BS EN 545 Ductile Iron Fittings (Dimensions)

[sagnewYUXLR]

Hi there, 

When dimensioning in revit I cant seem to click a snap for some of the ductile iron fittings (tees, cross piece etc) 

does anyone know why this is and what the solution is to be able to dim to ductile iron tees and cross fittings etc? 

#ductileiorn #watertreatment #flange

[iainsavage]

Could you upload the family files?

[sagnewYUXLR]

Hi it's the out the box revit families

attached as requested. 

[sagnewYUXLR]

anyone help here?

[iainsavage]

Sorry I had a look earlier and can’t explain the behaviour. I compared the cross family to other fittings which allow dimensioning and I couldn’t figure out what is different in these families. @robert.klempau or @L.Maas or @fabiosato could probably help

[sagnewYUXLR]

thanks for taking the time to look it's much appreciated. 

[fabiosato]

Hello,

Please check if they are behaving as expected, I just changed the setting of some reference plane and lines from not a reference to weak reference.

[sagnewYUXLR]

Many thanks for your time effort but unfortunately this still doesnt allow me to snap to anything on the fitting when trying to dimension to it. 

[fabiosato · Accepted solution]

Hello,

In the medium or coarse detail level you can create the dimensions.

[sagnewYUXLR]

That's not really ideal though is there a solution i can dimension in fine view ? anyone from autodesk able to tell us why their fittings don't work?

[RobDraw · Accepted solution]

You get the content without any guarantees expressed or implied. Autodesk is is unlikely to respond here as this is just one example of some of the shortcomings of their content. You need to fix it yourself, obtain other content more suited for your needs, or make it yourself. 

[fabiosato]

Hello,

You can place the dimensions and then return the view to fine mode.

[sagnewYUXLR]

Ok thanks much appreciated