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We do theatrical and AV design and as such we need to create stand alone objects that can be rotated in 3 axis (x,y,z). A good example of this is speakers, which hang in free space (not hosted) and need a vertical tilt angle (pitch), horizontal rotation angle (roll), as well as a a yaw adjustment (at times). I can create a family that allows me to build various size and shape speakers by driving type parameters for length/width/etc. but when I insert them into a model it is impossible to rotate them in section to get a vertical aiming angle (how can Revit not have this basic function??). I have searched all over the web but not found anything that speaks to this situation. Help?!
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In the family editor under parameters and settings is a "keep vertical" switch. Un-check that and now you can rotate your speaker. If you need these angles reported, you could build the rotation in your family using shared parameters.
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I've tried that, but it doesn't seem to help.
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I'm sorry but what I posted does work because I have used it many times. Are you using embedded families? A good tool to help you understand how to build families is the families guide available here: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=13080413&linkID=9243097
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My goal is to have a file that contains all the similar models from one manufacturer. This could be used as a stand-alone, but I will most likely want to nest it in another file to reduce the number of items the user sees and to create reporting parameters for certain values. I have attached the base family - if you put it in a project, go to a section view, and try to rotate it you will get an error. Note that the 'always vertical' box is not checked.
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Read these posts on AUGI: http://forums.augi.com/showthread.ph...speaker&page=3 http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=118549&highlight=rotate
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Thanks - this is really helpful! I figured somebody had to have run into this before...
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