Pining/Locking objects in Revit seems to be an easy task, but Autodesk Revit Team loves to hide some settings that all Revit Users get excited about their product, which I personally find it not a good idea, but because of that Revit Clinic exists to show you an easy way to use Revit products. Pinning/Locking objects really should be something you should not look for it, especially when it is a simple circle. In this tutorial, I like to show you how to lock/pin a circular object drawn with linework or extrusion in Revit Architecture.
There is only one important reason why Revit Users like to pin/lock objects in their drawings and this reason is obviously known to all people who uses Revit. You pin/lock an object to reference planes to prevent accidental movement of drawn objects in Revit.
In this Revit tutorial, you will be learning how to pin/lock a circle “linework/extrusion” to a horizontal and/or vertical reference plane. This is how you pin/lock a circle line/extrusion to another object such as reference place in the family editor:
Click on Annotation Tab / Detail Panel
Click on Circle option on the menu
Draw the desire circle by placing the center of the circle on a horizontal or vertical reference plane and typing the desire radius of the circle.
Click on Modify button on the menu panel
Select the circle that you just drew by clicking on its circumference.
The property palette for your drawn circle gets activated. Just scroll down to Graphic and check “Center Mark Visible”.
You will see that a little cross sign gets activated inside the circle.
Now, it is time to pin/lock circle to the existing reference planes.
Simply click on Modify Tab and select Align tool (or just type AL for Align Toll’s Keyboard Shortcut)
Click the horizontal or vertical reference plane with align toll and then on the center of the circle to align the center of the circle to one or the other reference planes.
Repeat step 10 to align the circle to the second reference plane (horizontal or vertical) which was not selected in step 10.
You are done pinning/locking circle to horizontal and/or vertical reference planes. Don’t forget that you can do the same thing to pin a circle to a dimension.
Pinning or locking a circle linework or extrusion is an easy task, but the only thing is to know, where to activate the “Center Mark” from a circle. I hope I could show you something to make your process for success little easier.
I hope you learned something from our Revit Tutorial Center at Revit Clinic. Feel free to leave comments.
There is only one important reason why Revit Users like to pin/lock objects in their drawings and this reason is obviously known to all people who uses Revit. You pin/lock an object to reference planes to prevent accidental movement of drawn objects in Revit.
In this Revit tutorial, you will be learning how to pin/lock a circle “linework/extrusion” to a horizontal and/or vertical reference plane. This is how you pin/lock a circle line/extrusion to another object such as reference place in the family editor:
Click on Annotation Tab / Detail Panel
Click on Circle option on the menu
Draw the desire circle by placing the center of the circle on a horizontal or vertical reference plane and typing the desire radius of the circle.
Click on Modify button on the menu panel
Select the circle that you just drew by clicking on its circumference.
The property palette for your drawn circle gets activated. Just scroll down to Graphic and check “Center Mark Visible”.
You will see that a little cross sign gets activated inside the circle.
Now, it is time to pin/lock circle to the existing reference planes.
Simply click on Modify Tab and select Align tool (or just type AL for Align Toll’s Keyboard Shortcut)
Click the horizontal or vertical reference plane with align toll and then on the center of the circle to align the center of the circle to one or the other reference planes.
Repeat step 10 to align the circle to the second reference plane (horizontal or vertical) which was not selected in step 10.
You are done pinning/locking circle to horizontal and/or vertical reference planes. Don’t forget that you can do the same thing to pin a circle to a dimension.
Pinning or locking a circle linework or extrusion is an easy task, but the only thing is to know, where to activate the “Center Mark” from a circle. I hope I could show you something to make your process for success little easier.
I hope you learned something from our Revit Tutorial Center at Revit Clinic. Feel free to leave comments.
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