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Model In Place Component

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alex.gotthelf
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Model In Place Component

I have been unable to find a family or component already modeled for an aluminum window from an old industrial building so I decided to model it in place.  The window repeats a lot so I will want to copy it.  I set my work plan on the face of the building and the modeling went fine. I am now trying to move it into the wall and it does not behave like a window family (I selected window when I established the component) in terms of the wall acting like a host. Is there a way to make a component do this? If not, do I Edit Profile of the wall, create an opening and place the component in the opening? If so...

 

 I am also having trouble detaching the windw component from the work plan it was created on.  I can't move it around freely in th x,y,or z planes.  The "detach from plane" icon does not reappear when editing the component so I don't know how to detach it?  When creating the component, I didn't detach all the extrusions created after the first one beause I want them to stay together.  Please advise how to approach this.  Thanks!

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ccollins
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The best practice is to create the window family separately using the Window Family Template, save-as, and the load it into the Project. ( creating lots of in-place families will cause problems with the project.)

 

However in your case, having special concerns about an existing building and window profile--modeling in-place may be a  better way to generate the window family.

 

There is a way to then save the in-place family out as an external family, and then load it into the project.

 

http://whatrevitwants.blogspot.com/2011/07/save-in-place-family-as-rfa-for-use-in.html

 

Hope this helps.

 

 

Cliff B. Collins
Registered Architect/BIM Manager
Thalden Boyd Emery Architects
St. Louis, MO

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