thoellering
2007-06-19, 05:19 PM
Not certain if this was covered before. When one places a pipe connector, take care where you place it. If one selects a PLANE, then the blue flipping arrows will not Flip the Connector Arrow. If one places the connector on a FACE, then one can flip the arrow of the connector back and forth. Took me hours to figure that one out. Nothing in the Help File about that either. I'd love to know why it does that. Also, how can one tell which way the NORMALS are facing in Revit...? There is a command "Flip Normals", buit I still find that one useless unless one can tell which way they are facing to begin with...other than in a rendered view? Not certain that I have even noticed a Normal in Revit yet...not like the normals in VIZ per say at least.
Also, connectors do not seem to like beeing a part of a nested block...excuse the Cad lingo...sub hosted family? A family within a family is what I'm trying to get at. I tried attaching the Toilet Flange into the basic 3d toilet, but that did not work, meaning no connection was found by the pipe routines. I ended up placing my own geometry and placed the pipe connector to the face of the cylinder (the closet flange). That worked nicely...and was easy to do, once I figured out that flipping problem.
Thanks...
TH
Also, connectors do not seem to like beeing a part of a nested block...excuse the Cad lingo...sub hosted family? A family within a family is what I'm trying to get at. I tried attaching the Toilet Flange into the basic 3d toilet, but that did not work, meaning no connection was found by the pipe routines. I ended up placing my own geometry and placed the pipe connector to the face of the cylinder (the closet flange). That worked nicely...and was easy to do, once I figured out that flipping problem.
Thanks...
TH