Not able to snap to curtain wall mullion profile reference plane

[simon.jerabek]

Hello, I have a curtain wall profile, which I would like to snap to the center of when dimensioning. I have a ''strong reference'' in the center of the profile, but even with that, it is only snapping to the outline of the profile shape and the reference that defines origin. I know I could make the center reference origin defining, but that is not preferable in this use case and the dimensioning is not working on the last member within a curtain wall anyway.

Am I missing something, in order to solve this? The profile family is uploaded.

[rosie_lucas1]

Hi @simon.jerabek,

I wanted to check in and see if you still needed assistance, or if you found a solution to your question already? Let us know if you need further assistance by providing an update or if you have found a solution, please share it with the community so other members who may have the same question could learn from your experience.

All the best,

Rosie | Community Manager

[simon.jerabek]

Hi Rosie, no I have not yet found a solution, unfortunately.

[jay_colc]

You need to position the Profile around the Centre Axis of the Mullion Family (Centre of Mullion)

because if you think about it you are dimensioning the Curtain Gridline not the Mullion!

Alternatively you could use TAB Key select to try and Cycle select the Mullion reference planes!

[rosie_lucas1]

Hi @simon.jerabek, 

I just wanted to follow up and see if the suggestion shared by @jay_colc  was helpful and addressed your question. 

If everything is resolved, would you mind clicking the “Accept Solution” button on the response that helped you most? It makes it easier for others in the community to find useful answers in the future. 

If you’re still working through the issue, feel free to share an update here—everyone will be happy to continue helping and suggest next steps. 

Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you! 

Best regards, 
Rosie | Community Manager 

[simon.jerabek]

@jay_colc 

Hi Jay, that is what I wrote about making the center reference origin defining (same principle as you suggest). It helps partially with dimensioning, but not completely, it still struggles at each end of the curtain wall. Aditionally, as mentioned, I still need the center grid line as is for the purpose of designing for our production. The TAB key does not work at all for any reference planes.

BR, Simon.

@simon.jerabek - this post has been edited to add user tag.