I have a very, very simple family that builds a rectangular board. I need the angle of the board controlled by a parameter, just like it's width, length and thickness. Could someone please put me out of my misery and show me how it's done?
Why are you doing this? Why don't you use the extraordinarily powerful, intelligent and expensive BIM software you have in front of you to model rafters directly in the Project environment using Beams (a.k.a. Structural Framing Families)?
Thank you for the tip. To answer your question "why", simply because I didn't know that such exists! Having a look at (Structural Framing) family, it does not have an angle parameter either, nor I need all that complexity.
I have a simple rafter/beam that I need it angled where I can control the angle by a parameter - instead of duplicating the family each time I need a new angle value. I tried everything I know and it didn't work.
I'm still building my Revit skills - ESPECIALLY when it comes to Family editor and parametric families as I know I lack fundamental knowledge with it that no one I came across is willing to offer a helping finger pointing to the right direction where I can go to build such knowledge. Until I started writing this totally unnecessary reply, 48 people viewed my problem. Your response that neither addressed nor solved my problem was the only one I received. It is indeed a very beautiful world!
Thank you for jumping in. I really appreciate it. This one please - viewed on Left elevation, and only for one of the geometries please. I'm happy to see what you did for one and do it for the other one.
@good_man_27 wrote:Thank you for jumping in. I really appreciate it. This one please - viewed on Left elevation, and only for one of the geometries please. I'm happy to see what you did for one and do it for the other one.
I don't think you need to include an angle parameter in the family. Tick the Work Plane box in the family then you can host it on any sloped reference plane, sloped roof, or any sloped surface in the project.
And I agree with @barthbradley , it would be much easier using Revit structural framing components directly in the project instead of building this assembly. You can align a beam with any slope, or model a beam using pick line + check 3D box and pick any 3F lines/edges to create the beam. You can place an entire rafter system under a sloped roof using structural beam system.
Sorry, but I didn't get (Tick the Work Plane box in the family). Could you please be more specific?
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