topic Re: LEGEND COMPONENT WRONG ORIENTATION in Revit Architecture Forum

LEGEND COMPONENT WRONG ORIENTATION

alejandroCH79K — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 03:45:05 GMT

Hi Team,

At the moment, I am working with a plate (Family) whose orientation is correct when I place it in elevation or 3d

However, when I place the family in a legend is rotated

i thought i did wrong the orientation in the family but no, in the family the orientation is correct.

any idea how to fix this? I have been 2 days on the phone with autodesk support and they just told me to redraw it with detail line haha

Cheers.

Re: LEGEND COMPONENT WRONG ORIENTATION

edwin.prakoso — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 07:43:27 GMT

Does pressing space when placing the family help in correcting the orientation?

Does it happen in all files or only in a specific file?

Maybe you can upload the family so we can check it?

Re: LEGEND COMPONENT WRONG ORIENTATION

alejandroCH79K — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 19:24:15 GMT

Hi @edwin.prakoso ,

Yes, at the moment, to place the family in a wall elevation or 3d, the orientation is correct, and the space bar rotates it before putting it

When I do this in the legend, the orientation is incorrect and does not rotate with the space bar.

Re: LEGEND COMPONENT WRONG ORIENTATION

ToanDN — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:54:01 GMT

Orientation of element in Legend view is fixed and not always as expected (depends on family host type). I suggest you nest the family in another family, rotate it, load it in the project and use it for legend.

Re: LEGEND COMPONENT WRONG ORIENTATION

alejandroCH79K — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 21:00:37 GMT

Hi @ToanDN ,

That sounds like an interesting solution; how do I nest the family in another family?

Cheers

Re: LEGEND COMPONENT WRONG ORIENTATION

ToanDN — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 22:19:22 GMT

- Create a new family

- Open your family and Load it to the new family, place and rotate

Re: LEGEND COMPONENT WRONG ORIENTATION

alejandroCH79K — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 22:39:30 GMT

Hi @ToanDN,

A metric Generic Model should be ok?.

Re: LEGEND COMPONENT WRONG ORIENTATION

ToanDN — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:08:39 GMT

@alejandroCH79K wrote:
Hi @ToanDN,

A metric Generic Model should be ok?.

Yes.

Re: LEGEND COMPONENT WRONG ORIENTATION

alejandroCH79K — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:22:39 GMT

I gave it a go, and it still had the same result, still rotated in the legend

Re: LEGEND COMPONENT WRONG ORIENTATION

ToanDN — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:27:31 GMT

Did you rotate the nested family in the new family by 90 degree?

Re: LEGEND COMPONENT WRONG ORIENTATION

alejandroCH79K — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:32:05 GMT

No, I Didn't, but all these plates on my wall. Do I need to update it to the new family (nested) and then rotate it manually?

Re: LEGEND COMPONENT WRONG ORIENTATION

alejandroCH79K — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 02:46:41 GMT

Sorry ,@ToanDN , I tried again with a Nested Family even not necessary need to rotate in the nested family; it's working

now.

Thanks for the help

Re: LEGEND COMPONENT WRONG ORIENTATION

johnl5PYL9 — Mon, 19 May 2025 21:46:40 GMT

So many horrible workarounds! Just fix it! It's a decade or more.

Re: LEGEND COMPONENT WRONG ORIENTATION

BChaneyX38QR — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 03:41:58 GMT

This is just plain bad. Revit has been around for 20 years and we still aren't able to rotate a family in a legend view? Time to flood the wish list with this item!

EDIT:

Okay, very quick workaround that should be totally unnecessary but works much faster than creating a new family loading nesting, etc. . . export the view as a dwg, then load it in, explode (partial), then rotate things to your heart's content. You don't have to even open AutoCAD or any other program. For lineweights, I'm not so sure how this will do; this legend in particular is for some very basic things.

Re: LEGEND COMPONENT WRONG ORIENTATION

tomSA6BF — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 22:42:53 GMT

My "workaround" to make a Detail View (not really a Legend, in the traditional sense) is to make an Elevation, Section or FP/RCP Detail view of one of the components placed in the model.
You can still tag, dim & annotate.
I have Elevation Types named with keywords like "Detail" or "TV" (or "Legend") so I can filter them from views if desired, and set with default 1"=1' Wireframe with all the disciplines pre-set, for example.
You can also sort your Project Browser so View Types are sorted.

That being said... anyone want to guess how I came upon this thread?

Re: LEGEND COMPONENT WRONG ORIENTATION

jjoshuasam_jesus — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:23:03 GMT

Hi, @alejandroCH79K ,

Just today, I have experienced the same issue with Legend component rotation issue. I'm using generic model family template. Here is my observations,

if only "Always vertical" - Option is selected in family , the legend component orientation will be same as the family orientation. and also we have different view options,

If we select only " WorkPlane based" - Option or both "Always vertical" & "workplane based" in family, the legend component orientation will be different than the family orientation (i.e Plan view becomes side view). also no side view !

Conclusion: "Always Vertical" allows the legend component orientation same as family orientation.

Re: LEGEND COMPONENT WRONG ORIENTATION

Moesnerjoe — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:45:34 GMT

where do i go to change the family to be workplane based or always vertical

Re: LEGEND COMPONENT WRONG ORIENTATION

jjoshuasam_jesus — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 06:23:16 GMT

In the properties ( in family file)