Adjusting a roller shade family

Adjusting a roller shade family

ray
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Adjusting a roller shade family

ray
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Hi

I'm having a hard time figuring out how to adjust this roller shade family.  When placed it attaches incorrectly to the ceiling.  The same issue is present with ceilings or the underside of a floor.

 

What part would I edit so that it attaches within the ceiling instead of on the surface of it? 

 

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Family:

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barthbradley
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Seems to host to Ceiling or Floor just fine.  Top and bottom face. 

 

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Are you selecting "Place on Face" or "Place on Workplane"? 

 

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barthbradley
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You could even place it on a Named Ref. Plane. That's a Work Plane. 

 

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ToanDN
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I would host it under a soffit above the ceiling, like how it should be done in field.

 

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Or place it on a ref plane above the ceiling if you don't feel like modeling the soffit.

 

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barthbradley
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Flip Work Plane doesn't work on a compound ceiling or floor with this family.  

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ray
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Thanks for the replies!  I'm not really looking to flip the component, it needs to be set high up into the ceiling, like this:

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Is there an edit I can do to the family itself? Or do I need to create little soffits as suggested, or perhaps look into other solutions like making a whole new family?

 

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mhiserZFHXS
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You could edit the family, but making the soffits would probably be easier if this is a one time thing.

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ray
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Accepted solution

I ended up making a nested face based family with it's own ceiling soffit of sorts.  The "upside down" thing still throws me off, but it works.

 

Family

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Placed in model:

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