Take a look at different types of family templates which are available in Revit What is the most important thing or tool which is required by Revit technicians while starting the family creation process in Revit Family Editor? The answer is family template. Family templates are specifically available in Revit for the assistance of Revit technicians when they develop in-place families and standard loadable families.

These templates are full of information which is always very important for Revit technicians when it comes to developing Revit families for different building disciplines.

Following are different kinds of family templates which are available within Revit

Host based family template

• All these family templates are very essential for those architectural, structural and MEP components which require a host.

• There are a lot of architectural, structural and MEP families such as door family and lighting fixture family which require a host, hence it is recommended that Revit technicians should select a host-based family template for their development.

• There are various example of host-based family template which includes ceiling-based template, roof-based template and floor-based template.

Standalone family template

• Standalone family templates are used by design and construction professionals when they develop unique components which can be located or placed anywhere in the model.

• In other words for developing those families which do not require any host, design and construction professionals can make use of standalone family templates.

• Examples of the components which are developed with the assistance of standalone family template include furniture and appliances etc.

Face-based family templates

• Face-based family templates are used for developing such components which have the capacity to modify their host.

• All those families which are developed with the support of face-based template can easily make cuts to their host.