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Hi, Can anyone help with creating a parametric family of suspended ceiling hangers? I have to create a family of hangers that will attach to both a pitched roof and a ceiling. Based on a 4' grid, I am creating the family to include (4), 1/2" solid circle extrusion hangers, arranged in a square. The roof pitch is 6/12, the ceiling can vary from flat to a 4/12 vaulted ceiling. I have been trying to create this (unsuccessfully) in the following procedure: 1. Using the generic roof family as a base, I created a reference plane for the ceiling at 8' 2. In the reference (top) view, I created my (4) 1/2" round solid extrusions to create the hangers, and then in elevation view used "Align" to align the bottom of the extrusions to my 8' high ceiling reference plane. When putting this family into a Revit project, it attaches to the pitched roof, but the hangers come out 90 degrees from the roof rather than down to the ceiling. I cant figure out how to tell my Revit family to angle the hangers from the roof to the ceiling. I have also tried using the generic ceiling family template, but cannot figure out how to tell the "hangers" to snap to the roof. Nesting a roof family into a ceiling family has proved to be unsuccessful as well. Any tips? Thanks!!
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Why are you doing this as a model element? Are you going to do a rendering above the ceiling? We only show these in sections/details and we use a parametric detail that is a line with a loop at each end. No need to over complicate this.
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Yes, we are rendering above the ceiling. Our client has asked us for a full BIM model including HVAC and sprinklers in the ceiling cavity. It is a big project-- complicated at that! Thanks for any help you can provide.
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Uncheck the always vertical in your hangar family.... now you can adjust the angle after placement in a section view. But - wow .... your asking for a lot of complications. Not too sure about doing four at a time in a family but you know your project.
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