
By default the object is aligned in the manner to which the family was set up for originally. Step One: Once you have a family to be placed into the view, select it and hover over the view to which you want to place it but don’t click the mouse yet. It is important to mention that many Revit families are preset to host to certain things like walls or floors so this method may not work in those circumstances and is intended for elements not preset to host to certain elements.

In this example I am inserting an annotation symbol which represents an electric meter for an electrical plan and need to place it so it is aligned to the face of this exterior wall. This tip removes an otherwise additional step of using the rotate tool when inserting and placing a family and allows you to align it with any line or line representative of a face, surface, etc.

Learn more about how BIMLink manages your Revit family content with ease.At the intermediate levels of Revit, there are a number of tricks to aid the design flow process. Assembly code data can be used to connect the Revit model to specification data. Quickly and accurately edit Revit's Assembly Code data within an Excel environment.

Also use Ideate BIMLink to quickly populate your Revit Schedules with the data you need. With Ideate BIMLink you can safely map your existing parameter values to a new-shared parameter before deleting the old parameter. Learn how Ideate BIMLink exports data to Microsoft Excel for editing, and then imports the changes back into Revit projects. Easily rename families and types or populate large values of parameter values. Bring clarity to your Project Browser, or to clean-up and manage your Revit Family content.

Gathered together into one place, these brief instructive videos will teach you how to harness the power of Ideate BIMLink for Autodesk Revit data, families, parameters, schedules, codes, and materials. Easily Manage Revit Family Content with Ideate Software Bring Clarity to Your Revit Project Browser
