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AVig

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Is there a way to lock a complex element to a reference plane within a family? Example, locking a complex faucet to a reference plane that changes the height of the countertop? I've tried grouping the model elements but it won't allow me to lock them in any way.

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WWHub

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If the faucet family is a face based family, and it is inserted on the face of a counter, it will move with the counter.

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AVig

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It is not a faced based family, it is the standard "plumbing fixture" template. If there is an easy way to change it to a face based family, I'm all ears.  A work around that works is saving the faucet as a separate family and inserting into the main family and locking it to a reference plane. Seems like an extra step that is not needed.

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You are nesting a non-hosted plumbing family into another family.   Is that correct?

Then simply dimension where that family is in the host family from a host family element or reference plane and lock that dimension.   Your done.

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