brick showing above sloped sill

[mikemck]

When I insert a sill with a sloping top as a wall sweep at the bottom of a window, a little bit of brick shows above the sloping top of the sill.

How can I eliminate this?

Can I create some invisible part of the sill profile that would eliminate the brick?

Thanks.

[aaronrumple]

You're using a what?

Generic model? Make a void first that cuts the wall..... Then add the solid.

[mikemck]

Aaron,

Thanks for your reply.

For the sill I am using a wall sweep with a hosted profile I created.

What is the best way to create the void, a wall reveal?

Mike

[sbrown]

Build it into the window family.

[mikemck]

Scott,

The window is a storefront curtain wall.

So, I don't think your suggestion would work here.

Thanks.

[SkiSouth]

As an example, put this brick sill in your window family as a component. It is a simple sweep with a void sweep to match it and cut the wall. This is the route you need to take. (You can use the family straight into the project under curtain walls).

[sbrown]

Sorry, since you said window, I assumed window. So then for a curtain wall you would make a generic model wall based family, with a void that cuts the depth of the brick, then create a solid to fill in your sill.

[mikemck]

OK, I am attempting to create a sill family following the example of Skisouth.

For some reason I am unable to constrain the top of the sill parts to the height reference plane.

Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks.

[eddy.lermytte]

While sketching the sweeps path, you have to associate the sweeps path to the Ref. Plane of your Sill Height.
Or
choose Edit Work Plane of an existing sweep (that's what I did with the void you already created)

[mikemck]

Eddy,

You seem to have fixed it. Thank you very much.

I had a lot of trouble when I did the original sweeps. They weren't oriented properly. I had to rotate, mirror and move them. This probably disrupted the path that I original locked to the reference plane.

I still don't know how to control the orientation of the profile when I do the sweep.

Thank you again.

Mike