Graphical steps for creating a grid oblique header family in Revit

Time: 2020-06-01Source: Huajun Software TutorialAuthor: Shaobing

Can't you create a grid inclined header family using Revit? This section focuses on the graphic and textual steps for creating a grid oblique header family in Revit. If you don’t understand it yet, please follow the editor to learn it. I hope it will be helpful to you.

Open Revit, create a new family, select the "Metric Grid Header" family template in the annotation folder, enter the family editing environment and delete the notes and dotted lines in the template first; click the "Line" tool under the "Create" tab, first Draw a circular header line, select the drawn straight line, check the center mark to be visible, lock the circular alignment on the horizontal and vertical reference surface, and add a type size label parameter for the circle radius; name it "Header Radius";

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To draw a diagonal line, first draw a 45-degree straight line from the center of the circle, align and lock the starting point of the straight line at the circular position, mark the angle value and lock it, and draw the straight line on the other side in the same way;

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Click the "Label" tool under the "Create" tab, click Place, and the "Edit Label" dialog box will pop up. Here, create two new shared parameters: main axis network and secondary axis network;

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Add the two labels to the header and adjust the position and size appropriately (click the labels, click Edit Type, and change the background to "Transparent" in the Type Properties dialog box. The background area of ​​the text will not be displayed in the project);

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Save the grid header family and load it into the project. During use, you will find that the axis number displays two question marks and cannot be edited. At this time, the shared parameters need to be created in the project to be recognized. Make the association; click on the project parameters under the management tab, add the two shared parameters just created, and select the corresponding category as "Axis"; at this time, you can edit the axis number;

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Sometimes the main header and sub-header of the drawn oblique header grid are opposite to those in the drawing. This problem occurs because the order of drawing the grid is reversed. Just draw the grid again from the opposite direction.

The above is the graphic and textual steps for creating a grid oblique header family in Revit that the editor explains to you. Let’s learn together. I believe it can help some new users.

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