True North Tool Not Activated

[mdorado]

Hi Everyone,

I am working in a Mechanical model and I am not able to rotate the whole model to its true north because the tool is not activated. I don't know if it is because I am using a Mechanical Template, but which ever floor plan I open (either if it is mechanical, coordination or structure), none of them can be swithched to its true north. In some plans I am able to change its orientation to True North, but the actual tool that does the work isn't active.

Please,any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks

[Mahmoud.Ziedan]

Dear,

You should go to view properties and then find down a property named Orientation, you have to select True North instead of Project North. Then everything will run perfectly.

Check attached.

[mdorado]

Thanx BIM-Mahmoud for your response, but I have already done what you say and the Rotate True North tool still isn't active. Please see the image I've attached.

Have you any ideas as to why this isn't working?

[L.Maas]

Go to a floor plan, instead of a ceiling plan and try again.

[Mahmoud.Ziedan]

Dear,
You cannot rotate your model in ceiling plan.switch to floor plan.If this doesnt solve your problem,please reply

[mdorado]

No, the problem is not yet solved. In floor, structural or mechanical plan, the Orientation option in the properties dialog is not active, so I can't switch it to True North. Please check the attached image.

Thanx again

[SteveKStafford · Accepted solution]

Any chance your view is assigned to a View Template? Check the Properties of the View > View Template. Is there a View Template name there instead of <None>. If so then a View Template is in charge, you have to either remove the bossy nature of the View Template from the view or change the setting in the View Template instead.

On second look, even if the template is in charge it isn't locked down like other parameters are, which is counterintuitive.

[Mahmoud.Ziedan · Accepted solution]

Dear,

As shown in the image you send, the view properties are locked. Kindly check the View templates in the View properties, it should be none.Check attached.

[SteveKStafford]

As you say you're working in an MEP model I'd be inclined to assume you are using Revit not Revit LT. However Revit LT does not support Shared Coordinates so it might account for why those settings are disabled. I don't have LT installed so I don't for certain that it doesn't allow Rotating True North, but that's an aspect of Shared Coordinates.

[mdorado]

I am just using Revit and not Revit LT.

However, I was able to solve the problem. It was, as you guys said, due to the fact that there was a template setting assigned to the floor plan views. So I turned that to "none" and it worked! I was able to rotate my model to its True North.

Thanx everyone for your help!