Parametric Arrays & Nested Families Tutorial

[Mr Spot]

I did a couple of things... First up as i mentioned above change the instance parameters to type in the nested family.

Then added left and right reference planes and set them to be the appropriate references and then locked the panel to these instead of being in the sketch.

Then changed the defines origin point to the left reference plane as this is where we wanted to define the array from, not from the centre...

[funkman]

thanks for that Chris

[Mr Spot]

I just might add that with Revit 7 & 8 when nesting families to be arrayed it now seems necessary to make the bottom reference plane a strong reference as its now defaulted to "not a reference".

It should be named as bottom, set to bottom under strong reference and to define origin. This will assist in arraying vertically.

HTH.

[The Sweg]

I'm having some difficulty using 'align' with the louver being angled as you say to do in step#8. I pick the reference line, then pick the corner of the louver, and it just sits there. I know I'm picking the corner 'cause it highlights when I hover over it, but--nothing! I'm not sure what I'm missing. I'm really new to Revit and am using Ver. 8. Thanks for any help.

[Mr Spot]

I'm having some difficulty using 'align' with the louver being angled as you say to do in step#8. I pick the reference line, then pick the corner of the louver, and it just sits there. I know I'm picking the corner 'cause it highlights when I hover over it, but--nothing! I'm not sure what I'm missing. I'm really new to Revit and am using Ver. 8. Thanks for any help.

First item... In this example they are all reference planes as opposed to lines. Be sure you are using planes. Just use the move tool and locate the profile as shown in the image. Then use the align tool to lock the points. (i didn't use the align tool to move the objects but instead to make sure they don't move off the origin when adjusted).

HTH.

[The Sweg]

Thanks for a great tutorial. I was using ref. planes, but didn't follow everything else exactly . It worked just fine after that. Now to apply this to a shutter I'm building! Very exciting stuff!

[chrisguy]

thank you, most usefull

[hkeller]

greetings...

the tutorial was great and very helpful, but i wanted to know how i create a louvre system that does not go into a wall. the frame and louvres site at least 100mm off the facade, and the facade is just full height glazing bound by steel columns...

can anybody help?

[Mr Spot]

The process isn't any different... Just the fact the you start with a non hosted generic model family as opposed to a window family...

[Mr Spot]

Just so you know this tutorial has now been updated, that fixes a number of errors, goes into more detail and will also be quickly followed by tutorial for more advanced arrays... Refer my blog as i can't upload it here, the file exceeds the 1MB limit?

Cheers.