How can I constrain a family to not be rotated from its desired position

[AidanHawkins]

How can I make sure that a family is never rotated in the project, that it is able to move freely in the project but it is not able to change direction 

[barthbradley]

Let's see this Family. Post it here. 

...what about utilizing PINNING for this?  

[AidanHawkins]

Please see attached

Ive tried pinning it but it still rotates when I load it back into the project 

[ToanDN]

Is this the "person on desk" family again? Use a tag and tag the room or the desk or whatever instead.

[AidanHawkins]

yes it is

Sorry could you please explain using the tag further? What will it do

[barthbradley]

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@AidanHawkins wrote:

Ive tried pinning it but it still rotates when I load it back into the project 

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You're going have to explain that one to me. What do you mean " it still rotates when I load it back into the project"?  

[AidanHawkins]

Here is an example

The two types that have a tick on them are in the desired direction, meaning I never want to be able to rotate them, like the two others that are not in the desired direction.

After pining the object, I am still able to rotate the family to the undesired direction

I want to remove the capability of rotating the family

[curtisridenour]

There is always dynamo. FamilyInstance.SetRotation node could probably be deployed to rotate all your instances in the project back to 0°.

[curtisridenour]

@ToanDN is right though. you should use a nested annotation or tag it with the proper symbol.

[barthbradley]

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@AidanHawkins wrote:

After pining the object, I am still able to rotate the family to the undesired direction

I want to remove the capability of rotating the family

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I can't rotate your family if it's pinned.  

[mhiserZFHXS]

I'm still confused as to why these are 3D elements instead of annotations... And what does it matter if they CAN be rotated? Just don't rotate them?

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

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@AidanHawkins wrote:

yes it is

Sorry could you please explain using the tag further? What will it do

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1. Pinning elements in the family does not prevent the family be rotated in the project.  You need to pin them in the project.

2. To use the tagging approach:

- create a room tag for each symbol

- tag room (if a room needs multiple symbols then tag them multiple times using different tags)