Standard Loadable Families

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• Eduardo2012Fri Jul 13, 2012 4:50 pmHello, I have a couple of questions on these loadable families.
  I see that many families are duplicated and even triplicated in my Australian metric library. For example, the kitchen casework appears in the Architectural library as well as in the structural and MEP libraries. The question is ¿can I erase those triplicated families and keep only those within the Architectural library? I only use the Architecture part of Revit, but I wouldn't like to lose the engineering functionality of the software if I erase things that I should not.
  ***2nd question: I see odd things in some of the US metric MEP families, for example many luminaires are upside down!!! And some wall-based lavatories are actually facing upwards with the wall laid down!!! How does this work?
  I usually don't reply after my comments have been answered to avoid getting these pages clogged up, so I thank you in advance because I appreciate and know you people kindly give us anwers and share your knowledge.
• loboarchMon Jul 16, 2012 4:31 amThe duplicate families in the structural and MEP families can be removed if you don't want them taking up space. For plumbing fixtures and lighthing/electrical elements I would keep the MEP versions to make sure the connectors you need will still be on the family. I am not sure if all of the connectors are there inthe Architectural content.
  
  The families you are seeing that look upside down or laying in the back is because they are modeled on a "host" element and the host in the family editor is oriented in a way that makes the iem look like it is laying on its back or side, or upside down. Once the family is placed in the project it will orient to the host in the project and position correctly.
  
  Jeff Hanson
  Sr. Subject Matter Expert
  Autodesk, Revit
• JohanVanZyl9899Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:15 pmFINDING FAMILIES TOO DIFFICULT
• loboarchThu Mar 21, 2013 5:42 amJohnanVanZyl9899,
  
  I am sorry you are having difficulty finding families. I am not completly sure exactly wht you mean with this comment? The default location for content shipped with Revit is C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\RVT 2013\Libraries From the INsert tab of the ribbon you can use the Load Family button and load any shipped content into your projects.
  
  If you are looking for another source of content you can try Autodesk Seek. At Seek manufacturers have posted many families for download. There are of course other sources of families on the internet that can be found with some searching.
  
  Jeff Hanson
  Sr. Subject Matter Expert
  Autodesk, Revit
• kamikazejerry43Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:55 pmWhere would the family folder be for Revit 2012? I can't find the folder and I've been looking for at least an hour.
  Also, I think his comment was pretty straight forward. Not a question, just a complaint.
  
  And as for Seek... I'm just going to be blunt and say it is not good. It is difficult to navigate, you have to reload the entire page to change variables, and while I like the option for increasing the number of displayed search items, that is useless if half of the objects in the list have nothing to do with the search.
• loboarchTue Mar 26, 2013 7:38 amFamilies for 2012 are located at this path by default. C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\RAC 2012\Libraries The path might be slightly different if you are using Revit Structure (RST) or Revit MEP (RME). I will share your comment about the Seek website with the Sekk team so it can be considered as the site is developed.
  
  Jeff Hanson
  Sr. Subject Matter Expert
  Autodesk, Revit