Lighting

[harkeychad]

Good morning all. I have an issue of lighting not hosting on the linked ceiling correctly. It is coming in flipped. So basically it needs to be rotated 180 but I can not do it that way. I am working on this in an MEP firm. I even made a ref plane and attached it to that but still the same problem. Thanks.

[Bill Gilliss]

If by "flipped" you mean that the fixtures are attached to the top of the ceiling and extend up from it instead of down, then try this: in a section view, navigate to one of the fixtures and use its flipper arrow to make it extend down. That said, linked hosts are indeed a problem, as with any wall-mounted family.

[harkeychad]

Thanks. I did not know we had this flipper. Ill try and and reply

[bt.commenter343255]

If by "flipped" you mean that the fixtures are attached to the top of the ceiling and extend up from it instead of down, then try this: in a section view, navigate to one of the fixtures and use its flipper arrow to make it extend down. That said, linked hosts are indeed a problem, as with any wall-mounted family.

That's all good but this happens to me from time to time too. Sure flip them with the arrow thing.

The questions is, why do some of these thing come in upside down on the wrong side when they are placed? Is there a reason that it happens and how do you avoid it in the first place?

[harkeychad]

Thanks. I finally found them. Hard to see on the screen. May they come in that way, because they were made wrong or the ceiling was made wrong?

[Steve_Stafford]

If the ceiling you're using is the Basic Ceiling > Generic then it is oriented wrong for face based components. They come in facing up into the ceiling space instead facing down. The key is to never use that ceiling. It can't be deleted so in their templates people typically rename it DO NOT USE instead of Generic. Also, the basic generic ceiling has no thickness so it is a conceptual placeholder for a ceiling, as such it's not a real enough ceiling.

Only use the Compound Ceiling types.

[harkeychad]

Good to know. Thanks.