Family type parameter problems?

[Anonymous]

In creating my family, I am having trouble setting up my parameters. After placing and locking my reference planes to the two objects, I place the dimension and add the parameter. But when I try to edit the distance within that parameter, the constraint error message pops up. Is it possible to create an editable parameter between two objects, e.g. to widen/narrow a space?

[Anonymous]

Yes it's possible. Sometimes I find when it's not working that if I start
over and maybe approach it from another direction that it usually works.
What are you making?

wrote in message news:5369235@discussion.autodesk.com...
In creating my family, I am having trouble setting up my parameters. After
placing and locking my reference planes to the two objects, I place the
dimension and add the parameter. But when I try to edit the distance within
that parameter, the constraint error message pops up. Is it possible to
create an editable parameter between two objects, e.g. to widen/narrow a
space?

[Anonymous]

It usually works best to create the reference planes first, and set the main
parameters to control them without any geometry created. Then create the
objects and align/lock or dimension/lock/parameter to the reference planes.
Stop once in awhile to edit the parameters under Family Types to ensure that
everything works right. That way you catch any errors before you've done
too many other things and have to backtrack too far.

-MJ

wrote in message news:5369235@discussion.autodesk.com...
In creating my family, I am having trouble setting up my parameters. After
placing and locking my reference planes to the two objects, I place the
dimension and add the parameter. But when I try to edit the distance within
that parameter, the constraint error message pops up. Is it possible to
create an editable parameter between two objects, e.g. to widen/narrow a
space?

[Anonymous]

in your family, goto visibility/graphics, under annotations, and turn on the
temp dims. These temp dims are"implied" constraints of the model. You may
need to move some of the witness lines of the temp dims to different
references.

"C Ryan" wrote in message
news:5369997@discussion.autodesk.com...
Yes it's possible. Sometimes I find when it's not working that if I start
over and maybe approach it from another direction that it usually works.
What are you making?

wrote in message news:5369235@discussion.autodesk.com...
In creating my family, I am having trouble setting up my parameters. After
placing and locking my reference planes to the two objects, I place the
dimension and add the parameter. But when I try to edit the distance within
that parameter, the constraint error message pops up. Is it possible to
create an editable parameter between two objects, e.g. to widen/narrow a
space?