Modifying Families in a Project (or Nested Family)

Within a project or family, you can edit a loaded family and reload it into the same project or any other open projects or families. Before or after reloading the family into the project, you can save the family to a library with the same name or a new name.

1. To edit the family in a project, do one of the following:
   • Double-click an instance of the family in the drawing area.
   • Select an instance of the family in the drawing area, and click Modify <Element> tabMode panel (Edit Family).
   • In the drawing area or the Project Browser, right-click the family, and click Edit.

     The family opens in the Family Editor. The original project is still open in the background.

2. Modify the family.
3. If you want to save a copy of the modified family, click Save.
4. To load the family into any open projects, on any tab, click Family Editor panel (Load into Project).
5. In the Load into Projects dialog, select the projects in which you want to load the family, and click OK.

   If the family is already loaded into the project, the Family Already Exists dialog displays. Do one of the following:

   • Click Overwrite the existing version.
   • Click Overwrite the existing version and its parameter values.

     The parameter values of the existing family are overridden by the parameter values of the family you are loading.

     ImportantIf the family is used in the building model and you override the parameter values of existing types, the family will update throughout the project with the new values.
   • Click Cancel.
   TipWhen reloading multiple families, you can select Do this for all loading families.
6. Close the family file.