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Hi all,
My brain is frazzled today and I can't think for the life of me, how to achieve the following:
I have started to create some wall based familes, namely, some 2d electrical symbols.
I'm using the Electrical Fixture Wall Based template to draw my symbols, but how can I get my symbol to relate to the wall face and NOT the wall centreline? A thick wall eats up the symbol, a thin wall gives the symbol a big offset.
Apologies for such a stupid question, but I've tried help and googling to no avail.
Thanks.
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In your family group your 2D linework together and align and lock it to the face of the wall
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I personally don't like wall based families for these, I believe face based are better. Then you can place them on different surfaces.
For your wall absed, start with a reference plane well off the face of the wall and parallel to it. Build your family to this RP. When finished, add a dimension from the face of the wall to the RP, set it to 0 and then lock it.
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I think groups are a big mistake here. .... just the wrong application.
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Hi again,
Thanks so much for taking the time to reply - I knew it would be something simple. Still very much a Revit noob, so thanks again.
WWHub, thanks for the tip for face based families, but I'm sorry, I don't understand, what do you mean about groups being the wrong application?
Cheers.
Edited on: Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 10:33:59 AM
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Groups are meant to be used for multiple placement. It is better to build this items and associate them with a plane.
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Thank you very much WWHub.
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