NewDimension in family document - Invalid number of references
Hi Mariya
I attached here RFA. Macros are inside of RFA file. This includes 4 different problems. One with a nut shape and two with blend, and 1 with view.
A nut case:
- Open Floor plan in the Family editor.
- Execute SetDimForNut() macro. It will add dimension lines between exiting reference lines and extrusion sketch entities. "R_6" family parameter is set to the Family Label of each dimension.
- There is not any message when the macro has ended. So verify in this phase that all dimensions are ok, like here:
- Open Family Types dialog
- Change Type Name to "Nut-2". Notice that "R_6" family parameter have different value.
=> Errors should occur as soon as OK or Apply button is pressed:
Blend case:
Even that we are demonstrating here with Blend this will occur also with Extrusion and Revolve if there is Arc used in the model.
- Open "Section 1" view. (Macro is using ActiveView property)
- Execute SetDimForBlend() macro. First it will add Reference lines and then it will add dimension lines between reference lines and Arcs. "H" family parameter is set to the Family Label of each dimension.
=> Errors should occur immediately:
2nd Blend case:
- Open "Section 1" view. (Macro is using ActiveView property)
- Modify SetDimForBlend() macro so that there will be 2 separate transactions. See the comments in the macro.
- Execute SetDimForBlend() macro.
=> Same kind errors occurs but now it shows to another Arc than when there was only 1 transaction in use:
View case:
Both Blend cases uses ActiveView in the macro. And selected view was “Section 1” view. With Revit 2022 we have used “{3D}” view when we are creating RFA. There it has been worked well.
With Revit 2023 these Blend test case will fail if active view is 3D. So select that view and run the SetDimForBlend() macro. This error occurred:
Br Juha
Hi @juhanak ,
Thank you for providing the file and macros. I see the problems you describe.
In short, my comments are the following:
- NewLinearDimension has issues in 2023, which is unfortunate, as you cannot use it for a workaround in these cases. Did you use NewLinearDimension successfully for these operations in 2022? If so, would you also send us the file/macro which successfully uses NewLinearDimension in 2022? My guess is that this never worked, and it is a separate issue that will need to be solved.
- The version of NewDimension, which I have repaired locally, works for the cases you provided, except for the 3D view case. The 3D case does not work out of the box with the repaired NewDimension either, because in order to place dimensions in 3D view, you need to set the active workplane to the plane of the sketch in which you'll be placing the dimension. Once I named the reference plane on which the blend was placed and set it as active workplane in 3D view, that case worked too. For further reference, when working in 3D view, please make sure to set the active workplane first, to avoid errors. This forum post talks about how to create workplanes from scratch, or use existing workplanes: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-api-forum/set-active-work-plane/td-p/3818199
FYI, here are some screenshots from my testing with the repaired NewDimension, so I am confirming it should work for these cases once fixed.
After making the dimensions, they look normal in the sketch:
After the type is changed to Nut-2, there are no errors and the shape changes:
Adding dimensions to the second blend in section:
