[HELP/BUG?] Beam justification shifts after using steel connection tools - REVIT 2024

[CGI_TPF]

Discipline : Structural Steel

Issue

When modeling a steel beam (example: HEA 300), the justification is correctly set:

• Z Justification = Top

• Y Justification = Origin

After using steel connection tools (cut at flange, shorten, cope, etc.), the beam representation no longer matches the justification values:

• The beam looks as if it were set to Z = Origin and Y = Left/Right, even though the parameters still show Z = Top, Y = Origin.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a steel beam with justification Z = Top and Y = Origin.

2. Apply any steel connection tool (cope, cut, shorten).

3. Notice that the graphical representation of the beam shifts, ignoring the set justification.

Expected behavior

The beam should keep the justification defined in its properties, even after applying steel detailing tools.

Questions to the community

• Has anyone else experienced this behavior?

• Is this a known limitation/bug of Revit steel detailing tools?

• Do you know any workaround to reset or force back the correct justification without deleting/recreating the element?

Example

(see screenshot attached – justification set to Z=Top, Y=Origin, but representation shifted).

Thanks in advance for your feedback!

[antoine.derout]

Hello,

no problem by my side on Revit 2026.2

Question:

Does it occurs with default steel family ?

Wich version of revit do you use ?

[jay_colcombe]

Tried in 2025.4.2 and still works as expected sorry.

As regards resetting the Beam to remove the modification references, there's only one way to do this... change the element type to an unsupported family in the Family directly - I use concrete families - and then change it back. Make sure that, before you do that, all the modifiers and connections are removed. Otherwise these will trigger again the fabrication shape

[mari.shimode]

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