Revit How To Add Door Handle

Add a dimension to the reference planes.

Revit how to add door handle.

The door swing will be customizable with an angle parameter. This time we will create a door family. In the load family dialog open the doors folder select any door family with curtain wall in its name and click open to load the family into the project. Create a new revit family use metric door rft as your.

The door will have a steel frame and will be adapted mostly for an interior use on drywall. It will include a simple handle lever hardware on both side of the panel with a customizable strike distance height. To add shape handles to a component family you must. Highlight the mullion under the door and click to display its pin icon.

Of course if you were doing this for real you would probably want some parametric control over the position of the handle. Add geometry so that the sketch of the geometry is aligned to the reference planes. Click the pin icon to unpin the mullion and then press delete. It will have a simple panel with no glazing.

Add reference planes to the family. For the reference planes verify that the is reference value is other than not a reference. 8 add external families for hardware. Label the dimension as an instance parameter.

Your door handle family should now be on the end of your cursor ready for placement. We will start with a very simple door in this tutorial and add more accessories in later revit exercise. Use external families instead of modeling them directly in the main door family. To add realism to 3d views and renderings it can be a smart move to add handles and hinges to your door family.

Hover over your door leaf and then click to place your handle into position. This way you can use the same hardware in multiple families.