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WYS1WYG

Joined: Sun, Jan 4, 2009
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okay this one's got me stumped..

i have a joist component loaded into the project..

in the family editor it says 24 feet long..

in the project it measures 34 feet long..

i don't know how it got 34 feet- but i'm

now trying to make it 34' 4"..

and all it wants to do is move from side to side

and up and down- and i've tried everything

to change its length- and can't..

ha ha- just like the revit game puzzle that it is..

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WYS1WYG

Joined: Sun, Jan 4, 2009
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thanks jacobs-

i've been doing battle with this steel joist

for several days and it's just beating me

up at every turn..

i have four block walls- very simple 35x19

and ten feet hight..

all i want to do is learn how to get control

of a metal joist to put on top of it to support

a roof..  there doesn't seem to be a need to

take it into the family editor.. the ends of

it will set down on the top of the wall (level 2)

by offsetting the ends in the properties- but the

ends want to center on the wall and any other

length i create by rehosting won't won't go on

the wall top.. there seems to be so much to

know about operating these kinds of

components that i don't know where to

begin.. can you tell me anything about it?

thanks

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hjacobs

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I'm probably misunderstanding your question, but you can control the height offset and length of joists in the element properties.

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WYS1WYG

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see that's what i mean- the length is grayed out..

i tried everything for days to get that to activate..

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