Door that can stretch and flip

Door that can stretch and flip

Mitrovski95
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Door that can stretch and flip

Mitrovski95
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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. 

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ojuris
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where is block (dwg file)?

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Post your block please.

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

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Mitrovski95
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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

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j.palmeL29YX
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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. 

 

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Mitrovski95
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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!

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JBerns
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@Mitrovski95,

 

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.

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Mitrovski95
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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. 

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JBerns
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@Mitrovski95,

 

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

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