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Reference Plane Height

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chughes
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Reference Plane Height

Is it possible to define reference plane height on creation?

 

IE, when laying out can lights on Level 1 in a RCP, I draw reference planes and lock the family to the planes.  When I move up to Level 2, the reference planes for Level 1 extend into this level.  I don’t want to see them on Level 2.

 

I know I can move to elevation or section and drag the endpoint down to the top of Level 1 and it will not be seen in Level 2.  Is there a way to define the height of the reference plane when I initially draw it?

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barthbradley
als Antwort auf: chughes

You can HOST a Family to a Ref. Plane if you make it Work Plane-Based. That help?  

 

...when you draw a Ref. Plane such as you are describing, aren't you in an elevation view? Temporary dimensions showing up? 

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ToanDN
als Antwort auf: chughes

Create a scope box that doesn't extend to the 2nd level and assign.it to the ref planes.
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barthbradley
als Antwort auf: ToanDN

How do you do that, @ToanDN

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chughes
als Antwort auf: ToanDN

I considered the scope box, but then I either create a box per space, or a single overall box per level.  A single box per space is a lot of effort, a single box per level makes the reference planes extend X, Y, and Z to the scope box boundaries, which will create a big mess o' planes in plan.

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chughes
als Antwort auf: barthbradley

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chughes
als Antwort auf: barthbradley

To clarify, this is within a project, not a family

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barthbradley
als Antwort auf: chughes


@chughes wrote:

To clarify, this is within a project, not a family


 

Yes @chughes ; I figured that. I think I'm just misunderstanding what you are trying to do.  I must be, because Scope Box have nothing to do with it what I'm thinking.  What I thought we were talking about was the creation of Ref. Planes/Work Planes in Elevation Views.  

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chughes
als Antwort auf: barthbradley

Plan or RCP view, generally.  Its entirely possible I am approaching the workflow from the wrong direction.  Below is an example of using reference planes to lay out RCP items.  First image shows level 1, second shows level 2 in same location.  Planes use for level 1 show up in level 2 and vice versa.

 

It works fine on single level applications, but the planes extend up into the upper levels by default and can create confusion.

 

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ToanDN
als Antwort auf: chughes

I really think placing ref planes for laying out fixtures is unnecessary. Place them approx where you want then use dims to correct the location, and use align to line them up.
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barthbradley
als Antwort auf: chughes

Okay, so now I see. You're talking about visibilty of the Ref. Plane --- hence, the reason @ToanDN  suggested Scope Box. What threw me, was that you asked "Is there a way to define the height of the reference plane when I initially draw it?"  

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chughes
als Antwort auf: ToanDN

Yes, that was poorly worded.

 

It looks like my options are not to use reference planes and locate anchor fixture(s) and align other fixtures to them, or I could create a detail line type specifically for layouts and dimension/align to the detail lines.

 

I think I will explore the detail line option.  I prefer the visual alignment indication a line will give.

 

Thanks.

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