Host Placement Point on Reference Point?

[Chad-Smith]

It's been a little while I made my last adaptive component, but I have what I thought was a fairly simple request.

I want two adaptive components that I load into a project.

In the first, I want a Reference Point which is set to be visible.

In the second, I want a Placement Point.

Then in the project, I want to host the placement point in the second family onto the reference point of the first.

While I can snap the two together, when one of them is moved the other doesn't.

I know the problem is with the Reference Point. When it is a Shape Handle point there are no problems, but I don't want it to be movable as a shape handle point does.

Wondering if anyone knows of a way to work around this?

[Chad-Smith]

It's been a little while I made my last adaptive component, but I have what I thought was a fairly simple request.

I want two adaptive components that I load into a project.

In the first, I want a Reference Point which is set to be visible.

In the second, I want a Placement Point.

Then in the project, I want to host the placement point in the second family onto the reference point of the first.

While I can snap the two together, when one of them is moved the other doesn't.

I know the problem is with the Reference Point. When it is a Shape Handle point there are no problems, but I don't want it to be movable as a shape handle point does.

Wondering if anyone knows of a way to work around this?

[barthbradley · Accepted solution]

I can't replicate what you are describing. That is, I can't get a Placement Point in one Family to host to and be driven by a Shape Handle in another Family within the Project.  I can "snap" points all day long, but I can't host get one Family's point to host to, and being driven by, another Family's point in the Project.   I don't recall ever doing this before, but based on this test, I would assume it can't be done.  Have you read something that suggests it should work?   

[barthbradley · Accepted solution]

I can't replicate what you are describing. That is, I can't get a Placement Point in one Family to host to and be driven by a Shape Handle in another Family within the Project.  I can "snap" points all day long, but I can't host get one Family's point to host to, and being driven by, another Family's point in the Project.   I don't recall ever doing this before, but based on this test, I would assume it can't be done.  Have you read something that suggests it should work?   

[FAIR59 · Accepted solution]

in the first family, make an Invisible line starting at the reference point.

 

Host the second family onto that line and set the Normalized Curve Parameter of the Placement Point of the second family to zero.

[FAIR59 · Accepted solution]

in the first family, make an Invisible line starting at the reference point.

 

Host the second family onto that line and set the Normalized Curve Parameter of the Placement Point of the second family to zero.

[barthbradley]

@FAIR59 : I can easily host a point in one family to a model element that is driven by a point in another family.  It's the point to point that I can't do in the Project.  Is this even possible?  I know that you can do it if you nest family into  family.  

[barthbradley]

@FAIR59 : I can easily host a point in one family to a model element that is driven by a point in another family.  It's the point to point that I can't do in the Project.  Is this even possible?  I know that you can do it if you nest family into  family.  

[FAIR59]

I don't think you can host a family on a reference point in another family (project environment). Therefore I suggested hosting the family on the startpoint of a line beginning in the reference point, which basicly amounts to the same thing.

[FAIR59]

I don't think you can host a family on a reference point in another family (project environment). Therefore I suggested hosting the family on the startpoint of a line beginning in the reference point, which basicly amounts to the same thing.

[Chad-Smith]

Thank you all for your replies. It took me a while to get back to this, but I can confirm that the suggestion of using a line to host to the endpoints works, and looks like it might be an option.

At this stage, I'm only working through a proof of concept for a range of families, so this would need further development to see whether it is user-friendly, but it's at least progress.

[Chad-Smith]

Thank you all for your replies. It took me a while to get back to this, but I can confirm that the suggestion of using a line to host to the endpoints works, and looks like it might be an option.

At this stage, I'm only working through a proof of concept for a range of families, so this would need further development to see whether it is user-friendly, but it's at least progress.