topic Re: Rotate a family in Revit Architecture Forum

Rotate a family

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 17:24:24 GMT

Hello,

I create this Street lamp but is not in correct direction.

There's possibility to rotate this?

There is possibility to choose in which direction draw when open the family to create?

Direction xz, insetad of xy?

Thank's

Re: Rotate a family

Avaris. — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 18:14:33 GMT

I would advice to rotate it in the family. Is it a imported family or native Revit?

If imported: you can probably rotate it in an elevation.

If native Revit: you have to model it again in the right direction.

Re: Rotate a family

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 18:20:55 GMT

It's native revit.

How can I choose the right direction?

Thank's

Re: Rotate a family

barthbradley — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 18:24:16 GMT

Spacebar Rotate not working?

Re: Rotate a family

ToanDN — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 18:29:47 GMT

Your family is modeled laying flat on the ground. I change it to Work plane based & Not always vertical so that I can host it on a vertical reference plane in project. It works for this one but you really should have modeled it correctly in the first place.

Re: Rotate a family

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 18:46:30 GMT

Please can you do a screencacast to how you rotate the lamp?

How can I find the correct plan to haven't subsequently the same problem?

I find only this model in template.

Thank's

Re: Rotate a family

Avaris. — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 18:52:22 GMT

What ToanDN did, was drawing a reference plane. You can set that reference plane as the work plane and place your model. But note that it is really a workaround. It would be better to model it correctly in your family.

Advice: Just model a lantern yourself, so you learn Revit ánd have a better family, this one is unusable 🙂

Re: Rotate a family

ToanDN — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 19:19:52 GMT

Please use what I have fixed in the Revit file and copy it around if you need. I don't have time right now to demonstrate some workaround that you only need to do one in your life. A better way is finding a correct family on the internet and use it. There are plenty of light post families out there, just google "lamp post revit family".

Re: Rotate a family

barthbradley — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 23:46:49 GMT

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