. On the Model Objects tab, find the Walls category, and click in the
Line Color field to open the Color dialog box. Set the line color to
Red, and click OK.
3. Click OK to close the Object Styles dialog box. All walls in every proj-
ect view are now displayed with red lines instead of black.
 
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