How to constrain family geometry and reference planes not aligned with default template planes/views?

How to constrain family geometry and reference planes not aligned with default template planes/views?

MorgDaddy01
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How to constrain family geometry and reference planes not aligned with default template planes/views?

MorgDaddy01
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Please see the attached family.  I'd like to know how to lock reference planes "Lip 1" and "Lip 2" to the geometry.  I can't figure out how to align, lock, or constrain reference planes/geometry that are not parallel to the default reference planes/views.  If there is a means of creating views within the family that are aligned to the reference planes I've created, that would be enough for me to proceed.  This family was built with a generic family template from Revit 2022.

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ToanDN
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Get rid of all angled reference planes and add dimensions to the extrusion sketch (see revised file), or create ref lines to constrain the angled lips.

 

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MorgDaddy01
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Easy-peasy, thanks!  Is there a similar method that can be applied to a free form element - specifically an exploded ACAD import - of similar geometry?  Although the 'dimensions within the extrusion sketch' method was a breeze, I'm inexperienced with reference lines (I've had a lot of trouble trying to get them to function as desired) and I'll be required to import some geometry representing light gauge steel components Revit cannot model natively.

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