Door Schedule w jamb

[aliya14]

Hi all,
I have a created a door family with jamb .Now what i want is in certain doors i want the door with jamb and in some without jamb .I can switch on/off the visibility by yes and no parameter.but now the problem is in the schedule also i want the jamb line shown as running length...By addding the formula Width+Height*2 gives me the running length of jamb line ,but how do i associate the same for the doors which i don't want the jamb line visible.Is there any way where in the same door family i can say i don't want the jamb line running length and want the jambline running length.

Regards,
Aliya

[greg.mcdowell]

You might be able to but I don't think so... you're best bet (and certainly the easiest I think) is to create two separate families and switch them out as needed. The idea of the one all powerful family is sexy in concept but ugly in execution... far too much time spent creating it and fixing it when it breaks... not to mention the added overhead in processor time.

[crispin.schurr]

Assuming that yn is the Yes/No field for showing the jamb.
Your jamb length calculation in the family type formula field will then be something like :

if(yn, [jamb length calculation here], 0)

Yes/No fields are pretty cool. I wish the array function was a bit more powerful though allowing 3d arrays in a matrix with spacing individually controllable.
Would make windows / doors a whole lot easier.

Hope this helps ;-)