To add realism to 3d views and renderings it can be a smart move to add handles and hinges to your door family.
Revit how to add door handle.
It will include a simple handle lever hardware on both side of the panel with a customizable strike distance height.
Add a dimension to the reference planes.
Hover over your door leaf and then click to place your handle into position.
Create a new revit family use metric door rft as your.
This time we will create a door family.
It will have a simple panel with no glazing.
We will start with a very simple door in this tutorial and add more accessories in later revit exercise.
Creating the door panel.
The door will have a steel frame and will be adapted mostly for an interior use on drywall.
For the reference planes verify that the is reference value is other than not a reference.
To add shape handles to a component family you must.
This door family will have solid and void forms and you will be introduced to symbolic lines and visibility control.
Add reference planes to the family.
The door swing will be customizable with an angle parameter.
This way you can use the same hardware in multiple families.
Add geometry so that the sketch of the geometry is aligned to the reference planes.
Label the dimension as an instance parameter.
In the load family dialog open the doors folder select any door family with curtain wall in its name and click open to load the family into the project.
Go ahead and choose component on the home tab.
Highlight the mullion under the door and click to display its pin icon.
8 add external families for hardware.
Of course if you were doing this for real you would probably want some parametric control over the position of the handle.