Nested Family Graphic Error

[ktracy.194130]

I'm having an issue with nested families behaving oddly. I was hoping I could get some advice here.

My door families are comprised of generic model panel/leaf families and generic model frame families nested into the host door family. When I go to load it into a project, everything works smashingly. The catalog, the flexing, the scheduling, etc.

Here is the problem-

When the door is hosted into wall type A, the frame family shows up fine.
When the door is hosted into wall type B, the frame family does not show up.

Any ideas what would cause this behaviour? Both walls are next to each other. Generic models are turned on in the view. Wall type A is a gyp partition with one layer each face. Wall type B is a 2-hour wall with 2 layers each face. Both have the same wrapping and floor-to-floor heights.

Thanks!

[pchan925]

Can you post any images/rfa file so we can take a look at it?

[rkitect]

I would say you have a constraint gone wrong somewhere. in the family file, you want to duplicate your wall host type and make another wall with a different thickness. Toggle between the wall types and see where it breaks in the family editor.

hTh

[ktracy.194130]

See attached. Thanks.

[rkitect]

Definitely looks like a host thickness issue. Try the varying wall types in the family to see what it is that is causing the issue.

The only other thing that I can think of is that the geometry for the rated frame is set to only show at certain view detail levels. Check the visibility settings for the reated frame geometry and be sure it is set to display in Coarse, Medium and Fine levels.

[pchan925]

It seems to me that the problem is coming from the nested frame which associate with the wall host. try to remove the door panel in the mean time and flex the door frame by changing the wall thickness and see if it gives you any error message.

HTH