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Hosted Family Issue

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norcaljess
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Hosted Family Issue

I'm trying to insert this family into my floor plan but all I get is the "can't do this" circle with a line through it.  Can anyone figure out why? 

 

Thanks,

Jess

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norcaljess
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Never mind.  Man, I don't know if I should be embarassed or proud.  I think I've answered my last 4 or 5 posts before anyone could answer them for me.  Problem = The fixture is wall hosted.  Won't host on a "linked" wall unless you copy/monitor the wall.  I LOVE REVIT! 

 

Thanks,
Jess

Message 3 of 6

If you are using 2012 - don't copy monitor the wall. Create a new project - model a wall - host drinking fountain - save and close. Link this model into your working model and copy/monitor the fitting through - this will change it to face based instead of wall hosted. Then you can save it for future.

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Message 4 of 6

I am using 2012 but when I tried to do this, it went through the motions and then gave me an error "Cannot create Extrusions" and gave me the choice to Cancel or Delete and wouldn't create a copied fixture.  Any more ideas?

 

Thanks,

Jess

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embolisim
in reply to: norcaljess

Are you up for tracking down the problem in the family & fixing it?

 

Julians' method is what I do too.

Message 6 of 6

I suspect there are dimensions run from the host geometry in the family instead of from reference planes, etc. Can you post the family to look at out of interest?

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