Setting The Always Vertical Parameter; Creating Work Plane-Based And Face-Based Families - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

Example of Vertical and Non-Vertical Families; 3 trees are set to Always Vertical, 2 trees
are not.

Setting the Always Vertical Parameter

1 In the Family Editor, click Settings menu
2 Select the check box to enable the Always Vertical parameter.
3 Click OK.

Creating Work Plane-based and Face-based Families

You can create a family that is hosted by the active work plane. This can be very useful both in a project
environment and within a nested family where you may need a nested sub-component to reside on a
particular plane. You can make any non-hosted family a work plane-based family. For example, a generic
component, a furniture component, and a site component can all be work plane-based families because they
are not required to be hosted by another component. Doors and windows cannot be work plane-based
because they are wall-hosted components.
Example of generic component family nesting a work plane-based component. On the
left, the work plane is selected; on the right, the work plane-based component was
added.
Another way to create components that can be placed with any orientation is to use face-based families. A
face-based family must be created from the Generic Model face based.rft template. A face-based component
can be placed on any surface, including walls, floors, roofs, stairs, reference planes, and other components.
If the family contains a void cutting the host, the component will cut its host, but only if the host is a wall,
floor, roof, or ceiling. When a component with a void is placed on any other host, it will not cut.
For information on placing work plane-based and face-based components, see
Face-based Component Placement Options
406 | Chapter 8 Creating Your Own Components (Families)
Family Category and Parameters.
on page 747.
Work Plane-based and