Families

Create and manage families in Rhino®

In Rhino, use the panel or create blocks to create families in the current Rhino document.

Families group the geometry imported into different loadable families or system families in a Revit project or Ifc file.

Creating a new family

In Rhino, families can be created manually or with Rhino blocks.

Using the panel

• Select any number of Rhino objects and type a name in the Family field on the panel.

• A new family is created in the document and includes the selected geometry.

• At any time, you can add more objects to an existing family by typing its name in the Family field of the selected objects.

• To remove an object from a family, simply clear the Family field of that object.

Using blocks

• Create a Rhino block and give it the family name.

• A new family is created in the document and includes the objects in the block.

• At any time, you can add more objects to an existing family by adding them to the block.

• To remove an object from a family, remove it from the block.

Family category

Families can be assigned to different available categories. Use the panel to change a family category.

Accessing families in the document

To quickly view and select any family in the document, use F on the panel. Select one or more families from the list, then press Select to highlight all objects assigned to that family.

Transfer Rhino layers and properties

The T tool can automatically generate families and subcategories from Rhino layers. For best results, set up a clean and consistent layer structure before using this workflow.