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Assembly Detail Section with custom orientation

BardiaJahan — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 23:00:41 GMT

Hi all,

AssemblyViewUtils class has the functionality to create detail section (CreateDetailSection) with orthogonal orientations, using AssemblyDetailViewOrientation enum, However, I am trying to find out how I can create assembly detail sections with custom orientation. Or alternatively find a way to rotate an existing assembly detail section. Any ideas?

Re: Assembly Detail Section with custom orientation

BardiaJahan — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 00:20:43 GMT

Thanks to Jeremy's blog I could find how to do it:

http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2013/09/rotating-a-plan-view.html

A brief note:

I created the Assembly Detail Sections using AssemblyViewUtils class and then tried to rotate those based on Jeremy's workaround. I found AssemblyInstance.GetCenter method very useful to locate the proper axis.