topic Adjustable Window Sill in Revit Architecture Forum

Adjustable Window Sill

terliamULH7S — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 13:59:00 GMT

Hello! I have edited an existing window family and added a brick rowlock sill to it and I'm trying to figure out of it's possible to make it automatically adjust to different heights. I made it a sweep, so it already adjusts to widths it just doesn't move up or down with the window. I'm using revit 2023.

Re: Adjustable Window Sill

vitorbortoncello — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:17:47 GMT

Use extrusion, sweeps are limited to expand just along a path

Re: Adjustable Window Sill

terliamULH7S — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:24:37 GMT

So if I turn it into an extrusion will I be able to have it adjust to the width automatically as well when the dimensions change?

Reflecting I realize this might have been a silly question. I'm assuming with the extrusion I can lock it to a reference plane, and it will move when those planes move?

Re: Adjustable Window Sill

vitorbortoncello — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:28:22 GMT

Yes!

Re: Adjustable Window Sill

barthbradley — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:08:34 GMT

I wouldn't add this brick to the Window since it's not part of the Window in real life and nor would it be the window installers job to put it in. The brick installer would do that finish work.

...use a wall sweep to keep it simple.

Re: Adjustable Window Sill

terliamULH7S — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:40:32 GMT

I'm for some reason running into the same issue where the constraint isn't being recognized vertically (it is at least horizontally so yay!) and I'm being asked to remove it but I'm assuming that's a user error and not an issue with the logic.

Re: Adjustable Window Sill

terliamULH7S — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:42:51 GMT

I have over 70 windows to put in the model almost all of them with different dimensions so I was trying to avoid putting them in one by one, but this might just have to be what I do. Thank you!

Re: Adjustable Window Sill

barthbradley — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:06:40 GMT

@terliamULH7S wrote:
I have over 70 windows to put in the model almost all of them with different dimensions so I was trying to avoid putting them in one by one, but this might just have to be what I do. Thank you!

So you'll have over 70 brick sills to add. That's doable. Shouldn't take that long. And consider the upside. You'll have a better BIM in the end. 😉

Re: Adjustable Window Sill

barthbradley — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:17:35 GMT

....we've used a slightly sloped floor for this used as well.

Re: Adjustable Window Sill

kamyar8P6AX — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:01:03 GMT

do you have an updated version of this family?

Re: Adjustable Window Sill

kamyar8P6AX — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:02:50 GMT

do you have an updated version of this family?