Modifying Families - Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015 Essentials - page 159

13. Finish the sketch, and then repeat the previous process of testing a
few different family-type parameters in order to make sure the win-
dow glazing will flex with the different sizes.
Modifying 2D Families
In addition to 3D families that contain model geometry, Revit Architecture has
other categories of 2D families that consist of detail or annotation elements.
These 2D families are handled differently than 3D model families. For example,
tag families are treated as annotation, meaning they will resize according to the
view scale. A 3D model family in Revit does not resize and is treated as physical
geometry with real-world dimensions.
In the following exercises you will work with the most common types of 2D
families (tags, profiles, detail components, and title blocks) to better understand
their functionality and use cases: You will edit and make some changes to an
existing tag family; then you will load the family back into the project.
exercise 6.6: edit a tag Family
To begin, go to the topic's web page at www.sybex.com/go/revit2015essentials ,
download the files for Chapter 6, and open the file c06-ex-6.6start.rvt . The
example file opens to the South elevation view; note the furniture tag. You will
edit and modify this existing tag for your project (Figure 6.26).
Figure 6.26 Existing furniture tag