Placing Ceiling fan

[glkirk]

Why do I always have such a hard time placing ceiling fans.

I cant get it do do anything but briefly show in an elevation off the building, but just goes away when I try to move it.

I cant see any way to place on a work plane?!

Appreciate any help.

[hmunsell]

it may have to do with how the family was created.  can you upload the family for us to look at?

Do you get these options when you place the family. if you do, try picking the Place on Face or Place on Work Plane option. 

[glkirk]

Thanks

No, I don't see any of those things.

In the past, sometimes, I had seen them and maybe, had been able to manipulate.

Today I have DL 5 different fans from Revit city, and have finally found one that I can deal with.

How do I DL a fan file?

Thanks

[hmunsell]

the fan you initially tried using was likely a hosted family then.  Are you asking how to DL a family from Revit City or how to Upload a family to the post :-).

to upload the family to the post, scroll down to where it says Attachments and drag the family into the box. 

[RobDraw]

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@glkirk wrote:

Today I have DL 5 different fans from Revit city, and have finally found one that I can deal with.

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There are some poorly designed families at that site. I've never had any luck there. Why aren't you using manufacturer's families?

[syman2000 · Accepted solution]

Have you look at manufacturer fan like bigassfan?

https://www.bigassfans.com/ca/aedownloads/

[RobDraw]

You're welcome.

[barthbradley]

@glkirk: I see that you are discovering the limitations of hosted families – in particular the Ceiling-Hosted Family. For what it’s worth, there exists a neat little trick you can use to convert a hosted family to a face-based or non-hosted family. Keep it in your repertoire. It’ll come in handy.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/simplecontent/content/conve...

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