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I created a mass in x-y Plans, I need to rotate it in in the Z-direction, but I am not getting too far, pls advise!!!
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Masses created in-place are drawn associated to a level. If you were in your first floor plan, it's associated workplane is the first floor level. To rotate it you would need to rotate that level...which is usually not preferable. Two ways to fix this (though there are undoubtedly many more) are to build your mass as a separate mass family (get it all how you want it and bring it in) or make a named reference plan in your project and when you go to create your mass, set the workplane to be the named reference plane and then rotate the plane into place. Hope this helps.
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Have you tried looking at the mass in elevation and rotating it there? This should work fine without doing any other crazy steps. Chris
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You can actually simply disassociate the work plane by clicking on the mass in the edit mode and clicking the workplane symbol (looks kind of like a # sign). This will unlock the work plan and allow to move and rotate in any axis
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That's pretty handy. I'll have to pay more attention to that little symbol from now on. Thank you for the hint...it is a LOT more helpful than posting a suggestion that would have obviously been tried without trying it yourself.
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Thanks, the responses were a great help!
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Did you try my suggestion before dissing it. You really don't have to dissociate wthe work plane. If you go into an elevation the mass will simply rotate and automatically dissociate. I did try this on my own before posting it. Thanks for hitting my rating without trying my suggestion.
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I did try your suggestion when I was testing the problem before I posted my first response. I got an error that would not allow the rotation. You have to admit that it sounded a little silly...it reads like someone asks while something won't rotate in elevation and your response asks if he has tried to rotate it in elevation. Couple this with the fact that you refer to my suggestions as "crazy steps" (when one or other may help someone depending on specific situation) and I may have gotten a little defensive. I'm not sure why your's worked, but every Revit situation is a little different and I apologize for jumping to conclusions. I'm going to change the rating based on your clarification, but request that you not update mine...I wear the smarta$$ badge with honor and this retraction is out of character for me. Happy Reviting!
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Very well. Revit City is a place I go to relax during work. I certainly don't intend to affend anyone here. My response was so matter of fact because xenn didn't mention trying to rotate in elevation. I'll fix that pesky rating war on my end too.Peace
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I also didn't intend for my response to sound condesending. I am just used to doing it that way. I actually didn't know the workplane would automatically disassociate by rotating from elevation view. Just proves you really do learn something new every day. Good luck and thanks.
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