Link that file into a new blank mep project and use copy monitor to copy the light family into the new project.
Revit wall light host on column.
If the object belongs to the wall category the light should host.
I believe this is what you are wanting.
Painfully architectural walls in a host model often occlude the cut pattern settings for structural columns in a linked model.
If you have mep you can create a new file place your wall and light and save.
You may be able to see the edges of the structural columns but any view overrides to the revit links tab and even filters do not show the structural column cut pattern.
The copy monitor process converts all the families to face based.
To place a lighting fixture in a view in the project browser expand views all floor plans and double click the view where you want to place the lighting fixture.
Free bim objects for lighting columns.
For more details on what you can copy and monitor in revit see about copy monitor.
As it s being fixed to the wall i ve set it up as a wall based family.
We have made our models scalable and added the necessary properties to adjust the model to your own needs.
Open the family in family editor and save or load for your actual project.
Hi all i have a family of a fitting which is being mounted on a number of walls in my building.
You may have to tab around to get to the correct face but it can be done.
Most lighting fixtures are hosted components that must be placed on a host component a ceiling or wall.
Click systems tabelectrical panel lighting fixture.
The revit files we offer are developed with flexibility in mind.
No wall material isnot relvant in hosting.
Convert between hosted wall face ceiling floor and non hosted families in revit january 30 2017 january 1 2018 luke johnson fellow expert elite karam baki has posted an interesting workaround for converting between differently hosted revit families.
Convert a hosted family to face based or non hosted family this is a short excerpt from revit.
Free bim objects for lighting columns bollards and supports to download in many design software formats manufacturer objects contain real world data.
All three views are copies.
On the ribbon verify that.
Only 1 is visible.
I see that in the liight family a 2d symbol is included.
In the type selector select a fixture type.
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Hereunder i placed both families in a project.
I ve had someone going round placing these families in the model and all was going great until we came to one that is actually being fixed to a column and not a wall.
In the first view both lights are placed in the project.
