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Feb 11, 2014

I have developed a family-construction method that combines equipment with its dedicated electrical receptacles.  It is designed such that once inserted, the user can drag the outlet symbol and outlet to the right or left and also move the outlet symbol away from the wall plane to permit symbol stacking in plan.  Most of the time this works but on some families, though seeming constructed in the same manner, the link between the receptacle and the controlling plane gets broken.  The link to the outlet annotation family always stays connected.
 
I've attached a Revit project contain two families, one that works and one that does not. 

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I'm trying to align a nested family to a reference line in my host family so that it rotates around a certain point.
 
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Using Building Design Suite Ultimate 2014

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