When we say not hosted or non hosted we generally mean that a family is not specifically associated with a certain host element like a wall ceiling floor or face.
Revit change floor hosted family to non hosted.
Technically all families are hosted.
They are either hosted by a level a wall a ceiling a floor or a face surface of some element.
Tips tricks and troubleshooting.
Here s the basic steps.
Instructor if you ve ever built revit family content then you probably know how important it is to choose your family hosting carefully.
Convert between hosted wall face ceiling floor and non hosted families in revit january 30 2017 january 1 2018 luke johnson fellow expert elite karam baki has posted an interesting workaround for converting between differently hosted revit families.
This four minute friday shows how to convert a ceiling hosted family to a face hosted family in revit mep 2017.
Work with parameters as needed link them through etc if needed.
But the terms as they are used have taken on special meaning.
For more details on what you can copy and monitor in revit see about copy monitor.
A hosted family is one that requires a host in order for the family to be placed in the model.
We use the copy monitor capabilities in revit 2017 to accomplish this.
Tips tricks and troubleshooting by paul f.
Within each camp there is then further specification.
It turns out that if you start building a family as a hosted family let s say a wall hosted family or a ceiling.
Convert a hosted family to face based or non hosted family this is a short excerpt from revit.
Aubin for an in depth discussion in this video convert a hosted family to face based or non hosted family part of revit.