Align nested family with (angular) reference lines

[j.jansmaG7C9C]

Hello all,

Newbie question here: I'm trying to create a family that contains some nested families, and I experience some trouble when trying to align a family item to two reference lines (of which one is angular).

Any clues would be greatly appreciated!

[barthbradley]

Try hosting the Nested Family to an angled Ref. Line Work Plane and then Aligning/Locking it to the RL.  The Nested Family needs to have Work Plane-Based checked for this to work.  

[j.jansmaG7C9C]

I see now that the screencast in my original post didn't show up. Here's a link for anyone interested:

https://screencast.autodesk.com/Embed/Timeline/3455e6d1-3c22-4fcb-8b73-bc7cc9bac05d

Thanks for your reply Barthbradley. Unfortunetaly, I didn't get it to work. I'm still struggling. I tried to set the "Work Plane-Based" switch, but I'm getting the following error message: "Couldn't find an appropriate Host. Try selecting a different Host Face or switch Placement Mode." when I use that.

Could you please have a look at my set-up?

https://screencast.autodesk.com/Embed/Timeline/b3e337a4-83db-4250-bd14-a0da4549c5f9

[j.jansmaG7C9C · Accepted solution]

Well, after some very time consuming hours, watching tutorials et cetera, I found out that best thing to do is to stay away from angular constraints at all. Whatever you do: It's always troublesome. So I decided to redesign my family, and it's all working now.