The Family Map Wizard walks the user through the process of creating a family map for an unmapped family. It will appear by default anytime the user tries to use a family that doesn’t have a family map. The quickest way of opening it and creating a family map for an element like a concrete wall is to select it in the Revit model then click Edit Family Map. There will be no family map to edit so Sync will ask if the user wants to add it by using the Family Map Wizard.
In the example on this page Edit Family Map has been attempted on the unmapped family WALL_PANEL_HORIZONTAL.
Clicking Yes will bring up the Family Map Wizard. Clicking No will cancel the initial operation.
The Family Map Wizard starts up with the family name and type name of the selected element at the top of the dialog. In this example the element’s family name is WALL_PANEL_HORIZONTAL and the type name is 08”.
The Family Map Wizard has three tabs of information that must be filled out in order. In the first tab the Family Type and Category must be selected.
The Family Types include Precast, Reinforcement, Lifter and Brick. The family in this example is a precast wall so Precast is selected. After the Family Type is selected the Category drop down box will be filled with all available categories of the chosen Family Type.
For the Family Type of Precast, the Category drop down will be filled with available Precast categories for columns, walls and beams. For this example, the selected family is a Solid Panel.
Once the Category is selected the Next button will be enabled as well as the tabs on the left.
The next tab is the Element Orientation.
Each Family Type and some Categories have their own Element Orientation properties. The Family Map Wizard will set default values that can be changed. For a wall there are two Orientation values that are needed: Family Length Axis and Family Width Axis, which have the default values of Bottom-Top and Left-Right respectively. Those default values work for the selected family so clicking Next will proceed to the final page in the wizard: Family Properties.
