Creating a wall On a Line Based Family that would have an XYZ

ahmadkhalaf7892
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Creating a wall On a Line Based Family that would have an XYZ

ahmadkhalaf7892
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Hello Guys , I am trying to create a family using Metric-Generic Line based Family. 
1- I want the family to follow the Line. 

Wall Line.PNG


2- I want it to have a Z Elevation From Reference at the front and at the end (Different Parameters)

Z Parameter.PNG

3- However I want it to maintain the same shape (width and height when following the Line ) . 
Is that Possible ? 
you can consider it as if I am adding a slope Arrow of the floors inside this to be wall Family . This shape would help to understand my purpose :
I am trying to add to this family an elevation Property at the beginning an at the end like the floor slope arrow 

Slopearrow.PNG

The family would have a constant width and height . But a different elevations. Like this . 

Wall to Be.PNG

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BDMackey
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This is absolutely doable, if you are familiar with the family editor. You would need to create reference planes in elevation with a value for each end offset, then you could connect those reference planes with a constrained  Reference Line and use the Reference Line as the work plane for the solid geometry.

 

With that said what you are describing is a Beam in Revit. I would look at modeling a Structural Framing element as it has the start/end elevation as a default value when modeled and you don't have to complicate it with in a family.

 

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barthbradley
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A parallelogram?  What about Roof By Extrusion?  That's another way to skin this cat😉 

 

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