Hello hello,
Families are hard (both in Revit and in real life).
I am looking to create a curtain wall panel so that it rotates along the Y-axis.
Context:
Thanks to Youtube, this video goes over how to create a curtain wall panel that rotates along the X-axis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDvS0WOr6n0
Attempt:
I tried replicating these steps in the 'Left' elevation so that it would rotate at the midpoint of the Height.
Am stuck when trying to edit the reporting parameter formula in Family Types so that H (Panel Height) is 'Height / 2'
The error that comes up is 'A reporting parameter can be used in a formula only if its dimension references are all to host elements in the family.'
Attempt Steps:
Setting up the Y-Axis Origin
Panel Reference
Create Panel
Attachments:
Curtain wall panel shown rotating along x-axis;
I'd like for this curtain wall panel to rotate along the y-axis.
Assumptions:
I'm guessing I'm creating RP 'Center (Top/Bottom)' incorrectly.
Probably creating the RP not as a 'host element', but I'm not sure what to do to fix the problem.
Any direction would be appreciated, thanks everyone!
Create the extrusion for the panel in a generic model, work-plane based family, with instance parameters for its three dimensions. Nest this family into a curtain panel family. Host the generic model family on a reference line created in the curtain panel family, whose rotation is controlled by a instance parameter. Then associate the length parameters of the generic model family to equivalent length reporting parameters in the curtain panel family. Once the curtain panel family is loaded into a project and assigned to a curtain wall, the user will be able to set a rotation angle to each panel.
Hi Toan, Alfredo,
Thanks for replying, but if you could go over how I could rotate the curtain wall panel on the Y-axis that would be appreciated!
When I try to replicate the steps that rotate the panel along the Y-axis, I get the error
'A reporting parameter can be used in a formula only if its dimension references are all to host elements in the family.'
I've only a basic knowledge of families, so any videos, screenshots, screencasts would be swell.
I tried to be as clear as I could in my first post, I have failed it seems 😛