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**Nurlan** · December 19, 2019, 03:52 AM

Revit allows changing only parallel work planes for a beam.
In your case:
Recreate beam(s) on the desired work plane ("clean way");
or
Select the beam > right click > Detach From Plane > Align to desired work plane (after detaching the beam becomes glitchy).

**elton williams** · December 19, 2019, 04:34 AM

You could also edit the rotation and z offset to keep the beam hosted/behaving, but honestly i would just redraw the beam on the correct plane, if in fact it needs to be vertical.

**Knitro87** · December 19, 2019, 07:08 PM

In the instance properties of the beam, you can change the orientation from "normal" to "horizontal". This will achieve your desired result. As Elton mentioned, you can then modify the z Offset Value as needed, while still maintaining the current hosted workplane (roof), which is probably where it needs to remain.

**Nurlan** · December 20, 2019, 02:05 AM

If possible, it is better to avoid beams on an inclined reference plane, orientation changes and offsets due to snapping and join problems.

**abhisekh** · December 29, 2019, 05:50 AM

Hi katewood1989,

You can change the rotation of the beam in the section view. There is an option in the property box as a Cross-section rotation. Put the angle of rotation in this box. I hope the attachments will help you.

Thanks

Abhisekh Das

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