Gate Valves from Seek

[RickGraham]

Hi all,

I am trying to use a gate valve from Autodesk Seek. I found a nice one but I have some questions regarding it. Not too versed in intermediate modeling yet, so trying to get my learn on.

If you look at the Medium Detail level pic on the left,the valve stems are facing down. I thought it was one of those "depending on which way you drew the pipe" deals, but the top pie is same as the bottom. When I rotate the valve, it looks okay in the Medium Detail view but the 3D representation then shows te valve upside down (stem pointing to the ground). How can I fix this?

If I want to rotate the valve, say 45 degrees to the pipe, then the Medium detail view shows NO valve (just a line) while the 3D view shows it just fine. How do I fix this? Is there a setting that says "while I am viewing this in Medium Detail, show the valve like this no matter how it is rotated"?

Thanks in advance for the lessons I will learn.

[RickGraham]

PS, yes I am aware that the smaller valve is inserted into a larger pipe. Just trying to see what it will/will not do.

[CoreyDaun]

I am going to guess that the valve's linework is represented by Symbolic Lines or maybe even by a Generic Annotation. If this is the case, then the annotation will not display unless the Family is parallel to the current View. You can test this with a basic Receptacle Family placed on a wall face - if it is rotated as little as 1 degree (in a Section View), the Annotation vanishes from Plan View.

If this is the case, then there aren't really any easy solutions to this. The most straightforward would be to copy it and create a separate Family for the 45 degree angle valve.