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BlueFairy

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I went into doors tool and tried to load the cased opening and arched opening. Neither one will load.  The message I get is that I must choose family files of the category doors.  I dont understand this message.

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vector25

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if you're gonna use the door tool you must choose a family in the door category.. in other words- if you are going to use door tools you need to be working on a door..  a wall opening is not a door..

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BlueFairy

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The wall opening was located inside the doors folder.  If the opening is not a door what category do I go into to load it?  is it a window?  is it a furniture?  is it a type of wall?

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PaulM3357

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The  opening cased family inside the door family folder is an generic models family. Select Component -> place component and then load opening cased family.

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vector25

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yeah everything in the doors folder is not of the door category.. that opening-cased family is of the category "generic models".. it would be interesting to go through everything in all those folders and see how many diffferent categories are in them..

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PaulM3357

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Eventually we all have to build our revit library and organize the folders to suite our office setting or preference.

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vector25

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good point Paul..

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