topic Re: Door that can stretch and flip in Dynamic Blocks Forum

Door that can stretch and flip

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 17:49:40 GMT

Hi guys, can you please help me fix my door block:

I need the door width to strech, as well as the frame width and also be able to do a horizontal and vertical flip. Pretty basic but can't get it to work.

I followed this youtube tutorial (LINK) to create a simple door. To this I want to add a flip option. The horizontal flip works great but when I add the vertical flip the block is broken.

Re: Door that can stretch and flip

ojuris — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:52:19 GMT

where is block (dwg file)?

Re: Door that can stretch and flip

j.palmeL29YX — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:53:26 GMT

Post your block please.

Re: Door that can stretch and flip

JBerns — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 17:06:25 GMT

You may also want to review the sample block on the AutoCAD Tool Palette - Architectural

Re: Door that can stretch and flip

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 13:43:19 GMT

So sorry for not replying sooner, my email notifications were turned off for some reason. Here is the block I don't know why it didn't upload in the original post

Re: Door that can stretch and flip

j.palmeL29YX — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 17:23:25 GMT

Delete the Flip Parameter from the selection set of Stretch3.

Add a Move Action with Multiplicator 0.5 to the Thickness Parameter as shown in the video.

(view in My Videos)

Re: Door that can stretch and flip

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 08:15:52 GMT

Thanks, I tried your suggestion and now the flip parameters move correctly when the door frame is stretched. Now all that I want to do is to also add the flip in the other direction (left-right). Like @JBerns suggested I looked at the block from the tool palette and it seems that the flip parameter includes everything in it's selection set. But when I tried that it doesn't work in my case. You can see it in this video

Again thanks for your help!

Re: Door that can stretch and flip

JBerns — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:40:29 GMT

@Anonymous,

The drawing you supplied contains six versions of the door block.

The version named, swing-door-screen, seems to have a working horizontal Flip definition.

Re: Door that can stretch and flip

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 13:04:27 GMT

Thanks JBerns I will check that out. I actually changed the door block from the tool palette like you suggested and simply added a door frame and deleted the other visibility parameters as I don’t need those. And it works great 👍 I’m new to dynamic blocks so I still don’t perfectly understand how everything works but at least I achieved the desired result.

Re: Door that can stretch and flip

JBerns — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:03:51 GMT

@Anonymous,

Glad to hear that you are making progress.

I would encourage you to watch any forum posts by @Libbya.

Also, see these Autodesk University classes:

https://www.autodesk.com/autodesk-university/search?query=dynamic+block

Looking forward to hearing of your success.

Regards,

Jerry