How to parametric Rotate Pivot Door Swing in a specific point?

How to parametric Rotate Pivot Door Swing in a specific point?

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How to parametric Rotate Pivot Door Swing in a specific point?

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Hi, I'm trying to create a parametric door swing, for a pivot door, is there a way to rotate the drawing from a pivot point instead of the edge of the panel geometry? 

 

This pivot door does not have the rotation point in the edge, cause it has like a kind of and overhang. 

I will like to recreate a door swing for plan views specifically, but I don't get to make it rotate from the specific pivot. 

 

 

 

Modern-Style-Heavy-Duty-Design-Wood-Pivot-Door-for-House.jpg

 

I marked in yellow the pivot which I'm trying to make the panel rotate in reference to. 

 

pivot door problem.PNG

 

I already tried all but keep getting constrain errors, I deleted all parametric measures. when I change the angle the panel detached from the pivot I want it to be located. 

 

I'm just trying to make a parametric angle to adjust the angle of the door swing in floor plans

 

As you can see when I change the angle the panel moves from the pivot I want it to be.

 

Is Revit capable of doing that rotation from a specific pivot where both reference planes intersect at the right side of the image? 

 

pivot not working.PNG

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Create a reference plane for the door to swing on and set the extrusion to the plane. Dimension the reference plane with your angle, not the door.

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Anonymous
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Rather use a reference line than a reference plane.

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bin
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Here you go, you just need to lock the endpoint of the ref line.

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Caed9
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Hi, bin thanks a lot. I tried locking both ends points to both reference planes but kept receiving constrain errors with the angle. I noticed you add a small reference line with a 90-degree angle to lock the access length reference line, I would never think of that, Many Thanks I appreciate your help.  You said you locked both endpoints of the reference lines, but to what did you lock them?

 

I tried recreating it, but I get errors when I change the angle to 90 or 0 degrees, however, the file that you created can smoothly change to any angle without errors. how do you track the constraints? constraint errors.PNG

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bin
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I'll quickly do a video for you. 1 Sec.

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bin
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Here you go:

https://youtu.be/EiCgJ0amhek

 

You can skip the 90 degrees one...

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Caed9
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Thanks, Bin, It never occurred to me that the first reference line must be set as the reference plane for the second reference line and basically for everything else, I missed that one, I'm stunned. You are awesome Bin! I treasure your kind help.

 

I totally missed the habit to set a reference plane! I quite didn't understand its capacities and rather created everything randomly in the default ref plane.  But now I get the importance to make sure every line or object must be set to a specific reference plane so that everything moves accordingly.