Revit 2023 – Managing Families – “Container Files”

By John Flanagan

Create Container Files for Families

Searching for the correct family in the family libraries can be tedious. The idea of “Container Files” is that families from a similar collection are placed together in a Revit.rvt model. In the example below, the site bimstore.co/collections has created a virtual showroom/container file for washroom accessories. Much easier to locate what you are looking for and to verify the content.

Another use of the showroom is for system families such as walls and railings, which cannot be downloaded as individual. rfa. files.

The following “Container Files” can be accessed in the System Families folder.

File Tab > Open > Revit File > System Families

If you have a large collection of system families, you can build this for your firm as well instead of putting everything in your template.