# Change category og family

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/change-category-og-family/109517>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 16, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/change-category-og-family/109517 "2025-04-16T13:24:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Lorenz751](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5fc32e/32.png) [@Lorenz751](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Lorenz751)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/change-category-og-family/109517/1 "2025-04-16T13:24:25Z")

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Hi everyone, I would like to change the category of a revit family but I can’t. I wrote this

 ![qwe](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/9/b/9b8259e30bb0f83c87ddb85de1ef66d638cc0926.png)

how can I do it?

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**Author:** ![bvs1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@bvs1982](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/bvs1982)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/change-category-og-family/109517/2 "2025-04-16T13:35:51Z")

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I guess the Family has to be;

1. Opened.
2. Then set category.
3. Save the family (optional).
4. Load the Family back into your project.

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**Author:** ![Lorenz751](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5fc32e/32.png) [@Lorenz751](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Lorenz751)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/change-category-og-family/109517/3 "2025-04-16T13:42:42Z")

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mm no… I just opened the model and that’s it. I have a file with several categories that I would like to change. es. mechanical equipment → electrical equipment

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**Author:** ![bvs1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@bvs1982](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/bvs1982)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/change-category-og-family/109517/4 "2025-04-16T13:43:52Z")

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My point is that you have to open the actual Family.  
AFAIK you can’t change the Category of a Family within the project.  
How would you change a Category without Dynamo 😉 .

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**Author:** ![Lorenz751](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5fc32e/32.png) [@Lorenz751](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Lorenz751)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/change-category-og-family/109517/5 "2025-04-16T14:02:50Z")

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but I should open all the families and modify. I found this screen but I don’t have some nodes (I can’t find the right package to download).

 ![1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/7/8/7850e2f63d8579a42520d148f47dec289879c515.png)  
 ![2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/c/1/c11bf359d9dd59a8bb8e3ffcde7ba430ecfb1fbd.png)

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**Author:** ![bvs1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@bvs1982](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/bvs1982)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/change-category-og-family/109517/6 "2025-04-16T14:05:49Z")

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GeniusLoci (Package).