Wall vs floor hosted

[yes_and_no]

I got this bathtub family, wall hosted, from the net. Not so convenient when working on plan. How can I change it to floor hosted family ?

Btw, is there anything I missed if it s converted.

[RDAOU]

@yes_and_no 

First a question...Why is it not so convenient when working on Plan views? Aren't doors and windows usually placed on plan views?

I actually find it more convenient unless it is a stand alone Bathtub in the middle of the room. Besides that, it being wall based

1. saves you the alignment clicks
2. and maybe that"constraints not satisfied" prompt when you lock elements to walls and later decide you want to modify the wall they are locked to

[barthbradley]

Neat trick for converting a Hosted Family to Face-Based or Non-Hosted Family:

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit/learn-explore/caas/simplecontent/content/convert-hosted...

[RDAOU]

@barthbradley 

Did you forget the part on killing the host extrusion? or are you saving that for the next round?

[yes_and_no]

I guess it s more of a personal approach. I tent to move walls more than moving bathtub, hence the question.

[ToanDN]

I am surprised you could find a wall hosted bathtub online.  I have only seen non-host families when I get them from a manufacturer such as Kohler.  The only wall hosted family I've ever come across is in Revit OOTB architectural library.

With that said, there is nothing wrong with using a wall hosted bathtub as long as you have a wall modeled in your project.  Yes you can convert the family to face hosted or non-hosted but you may save time by just get another family from BIMObject or a specific manufacturer you like.

[yes_and_no]

Thanks Toan,

The responses from others did not solving the problem. Meanwhile I modeled the bathtub, just 3 minutes. The conversion is still unlearned to me.