topic Align or rotate sections that are off in alignment in Revit Architecture Forum

Align or rotate sections that are off in alignment

Marcus.Isacsson — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 13:18:15 GMT

Hi fellas!

Any workaround to align or rotate sections so that they become exactly vertical or horisontal to project north?
Our sections are about 1 degree off since the building had the wrong rotation early on.

Thanks in advance!

Re: Align or rotate sections that are off in alignment

chrisplyler — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 14:00:06 GMT

Sure. Select one and rotate it.

Re: Align or rotate sections that are off in alignment

Marcus.Isacsson — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 14:25:09 GMT

@chrisplyler wrote:
Sure. Select one and rotate it.

But it doesn't snap to anything? How do I make sure it's 90 degrees?

Re: Align or rotate sections that are off in alignment

chrisplyler — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 16:07:52 GMT

Hmm....

Draw two reference planes. One perpendicular to North, and one exactly following the Section line. Put an angular dimension between them. Then rotate the Section line that amount.

PS - First set your Project Units up to display the most accurate decimal angle that you can.

Re: Align or rotate sections that are off in alignment

ToanDN — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 21:04:33 GMT

See screencast.

Re: Align or rotate sections that are off in alignment

loboarch — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 21:41:49 GMT

There is a little trick for this. Don't use the rotate command from the Modify tab. select the section or elevation line and use the rotate gizmo on that. This will re-initiate the "hunting" behavior of the section/elevation and it will allow you to snap to parallel again.

Re: Align or rotate sections that are off in alignment

loboarch — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 22:31:14 GMT

Edit: realized there is no rotate gizmo on a section line.

There is a little trick for this. Don't use the rotate command from the Modify tab. select the ~~section or~~ elevation line and use the rotate gizmo on that. This will re-initiate the "hunting" behavior of the ~~section/~~elevation and it will allow you to snap to parallel again.

Re: Align or rotate sections that are off in alignment

ToanDN — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 22:37:46 GMT

I have just spent 5 minutes looking for the gizmo, on the section, on the ribbon, on the status bar, on my keyboard, under my mouse, in my coffee... Thought you had some superuser power haha...

Re: Align or rotate sections that are off in alignment

Viveka_CD — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 14:51:30 GMT

Hi @Marcus.Isacsson

It's been a while and I'm just checking back on your post to see if you were able to resolve your issue.

If you find posts have solved your problem, please click on 'Accept as solution' to help others with similar questions. This will benefit others in the community seeking similar solutions.

Thank you,

Re: Align or rotate sections that are off in alignment

Marcus.Isacsson — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 08:04:22 GMT

@Viveka_CD wrote:
Hi @Marcus.Isacsson

It's been a while and I'm just checking back on your post to see if you were able to resolve your issue.

If you find posts have solved your problem, please click on 'Accept as solution' to help others with similar questions. This will benefit others in the community seeking similar solutions.

Thank you,

Yes it's solved now. Seems that I couldn't snap to the section marks if I didn't remove the middle gaps first.