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Sheba

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I'm trying to dimension a duplex wall outlet in plan view, but Revit won't allow it.  Dimensioning in elevation won't work as the outlets are hidden in casework.  Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can dimension wall outlets in plan view?

 Thanks in advance.

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Sheba

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That seems to only dimension the height of the outlet.  I need to locate it in the room as opposed to the height on the wall.  I'm new to Revit and could easily be missing something with the spot elevation tool?

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Is the wall outlet an annotation or an actual object?  If it is an object that you can see in the plan, but the dimension won't select it,  it may be that the family does not have a strong reference. (By the way, the spot elevation is only a height.  You are not doing anything wrong with it).

 I have done a couple of things to deal with these types of objects:

     1) draw a small almost invisible line where the object is and dimension to the line or

     2) go into the family and change the area of the object that you want to dimension to into a "strong reference" by   selecting it, click on properties and use the pull down menu in there to select what kind of reference it is.

Clear as mud, right?

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Thanks!  It's a wall-hosted object that's visible in plan, elevation & 3D views.  However, I don't see where to change it to a strong reference in the properties dialogue box.  I'll try the tiny line technique and constrain it to the outlet.  Hopefully that will work!

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I went ahead and placed the "outlet-duplex: single" object into a floor plan I have.  This, I believe is a stantard object in the revit library and I suspect it is the same one you are using.  At any rate, all you have to do is select it after you've placed it, and some temporary dimensions show up.  If you click on the little dimension icon that shows up right next to the actual dimension measurment, it becomes an actuall dimension on your drawing which you can than stretch to whatever place you want to dimension from.

Good luck!

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