Displaying a Wall-Based Lighting Fixture in a Floor Plan

In a floor plan view, wall-based lighting fixtures (such as sconces) may not display if the cut plane of the floor plan view occurs below the height at which the fixture is mounted to the wall. For example, if the cut plane for a floor plan view is 1200 mm and the lighting fixture is mounted to the wall at 2000 mm, the floor plan view does not display the fixture.

To force Revit to display these lighting fixtures in floor plans, add an invisible model line to the lighting fixture family.

To display a wall-based lighting fixture in a floor plan

1. In the project, open the section view or elevation view in which the wall-based lighting fixture displays.
2. Select the lighting fixture.
3. Click Modify | Lighting Fixtures tabMode panel (Edit Family).

   Revit opens the lighting fixture family in the Family Editor.

4. Name a reference plane that is parallel to the wall.

   How?

   1. In the Project Browser, under Views (all)Floor Plans, double-click Ref. Level (or a floor plan view that shows reference planes for the lighting fixture).
   2. In the drawing area, select a reference plane that is near the wall and parallel to it.

      If the lighting fixture family does not include a reference plane that is parallel to the wall, add one. See Adding Reference Planes.

   3. On the Properties palette, for Name, enter a name for the reference plane (wall plane, for example).
5. Add an invisible model line to the lighting fixture, using the named reference plane.

   How?

   1. In the Project Browser, under Views (all)Elevations, double-click Front or Placement Side (or an elevation view that shows the front of the lighting fixture).
   2. Click Create tabModel panel (Model Line).
   3. In the Work Plane dialog, for Specify a new Work Plane, select Name.
   4. In the pull-down list for Name, select the wall plane.
   5. Click OK.
   6. Click Modify | Place Lines tabSubcategory panel, and select Invisible lines from the drop-down.
   7. In the drawing area, sketch a vertical line that extends from the center of the lighting fixture to the floor (or reference level).
   8. Press ESC twice.
6. Save changes to the lighting fixture family.
7. Load the updated family into the project, replacing the existing family with the same name.
8. Open a floor plan view for the level on which the wall-based lighting fixture resides.

The wall-based lighting fixture now displays in the floor plan, because the cut plane intersects the invisible model line.