Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC, User Manual

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7 Save the family by clicking File menu
➤
Save. Revit Architecture saves the file with an RFA
extension.
Specifying How a Column Displays in Plan View
For a column family, you can select the option Show family pre-cut in plan views, in the Family Category
and Parameters dialog. When you select this option and load the family into a project, the column displays
in a plan view using the cut plane specified in the plan view of the family.
1 Open a column family or start a new column family.
2 Click Settings menu
➤
Family Category and Parameters.
3 In the Family Category and Parameters dialog, under Family Parameters, select or clear the
parameter, Show family pre-cut in plan views.
then When loaded into a project, if you want the
column to display in plan view
clear the parameter, Show family pre-cut in plan views. based on the cut plane of the project’s plan view,
select the parameter, Show family pre-cut in plan views.
The column displays using the cut plane specified within
the Family Editor plan view. consistently, regardless of the cut plane of the
project’s plan view,
4 Click OK.
5 Save the column family.
After you load the column family into a project, the column displays based on the parameter
settings you specified within the Family Editor.
In the 2 examples shown below, the same column is loaded into a project. A horizontal line has
been added to the elevation representation so you can see the location of the plan view’s cut
plane. In the first image, the parameter, Show family pre-cut in plan views, is not selected; the
column displays in plan using the cut plane of the project’s plan view. In the second image, the
same column family has the parameter, Show family pre-cut in plan views, selected. Notice the
change in the column’s plan view display even though the project’s plan view is using the same
cut plane as the previous image.
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