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Turn Vanes on Elbows in Revit
« on: Jul 09, 2020, 16:06:06 PM »
Does anyone know how to turn on/off turn vanes on Fabrication Rectangular Elbows in Revit ?

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Re: Turn Vanes on Elbows in Revit
« Reply #1 on: Jul 09, 2020, 18:24:36 PM »
I had to setup scripts for Square throat elbows that I use in CAMduct.  You could of course create a custom grouping of elbows such as "Square throat w/Vanes" and "Square throat Without Vanes".  This would be a fairly simple solution.

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Re: Turn Vanes on Elbows in Revit
« Reply #2 on: Jul 09, 2020, 18:25:45 PM »
You could add an elbow with Airturns turned off and locked to your service.  Then once an elbow was in place you could use the family drop down menu in the properties box to swap between the 2 types of elbows.  As far as just getting to the Airturns options I don't think it is possible yet.  Maybe someone has a dynamo trick to make it work.

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Re: Turn Vanes on Elbows in Revit
« Reply #3 on: Jul 10, 2020, 06:44:11 AM »
You cant do it. We went with the "" - No vanes, No Splitters option. None of the pattern options are available in Revit. Mitred Throat, vs radius throat etc.

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Re: Turn Vanes on Elbows in Revit
« Reply #4 on: Jul 10, 2020, 14:52:50 PM »
Does anyone know how to turn on/off turn vanes on Fabrication Rectangular Elbows in Revit ?

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Airturns in Revit are Spec driven. Set them up in your Spec and they will get added.
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Re: Turn Vanes on Elbows in Revit
« Reply #5 on: Jul 11, 2020, 16:25:58 PM »
Here is how I would do it by adding a new elbow part to a service with Airturns turned off.
https://autode.sk/3ekz74b

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Re: Turn Vanes on Elbows in Revit
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2024, 17:52:43 PM »
Here is how I would do it by adding a new elbow part to a service with Airturns turned off.
https://autode.sk/3ekz74b

I had to do exact same, but I stacked the Buttons.

Autodesk Add the freaking Options for god sake!
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Re: Turn Vanes on Elbows in Revit
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2024, 19:40:31 PM »
Crazy isn't it?  The more I work in Revit, the more I realize how much functionality we lost.
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Re: Turn Vanes on Elbows in Revit
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2024, 12:23:24 PM »
Super Crazy! I'm teaching a guy and have small revit job so cut him loose on it, I just tried coping the database and over writing what he was using in Revit but because he has Items already in from old DB, Revit wont read the new DB even thou GUI's match!  >:(

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To get other system running with the Changed Database, I exportsys from Changed Importsys to other system and RELOAD Configuration.

Most probably already know and have done it but if not thats the trick
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Re: Turn Vanes on Elbows in Revit
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2024, 12:42:50 PM »
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.........progress.
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