Creating lighting fixture families in Revit

Module overview

Look at several important features of what makes a powerful lighting fixture family, including shared parameters, model geometry and photometric files.

This content takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. By the end, you should be able to:

• Add shared parameters to a face-based lighting fixture template.
• Insert model geometry into a new lighting fixture family.
• Apply the correct photometric IES file for the light source in the new lighting fixture family.

Before you start

• Please make sure you have the Revit software loaded.
• If you have technical difficulties, please reach out to product support. 

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Module outline

• Introduction to creating lighting fixtures
• Preparing to create lighting fixture families
• Setting up a lighting fixture family base file
• Creating new lighting fixture families from a base file
• Creating lighting fixture families in Revit - Quiz
• Creating lighting fixture families in Revit - Summary