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Understanding connectors

Understanding connectors

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Understanding connectors

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- [Illustrator] It's time to think about smartening up our families. The smartest families in all of Revit our MEP families, because of the type of connections we add to the geometry of our family. Connections come in different shapes and sizes, and, of course, accommodate each trade also. A single connector can cover several different trades at once. For example, an Electrical Connector can be power, comm, data, fire protection, or even a nurse call. What I like to do here, is obviously, create some connectors. In Revit, under families, let's go Open. Browse to where keeping you're keeping your exercise files. In chapter one, I'm going grab Connectors, and I'll click Open. Make sure you're in a 3D view. You can just go up to your Quick Access toolbar, and click on the default 3D View icon, if you're not in a 3D view already. Now, I'd like to add a connector right to the face of this sweep. On the Create Tab,…

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