If I am aligning a tubular lamp shade on a smaller rectangular base is there a better alignment tool? In Solid Works if I put the bolt holes in I can pick circular mate on the corresponding holes and the shade would fly across the room and align itself with the bolt holes.
This is a wall mounted fixture so the shade looks like it is laying sideways parallel to the rectangle. When I use the Align tool and pick the base as the first pick and the shade as the second pick it goes looking for the shade in the files or it just aligns it in one direction.
I Get the impression from the other posts I have been reading on this subject that to really align the pieces together perfectly I might have to make planes in each part in its own family file and then align it by the planes in the host file.
Do you think that is the most precise way ? ? ? I wish snap points would appear like when the line drawing tool is being used.![]()
ALIGN = MATE Only flush. No insertion.
Basically it matches lines. The lines may be reference planes, edges of features, or the axis of a cylinder / circle. It will not insert one part into another. Align and lock is the way to go.
In your case you may want to create a reference plane in each part, lock it into the geometry, and then align both reference planes together.
Thanks. To bad there is not a tool made just for circular or cylindrical alignments just like in Solid Works. But "it is what it is " as my relatives from Boston would say.
I am now having another problem. When I try to select create a plane under Create Datum it won't let me select it and it is light colored. I probably have to select some other control first.
Are you in the Family Editor? Are you in a 3D view? For the Reference Plane button to light up, you need to be in an orthographic view.
I switched to a 2-D view and it still wont let me do it. Also when I placed this same family part into another hosted family the reference lines do not show
even though I turned them on in the viewer of both the original part and in the viewer in the host family . It is Revit 2016. I may shut it down and reboot my computer as I have not rebooted in a month. I don't know if that can effect things?
That may. Can you share the family?
Just rebooted and I am going to retry. I am not sure what you mean by share the family.
Put a cross of reference lines in the shade family. Change their parameters so that they are a strong reference.
When the shade is loaded into the lamp family, those reference lines won't show up, but it will now have good snapping points in the center, horizontally and vertically.
I just finished the second lamp project using the info You and the others gave me from this sight. Now I am going to make a bunch more. I never got it to let me add a plane but maybe in the next one it will let me. It let me on the first one.
I am a new employee so I don't want to post any pictures of it right now as I am not sure of the policy on stuff like that yet.
We all share info in this forum. That can be the best way to get help.
I'm not even sure why your family sounds so overly complicated.
Please watch the video below and tell us how your attempt is substantially different?
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