Alignment reference plane.

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I have an alignment problem. I want to align two reference planes in a family document. But I get this error:

"one of the conditions for the inputs was not satisfied. Consult the documentation for requirements for each argument."

doc : family document with several reference plane.

Extrait du code :

View pViewPlan = findElement(typeof(ViewPlan), "Niveau de réf.", doc) as View;

ReferencePlane refLeftdocFamily = findElement(typeof(ReferencePlane), "Gauche", doc) as ReferencePlane;

ReferencePlane refRightdocFamily= findElement(typeof(ReferencePlane), "Droite", doc) as ReferencePlane;

transaction = new Transaction(doc);

transaction.Start("Alignment");

doc.FamilyCreate.NewAlignment(pViewPlan, refLeftdocFamily.Reference, refRightdocFamily.Reference); "Here this line causes the error described above"

transaction.Commit();

Merci d'avance.

Bonne journée.

[Joe.Ye]

Cannot see the cause of this problem with these info.
Are the two reference plane parallel?

[Anonymous]

Yes,  I have two reference plane parallel

But I read in the revit api 2013, no alignment of two reference plane

These two references must be one of the following combinations:

• 2 planar faces
• 2 lines
• line and point
• line and reference plane
• 2 arcs
• 2 cylindrical faces

These references must be already geometrically aligned (this function will not force them to become aligned).

[Joe.Ye]

Hi Bonne journée,

You got. This API doesn't support two reference plane.

You can just move one reference and make it aligning with the other.

[Anonymous]

Can you explain the methods to do ?

thank you

[Joe.Ye]

Hi Bonne,

You can use ElementTransformUtils.MoveElement() to move one reference plane.

public static void MoveElement(
Document document,
ElementId elementToMove,
XYZ translation
)

[Anonymous]

The problem is that I can not align a reference plane in a nested in another family that has reference plane family.

explanation:

family A

family B

Family B is nested in the family A, these families have reference planes. I want to bring a family plan B on a family plan A. The method can not move market if the plans are on the same document.

[Joe.Ye]

Sorry, I am not quite clear of the description.
Why you cannot align a reference plan in a nested with another family?
What's the problem in this situation?
Thanks for your more info.

[Anonymous]

I have 2 families, F01, F02. I load F02 in  F01. And I inserted the point XYZ (0,0,0).

I edited the F02 family located in the F01 family to get his reference plane "Axe Gauche".

I want to align the reference plane "Axe Gauche" (F02) with the plane of reference "Axe Centre" (F01).

Is this possible?

[Luis_Salazar]

Can you please create an example of a simple alignment? I am struggling with that. The movie to see how create an alignment is not clear.