This video shows how to change a hosted family to a type that revit can monitor.
Revit host roof on reference plan.
Structure tab work plane panel reference plane systems tab work plane panel reference plane family editor.
If you have a top of plate level set that as the working level.
Hosting elements to reference planes in revit is a technique used by many but only fully understood by few.
This method is worth learning so when plane moves everything goes with it.
On the draw panel click line.
On the plus side you ll be able to move the duct by moving this level.
Lights can be attached to a reference plane to better maintain attached lights and allow.
In this image we are looking down plan view on to the top of an extruded roof i ll show you how to create these later on in the course.
Using the reference plane you can control the position of the extruded roof in relation to a level.
Here i am using 2 reference planes to control the start and end of the roof extrusion.
The highest level in the project is selected by default.
So far i found that to create a sloping beam i need to create a reference plane then sketch the beam on that reference plane.
Revit places a reference plane at the specified offset.
My problem now lies in the fact that i can see to attach a beam.
Pick the best elevation option that comes up and you will be swtiched to that view.
Go to end view of roof elevation face on to new named ref plane select roof by extrusion the select new named ref plane from drop box.
1 create another named ref plane in plan view so as to draw the roof profile roughly at end of roof image 1 2.
The most overlooked part of the entire process is drawing the reference plane itself.
Create tab datum panel reference plane conceptual design environment.
Creating a dedicated level for the ceiling could work as well but there are pros and cons.
Here we host air terminals to a named reference plane following the previously mentioned steps.
System families like duct and pipe cannot be hosted to a reference plane and must be.
That is the vertical reference planes on the left and right hand side of the image.
Use roof by extrusion and use pick a plane option.
While in plan draw a reference line through the building and select it to give it a name.
Create tab draw panel reference plane to draw a line.
You ll see how to convert the hosted family to a face based family using the copy monitor tool.
Did you know that there are differences between drawing a reference plane from right to left versus drawing one from left to right.
In the drawing area draw the reference planes by dragging the cursor.
In the roof reference level and offset dialog select a value for level.
To raise or lower the roof from the reference level specify a value for offset.
I also found that you can t attach the top of a structural column to a reference plane so you have to manaully add the height of the column.
