How to make arms for a chair family?

[uoliveira]

Hi!

I would like to know how can i make the arms of this chair. I have used the model adaptative component template, but i can't load it into the furniture template where the chair was made.

Thanks.

[uoliveira]

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[Anonymous]

Don't use the adaptive component family....build everything in the furniture family.

[ToanDN]

Build the arms as a sweep either inside the chair family or as a nested generic model family.  Adaptive families can only be loaded in adaptive parent families (mass, curtain panel/generic model pattern base, and generic model adaptive).

[Sahay_R · Accepted solution]

Beautiful job on the adaptive family.

I would vote for the nested generic model family for the arms.

And since the arm curves in TWO directions, I would break it up into two, since (to the best of my knowledge) Revit only allows curves in one direction, and then nest them into the chair.

As a matter of fact, nesting separate parts of the chair would be so much easier to constrain and restrain.

Make sure to constrain the sketch of the sweeps with parameters and associate them appropriately in the host family.

Good luck!