Nested families with MEP Connectors

[Anonymous]

I have been modelling families for mechanical services. Some of the families have lots of types and complex shapes which I have nested into the family. I have noticed that the mechanical connectors don't appear in the family when they have been loaded in with a nested element. Is there anyway to fix this?

[L.Maas · Accepted solution]

Connectors have to be placed in the top most host family to be made available to the project.

If you nest a family with connectors in a host family you (unfortunately) have to add new connectors in the host family.

[jknight]

I know this is an old post but seems closest to my problem. I have a family of tanks and some heat exchangers inserted into a single family. I then have plumbed the two together. I have inlets, outlets, and assorted other fitting connections that I've added connector/tags too. I did remove them from the individual nested families as they don't come thru to the main family from what I've researched. I have 3 different tank heights with the same diameter, and the tags I add to the connection points stay attached to the connection face when changing between the different heights. However, when I change to a different diameter the tags go all over the place. I have seen that you can't really attach tags to nested families and that you really have to recreate the fitting in the main family. But how do these tags stay attached and move with the faces until I switch to a different size tank? Hope someone can help... Thanks in advance.

Using 2016

[jknight]

bump... anyone?

[MichaelSpahn]

Hi @jknight 

i have the same Problem. 

Do you have a solution for me?