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Think that the flow direction in the duct defines
the orientation of takeoff. Try changing that.
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Kyle Bernhardt
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New York, NY
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page 154 of the text it shows a Takeoff Position Tab on the Duct Fittings
Properties dialog box. My ABS2004 does not have this tab???? When placing new
fittings I always have problems trying to get it positioned properly to line
up with the proper connections. For instance right now I am trying to place a
rectangular duct beveled tap, I cannot find a way to spin it 180 degrees to
get it orientated in the right direction.
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did get it to rotate, thanks.
But, the logic for rotation is messed up, and this has always confused me.
In a standard model plan with the X-axis: horizontal, the Y-axis: vertical. I
have a rectangular duct running vertically on my screen, along the Y-axis. I
have a rectangular beveled tap on the left side of the duct. Ductwork from
this tap extends along the X-axis running right to left on my screen. The
Beveled tap is facing up, the wrong direction for the the actual airflow. If I
could use the mirror command I would mirror the fitting around a horizontal
line parallel to the x-axis. Therefore, one would rightfully believe that if I
want to rotate this fitting into the proper orientation it should be rotating
around the X-axis. The way AutoCad has it, I have to rotate it around the
Y-axis, which makes no sense???? What is the logic to
this?
Is there a way to make revit look at the duct to see which direction has the duct enlarging, then just point the bevel in that direction automatically? This is such a finicky and time wasting problem, I have googled this looking for solutions like 3 times.
Im tired of manually rotating my beveled taps. OR at least point the bevel in the reverse direction to the way the duct was routed. Engineers draft ductwork from the source, out to the branches, then they connect the branches.
This always results in Backwards taps.