Family Files - default 3D- minor annoyance

[mmiles]

Is it me, or does the default 3D view open on the wrong face of generic model families? Perhaps this is true of all family templates.

For example - a wall based family contains a "placement side" to which geometry is added. Yet, when the default 3D view is opened, the placement side is actually the "back face" on the view cube.

The annoyance to me is the need to rotate my view in order to see what I modeled in elevation. Is there a way to correct this behavior, or to automate which face is viewed in those default views?

[dgillespie]

Yup.
Perhaps that is what's causing this as well:
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=100960

[mmiles]

ahh...I tested with family that I had saved after rotating the 3D view, and the preview image in project environment appear as desired. Still, it is a little baffling to me that the 3D image(cube) and the placement, or exterior sides of families do not correspond with one another.