Placing air terminals in the vertical position

[ehsan.ahmadian]

Hi,

I have been trying to place my air terminals of the HVAC system in the vertical direction but never succeeded! The software always places the diffusers in horizontal direction. I also could not find a way to rotate them around x or y axis to make them vertical. So, they are always facing the ground, which is not appropriate for my design.

Can anybody please advise me with a solution?

Thank you in advance.

[RobDraw]

The solution is going to depend on your content and what the diffuser is mounted to.

Please describe the application and share the family. 

Alternatively, you could just get the right diffuser for your application. 

[ehsan.ahmadian · Accepted solution]

I use the simple M_supply_ Diffuser from the connector family. The point is that I am not mounting the diffuser on anything. I am just sketching the HVAC system of our university building in Revit in order to simulate ts pressure drops along the system. So, the building itself is excluded and we only need the ductworks and relevant equipment. 

Do you have any solution for this purpose?

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

Create vertical ref plane to host the family.

[dyp4f · Accepted solution]

I am using the family "Supply Diffuser - Sidewall.rfa" , and I can place it everywhere, in vertical position.

It doesn't require a wall, nor a reference plane.

[iainsavage · Accepted solution]

Most air terminals are face hosted so need a face or plane to attach to.

The sidewall diffuser is probably using the the building level as its plane and then with a vertical offset/elevation value. In the family the orientation of the geometry is probably different i.e. standing up from the family’s reference plane rather than lying flat on the plane.

[robert.klempau · Accepted solution]

Hello @ehsan.ahmadian,

Open the family and set Work Plane-Based on.

Then load it back into your project and use Edit Work Plane to place it on another vertical Workplane.

[ehsan.ahmadian]

Thank you for your advice

[ehsan.ahmadian · Accepted solution]

@ToanDN @robert.klempau @iainsavage @dyp4f @RobDraw 

Thank you very much for your advice.

I also surprisingly found a very easy solution! When I click on the 'Air Terminal' button to choose one, another option gets available in Revit, which is 'Air Terminal on Duct'. If I press this, the diffuser automatically get the direction of the desired duct and sticks to it!