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vinnygolfer

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hi all,

i have a project that specified Victaulic for the copper domestic piping. i loaded the files from Vic. and the elbows are giving me a fit. the elbow is the same file for 45 and 90 degrees. i loaded it in and for some reason it only wants to put a 45 on the pipe. i've included the files here. please let me know what i'm doing wrong. i have the .csv saved in the lookup tables. and the .rfa in the pipe fittings.

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teafoe5

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I don't use piping a whole lot but I could not get the 90 to work either, it may be a bad family.

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vinnygolfer

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for some reason when i imported the family and tried to use it i have problems. then i opened the family and loaded it into the project from the family editor, and now it works. just confusing.

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rschoch

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I checked the elbow family you provided.  This family will only work in Revit 2013 and older.  If you are using Revit 2014 Victaulic has updated families that will work correctly in 2014.  Below is a link that shows how to fix the issue with the elbow if you like.  Connector 1 is missing the angle parameter being set.

http://static.victaulic.com/assets/uploads/cad_packages/Instructions/Revit_Project_Upgrade.pdf

Here is a link to the updated 2014 content.

http://www.victaulic.com/en/downloads/cad-files-software/autodesk-revit-mep/

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wildirish317

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Thanks!  I had the same problem with a Mueller copper elbow.  Associating the connector with the angle parameter worked.

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