Really having Problems with this family!

[dpatera1]

I have created a louver family from scratch so that it would do everything I want it to do:

Adjust louver numbers via height, adjust width, adjust depth in wall etc.

I can not however figure out why my louvers stair step back when I insert the family into a project!?!?!?! It does not do it in the family editor and I really can not figure this one out!!!! Can some one please help me on this. (Also realize that the louver also has a depth parameter that may effect this) Thanks in advanced!

(When looking at the project to see the stair step look at the section created.)

[eddy.lermytte]

dpatera

you have lock the last member of the array

[DaveP]

Ahh, you've discovered the magic of Arrays in Families!

I struggled with that a lot when I first started using Arrays, too.
The best thing I could figure out is to make sure that when you create your array, you use an Array Count of 2, and make sure you're locking to a Reference Plane, not to Geometry. Then Dimension between the two Reference planes & set that Dimension to use your parameter.

[dpatera1]

Thanks a ton!

I Realized that I was attached to a geometry and simply made a new ref plane and like magic it now works perfectly.

[Elmo]

Another thing that willmake your arrays alot easier to handle is to use nested families. This way you array an item that already has predefined parameters.