topic align hosted family with a surface in Revit Architecture Forum

align hosted family with a surface

eng.girgis.adly — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 11:20:02 GMT

Dears

I want to align this family for earth pit with the surface of the road but align command don't work as the family hosted type

so how can I align it with the road surface

Re: align hosted family with a surface

mhiserZFHXS — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 12:40:27 GMT

Does it have an offset from host parameter? If not, you'll need to open up the family to see what's going on with it.

Re: align hosted family with a surface

eng.girgis.adly — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 12:52:04 GMT

no. there is no offset in the family

Re: align hosted family with a surface

ToanDN — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 15:06:01 GMT

Is it a face based family?

Re: align hosted family with a surface

barthbradley — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 16:17:08 GMT

Why not align it with the surface of the Host in the Family?

Re: align hosted family with a surface

eng.girgis.adly — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 06:20:01 GMT

I tried but it don't work

even move up and down don't work

Re: align hosted family with a surface

anze.kumar — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 07:24:37 GMT

You should look in the Family editor, where is the reference plane "Center". Usually this one dictates the level /height of the element inserted in the project.

Re: align hosted family with a surface

eng.girgis.adly — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 07:40:36 GMT

yes.

Re: align hosted family with a surface

eng.girgis.adly — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 09:29:05 GMT

what should I do with the reference level ?

Re: align hosted family with a surface

anze.kumar — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 20:39:49 GMT

The Ref. Level looks fine as it should be, but I suspect somehow it inserts your family 300 (your units) above the level. I do not know why as I do not have access to see how the family is built.
Maybe try lowering the box depth and see what happens, unfortunately this is probably not the permanent solution..

Re: align hosted family with a surface

eng.girgis.adly — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:32:25 GMT

thanks dear for your support

I tried it but still I can't align it to the hosted surface

Re: align hosted family with a surface

anze.kumar — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 13:08:55 GMT

Then I think the best next thing is to try and create a vertical (Height) parameter / offset from Ref. Level.
- Create a reference plane

- Create a Dimension parameter ("Offset") from Ref. Level to said reference plane

- lock all the geometry (Extrusion of the box) to reference plane at the bottom and Ref. Level at the top.

- Try and stretch in Family Editor to see if it works properly

- Insert to project with Override parameters option

- Try adjusting Offset

Re: align hosted family with a surface

eng.girgis.adly — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 13:28:26 GMT

thanks a lot my friend . it works 🙂