transonik21 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 I made a family by importing a sketch up file but when I go to load the saved .rfa file into a new family where I want multiple families I cannot see the items. It is showing these items in my Project Browser that they are loaded properly into the family but I cannot see them. Do Imported items not show up when loaded into another .rfa file? I am very new to Revit so any information will probably help. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 I highly suggest to create Families within Revit only and never through an export/import method. Try to recreate your Family this way and see what results that yields for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transonik21 Posted January 3, 2012 Author Share Posted January 3, 2012 I created a generic family and loaded into another family. Still is not visible. I checked all visibility settings and everything seems to be turned on. Still not sure what is causing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Try this useful link: http://www.revitforum.org/tutorials-tips-tricks/441-cant-see-view-heres-33-reasons.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRevit Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 can you link the .rfa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Roy Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Make sure the embedded family is set to be "Shared" in the "Family Categories and Parameters" dialog. Of course, this has to be done in its own .rfa, not the .rfa that you're linking it into. Whenever you're putting a family into another family, the 1st family needs to be checked "Shared". You can then link the parent family into another family, as long as you check is as, you guessed it, "Shared". This same logic applies to linking Project Models together. I can link a Structural model into an Architectural model. I make sure the Structural model is marked "Shared", then link the Architectural model into my MEP project and I can now see both the Architectural and Structural models with one link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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