topic How to vertically rotate steel structure in Revit Structure Forum

How to vertically rotate steel structure

mnBNLP9 — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 10:39:38 GMT

Hello,

I'm modeling the steel structure of a curved staircase, and I would like to rotate a portion of it (between landings) vertically, while keeping all elements unchanged— no automatic adjustments to length or connections.
I've tried grouping the elements and also using linked Revit models, but I couldn't make it work.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

Re: How to vertically rotate steel structure

jay_colc — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:50:36 GMT

It will depend on if it is constrained to levels etc. you should to be able to rotate in an Elevation/Section as long as the workplane is set to this view?

Have you trued Mirroring instead then just moving it down or assigning an offset to the level?

Re: How to vertically rotate steel structure

_Vijay — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 11:03:26 GMT

How about slanted column?

Re: How to vertically rotate steel structure

mari.shimode — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 04:08:15 GMT

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Re: How to vertically rotate steel structure

mnBNLP9 — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:06:04 GMT

Hello again,

Sorry for the late update, and thank you for your suggestions. They were helpful, but they didn’t fully meet what I needed.

In the end, I exported some relevant parts of my structure as .SAT files and then reimported them into the model. This allowed me to work with them as solids, so I could freely rotate and reposition them without triggering automatic adjustments.

My goal was to evaluate potential conflicts in case I need to disassemble an existing steel staircase and reinstall it in a different alignment within the building, comparing it to its current position.

Thanks again for your input !