topic Re: un-constraining lines when making a region in Revit Architecture Forum

un-constraining lines when making a region

Slamothe — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 19:26:32 GMT

I am trying to make a region with un-rectilinear lines, but Revit wants to constrain some of my my lines to horizontal.

Help?

Re: un-constraining lines when making a region

SteveKStafford — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 21:13:36 GMT

You can turn off snaps temporarily, keyboard shortcut SO (stock settings).

Re: un-constraining lines when making a region

handjonathan — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 08:28:08 GMT

Hi @Slamothe

Thanks a lot for posting your question to the forums!   Has the solution suggested by @SteveKStafford helped with your issue?
 
We look forward to hearing back from you with more information so we can help you as a community! 

Re: un-constraining lines when making a region

Slamothe — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 12:30:08 GMT

It did not help.

Re: un-constraining lines when making a region

mhiserZFHXS — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 16:16:08 GMT

You need to be more specific about your problem then... Post some screenshots at least.

Re: un-constraining lines when making a region

Slamothe — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 16:39:56 GMT

I am trying to draw a line between the end of the 2'-6" line and the end of the 3'-0" line to create a region. The "constraint" won't let me.

Re: un-constraining lines when making a region

ToanDN — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 17:44:33 GMT

Hold ALT when draw the boundary lines.

Re: un-constraining lines when making a region

Slamothe — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 17:48:35 GMT

Thanks.

Re: un-constraining lines when making a region

SteveKStafford — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 18:00:03 GMT

Hmm, ALT while sketching doesn't do anything for me. Must be missing something.

Snaps Off (SO) followed by Snap Endpoint (SE) works for me... I left off the second step in my earlier reply, sorry.

Re: un-constraining lines when making a region

Slamothe — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 18:55:06 GMT

Turns out ALT doesn't work when the line reaches a certain length, but SO & SE does work.

Thanks.

Re: un-constraining lines when making a region

Lachlan-JWP — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 23:45:01 GMT

You can also press TAB while hovering the cursor near the endpoint your want to snap to for Revit to cycle through the different snap options.

Re: un-constraining lines when making a region

SteveKStafford — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 00:39:35 GMT

Ordinarily yes, but at the distance described in the image the snap fails to "see" the endpoint. Quirky...