LEGEND COMPONENT WRONG ORIENTATION

[alejandroCH79K]

Hi Team, 

At the moment, I am working with a plate (Family) whose orientation is correct when I place it in elevation or 3d

However, when I place the family in a legend is rotated 

i thought i did wrong the orientation in the family but no, in the family the orientation is correct.

any idea how to fix this? I have been 2 days on the phone with  autodesk support and they just told me to redraw it with detail line haha

Cheers.

[edwin.prakoso]

Does pressing space when placing the family help in correcting the orientation? 

Does it happen in all files or only in a specific file? 

Maybe you can upload the family so we can check it? 

[alejandroCH79K]

Hi @edwin.prakoso , 

Yes, at the moment, to place the family in a wall elevation or 3d, the orientation is correct, and the space bar rotates it before putting it

When I do this in the legend, the orientation is incorrect and does not rotate with the space bar.

[ToanDN]

Orientation of element in Legend view is fixed and not always as expected (depends on family host type).  I suggest you nest the family in another family, rotate it, load it in the project and use it for legend.

[alejandroCH79K]

Hi @ToanDN , 

That sounds like an interesting solution; how do I nest the family in another family?

Cheers

[ToanDN]

- Create a new family

- Open your family and Load it to the new family, place and rotate

[alejandroCH79K]

Hi @ToanDN, 

A metric Generic Model should be ok?.

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

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@alejandroCH79K wrote:

Hi @ToanDN, 

A metric Generic Model should be ok?.

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Yes.

[alejandroCH79K]

I gave it a go, and it still had the same result, still rotated in the legend

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

Did you rotate the nested family in the new family by 90 degree?

[alejandroCH79K]

No, I Didn't, but all these plates on my wall. Do I need to update it to the new family (nested) and then rotate it manually?

[alejandroCH79K]

Sorry ,@ToanDN , I tried again with a Nested Family even not necessary need to rotate in the nested family; it's working

now.

Thanks for the help

[johnl5PYL9]

So many horrible workarounds! Just fix it! It's a decade or more.