Renaming dozens of door or window types by hand is slow and error-prone. Rename Types lets you rename family types in Revit in one go, using their own sizes.

How to rename family types in Revit with a pattern

Rename Types gives all types of a family consistent names built from their own parameter values, for example a door type 900 wide and 2100 high becomes 900x2100mm. It is useful after loading families from different sources, or when a client standard asks for size-based type names.

Steps

1. Optional: select an element (or a type in the Project Browser). Its family is chosen for you.
2. Click Rename Types (Zeta BIM tab › Manager).
3. Pick the Family. Type in the box to find it quickly.
4. Write the Name pattern, or click a parameter chip under it to insert it.
5. Choose the Length unit.
6. Check the preview: current name, new name and a note for each type.
7. Click Rename.

Name pattern

• Text is kept exactly as typed; is replaced by the type’s value.
• and give the family name and the current type name.
• sets the number format.
• Lengths are written without a unit symbol, except feet-inches.

Length unit

Project unit, mm, cm, m, ft (decimal), in (decimal), ft-in like 2'-11 1/2", or ft in without the dash like 2' 11 1/2".

Good to know

• Types whose new name would be the same are marked Unchanged.
• Types with an empty parameter value, or a name with characters Revit does not allow, are Skipped and keep their name.
• If two types would get the same name, the second one gets " (2)".
• Types can swap names with each other safely.
• All renames are one step, so a single Undo restores the old names.

Related

• Convert To Family · Fit Arch

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