in-place sweep [Archive]

jessica.146534

2011-03-29, 01:46 PM

I'm trying to make an in-place sweep but I'm not 100% sure on the profile yet. In older versions of Revit, I used to be able to draw the profile as a family, then import that into the in-place mass so if I wanted to change the shape of the profile, I could just do it in the profile family and it would update.

Now (Revit 2011) it seems like I can only use a profile I draw in the in-place mass mode. The problem with that is that I have several instances of this profile (different sweeps) so I'd really like to not have to re-draw the profile in every instance.

How can I import a profile into the in-place sweep?

tomnewsom

2011-03-29, 03:35 PM

I'm trying to make an in-place sweep but I'm not 100% sure on the profile yet. In older versions of Revit, I used to be able to draw the profile as a family, then import that into the in-place mass so if I wanted to change the shape of the profile, I could just do it in the profile family and it would update.

Now (Revit 2011) it seems like I can only use a profile I draw in the in-place mass mode. The problem with that is that I have several instances of this profile (different sweeps) so I'd really like to not have to re-draw the profile in every instance.

How can I import a profile into the in-place sweep?
You can't. The new massing tools represent a fundamental break from the profile/path based modelling in previous versions. The only way to get the functionality back is to load+convert a pre-2010 project file with an in-place mass in it and copy'n'paste it into your 2011 project.

jessica.146534

2011-03-29, 05:06 PM

That sucks! Why did they make the new massing tool so stupid!?

Revit, you have failed me :cry:

micah.peterson

2011-03-29, 06:40 PM

While massing doesn't allow for profile swapping, regular in-place families still do allow for profile swapping, just fyi.

jessica.146534

2011-03-29, 07:04 PM

Unfortunately, that doesn't do me any good. I need to draw the path of the sweep in the project (it's the building perimeter). Thanks for the help!

Gerhard

2011-03-30, 01:53 PM

It works in 2011 as usual

jessica.146534

2011-03-30, 02:02 PM

Gerhard,
How did you get to that screen?

Gerhard

2011-03-30, 02:10 PM

Component / Model in Place / (Home) Sweep / Sketch Path (actually doing it) Profile (chose from Profiles)

Gerhard

jessica.146534

2011-03-30, 03:32 PM

Ooh! I didn't know you could make sweeps that way! That's just what I was looking for. Thanks Gerhard!