RevitCity.com Logo

Home  |  Forums  |  Downloads  |  Gallery  |  News & Articles  |  Resources  |  Jobs  |  FAQ  |  SearchSearch  |  Join  |  LoginLogin

Welcome !

79 Users Online (78 Members): Show Users Online - Most ever was 626 - Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 2:00:17 PM

 

Forums

Forums >> Revit Building >> Technical Support >> Dimensioning to Family Linework

Search this ThreadSearch this Thread | Page 1 of 1 |

Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 7:55:41 PM | Dimensioning to Family Linework

#1

twebb


active

Joined: Thu, Jun 29, 2006
23 Posts
4 Stars: 1 Votes


Revit 2011

I've created an annotation family to show a north arrow that disignates true north and plan north (this is to match a client's Acad standard symbol).  What i'm trying to do is dimension the angle between the two (again, this is needed to match the client's standards).  Ideally, there would be a label in the family that would automatically calculate and display the angle between the two (<90 degrees) but i am having trouble doing this since it seems to over-constrain the two parts of the arrow (each a separate family).  I'd be willing to settle for being able to put an angular dimension on the family in the project into which it is inserted, but the dimension will not snap to my linework in the family.  If I add lines or reference lines to the family, they seem to lock their angle to the cardinal directions and again over-constrain the family.  

Attached is my family file and a pdf of the standard i'm trying to match.

I've spent way too much time on this, any help on potential solutions would be appreciated.

Thanks!



This user is offline

 

Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:20:20 AM | Dimensioning to Family Linework

#2

dgcad


active
dgcad Avatar

Joined: Thu, Mar 17, 2005
1231 Posts
3.5 Stars: 36 Votes


Can you not just add a strong reference plane in the family and then use the 'TAB' key in the project to select that reference plane for your angled project dimension?

-----------------------------------

.

FULL 'DOWNLOAD ACCESS' to all 850+ CADclips videos for only $150

 

This user is offline

View Website

Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:24:36 AM | Dimensioning to Family Linework

#3

twebb


active

Joined: Thu, Jun 29, 2006
23 Posts
4 Stars: 1 Votes


Nope.  The dimension will not snap to the strong reference in the project file, regardless of whether or not the reference line is drawn in to the 'top' family or into the sub families.  Inserting the reference line into the top family actually constrains the dimension in some weird way (i think it is relating to the default reference plane) which causes the two components to get all out of whack when the rotations are adjusted in the project file.

 

Thanks for the input, though.  Any other suggestions would be appreciated.


This user is offline

 

Search this ThreadSearch this Thread | Page 1 of 1 |



Similar Threads

Thread/Thread Starter

Forum

Last Post

Replies

Can you save linework?

Community >> The Studio

Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 7:37:07 PM

3

Dimensioning to the centerpoint of an arc

Revit Building >> Technical Support

Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 4:11:55 PM

7

Linework Tool

Revit Building >> Technical Support

Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 8:42:22 AM

6

Linework tool issue

Revit Systems >> Technical Support

Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:20:44 PM

5

Better Leaders For Dimensioning

General Discussion >> Wishlist

Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 7:52:57 AM

5

Site Stats

Members:

1989449

Objects:

22877

Forum Posts:

152179

Job Listings:

3

Sponsored Ads

Home | Forums | Downloads | Gallery | News & Articles | Resources | Jobs | Search | Advertise | About RevitCity.com | Link To Us | Site Map | Member List | Firm List | Contact Us

Copyright 2003-2010 Pierced Media LC, a design company. All Rights Reserved.

Page generation time: 0.7687

Login

User Name:

Password:

Remember Me  

Forgot Password?

Search Forums

Advanced Search

Search Forums

Advanced Search


Clear Highlights


Clear Highlights