topic Re: Adaptptive Arch Family Problems in Revit Architecture Forum

Adaptptive Arch Family Problems

BugFinder — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 21:29:12 GMT

I found a good tutorial here for how to make an adaptive arch and even provides a download of the final product but since it is 2020 format and I onluy have 2019, I decided to give the tutorial a go.

I am up to 7:20 in the tutorial where I have to add a formula to make H1 parameter equal the HR parameter.

When I add the formula in as per the video, I get an error:

"A reporting parameter can be used in a formula only if it's dimension references are all to host elements in the family"

Considering my family type parameters look identical to the video, I don't understand why this error appears (almost the same apart from the default elevation constraint but I'm not sure where that came from...

This is from the tutorial:

and this is mine:

Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening? From what I can see, the reporting parameter (HR) should be reporting therefore should be correct.

Re: Adaptptive Arch Family Problems

barthbradley — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 21:59:55 GMT

Post the Family.

...and the tutorial you are following.

Re: Adaptptive Arch Family Problems

BugFinder — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 16:58:22 GMT

****... I did attach the file but crashed posting so assume it dumped the attachment...

The tutorial is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgFmqkdx9d4

Re: Adaptptive Arch Family Problems

barthbradley — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 17:11:08 GMT

Looks like you are in need of this information:

Re: Adaptptive Arch Family Problems

BugFinder — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 20:02:27 GMT

Thanks for the info but I still cannot enter any formula whether it is yours or from the tutorial...

I could set all of the parameters to non-reporting and add your formulas in but then I could not follow the rest of the tutorial!!

Re: Adaptptive Arch Family Problems

bin — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:35:02 GMT

It looks like you didn't see my reply in the other post.

Your problem here is that you didn't make the point adaptive. Once you make them adaptive, you will be able to use the reporting parameter in the formula.

Good luck. 🙂

Re: Adaptptive Arch Family Problems

BugFinder — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:07:41 GMT

@binI didn't see your previous post but yes you are correct I hadn't set the points to adaptive.

Thanks very much 😁