I believe this is what you are wanting.
Revit wall light host on column.
No wall material isnot relvant in hosting.
For more details on what you can copy and monitor in revit see about copy monitor.
It gets extremely finicky if you are trying to host a recessed light on objects thicker than a typical ceiling though.
If you build the light as a face based family it can be placed on any face of any object.
The revit files we offer are developed with flexibility in mind.
In the first view both lights are placed in the project.
Click systems tabelectrical panel lighting fixture.
The copy monitor process converts all the families to face based.
In the type selector select a fixture type.
I see that in the liight family a 2d symbol is included.
Hereunder i placed both families in a project.
Convert a hosted family to face based or non hosted family this is a short excerpt from revit.
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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.
Most lighting fixtures are hosted components that must be placed on a host component a ceiling or wall.
You may have to tab around to get to the correct face but it can be done.
We have made our models scalable and added the necessary properties to adjust the model to your own needs.
Hi all i have a family of a fitting which is being mounted on a number of walls in my building.
Free bim objects for lighting columns bollards and supports to download in many design software formats manufacturer objects contain real world data.
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.
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.
Only 1 is visible.
On the ribbon verify that.
If you have mep you can create a new file place your wall and light and save.
Tips tricks and troubleshooting by paul f.
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.
All three views are copies.
Painfully architectural walls in a host model often occlude the cut pattern settings for structural columns in a linked model.
If the object belongs to the wall category the light should host.
Link that file into a new blank mep project and use copy monitor to copy the light family into the new project.