Revit architecture

[Anonymous]

Long live Autodesk,
Long live Revit,
Long live it's users
Please am having a little issue here.. Am trying to edit a door family and add an Ironmongery.. Each time I edit a 1010 by 2110 door and add an ironmongery.. It will be successful, but when I select a 810 by 2110 door to use. The ironmongery will deviate from the door itself.. Any help Pls?

[Kimtaurus]

First of, when posting on the boards please make your title relevant. It almost made me not want to answer your question.

Secondly, is the ironmongery modelled in the door-family or does it exist as a seperate family?

Could you post the door-family or show soms screenshot of what you are doing.

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@Anonymouswrote:
The ironmongery will deviate from the door itself.. Any help Pls?

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In what direction does the ironmongery move? Did you make any constraints? Does Revit give you a warning?

[jeroen_vanmassenhove · Accepted solution]

It's because the thing you inserted in the family isn't constrained to any of the reference planes that moves when changing parameters, like the height or width of the door. If it has been properly constrained, it will also move accordingly.

You can check this out for more information: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/screencast/Main/Details/f4c...

Although it's for 2015, the principle has not been changed.

Kind regards

[Anonymous]

The ironmongery exist as a separate Family, I double tapped on the door itself to edit it , loaded some Ironmongery to add to it... But it's giving me a problem

[Ilic.Andrej · Accepted solution]

Most probably the family has bad constraints. The geometry is not locked to the reference planes which should be driven by dimensions and parameters.

[Ilic.Andrej]

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@Anonymouswrote:
The ironmongery exist as a separate Family, I double tapped on the door itself to edit it , loaded some Ironmongery to add to it... But it's giving me a problem

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You can align the nested family to the reference plane and lock it. Hit on the padlock.

Families have their origin, which can be used to do this.

[Anonymous]

this is what I mean, I want my door to look exactly like this one in the attachment