Trying to create this line based family

[AustinMcCollum]

I'm trying to create this line based family where it will place the number of full-length panels and then place another 1 of the families but just cut the family off where the line stops.

I'm thinking that I may need to create an If-then statement to have the line edge cut the family but I don't know if that is even possible.

Attached are the 2 families

Thank you for any help

[barthbradley]

See if the attached file helps you.

[AustinMcCollum]

that is what I want the equation to do....if that makes sense

[barthbradley]

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@AustinMcCollum wrote:

that is what I want the equation to do....if that makes sense

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mmm? Nope; doesn't make sense.  What's the red fill and line represent?  

[AustinMcCollum]

Your Wall cladding family was exactly what I was wanting.

[ToanDN]

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@AustinMcCollum wrote:

I'm trying to create this line based family where it will place the number of full-length panels and then place another 1 of the families but just cut the family off where the line stops.

I'm thinking that I may need to create an If-then statement to have the line edge cut the family but I don't know if that is even possible.

Attached are the 2 families

Thank you for any help

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Why not simply use a curtain wall for much more flexibility?

[martijn_pater]

@ToanDN You read my mind...

[barthbradley]

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@AustinMcCollum wrote:

Your Wall cladding family was exactly what I was wanting.

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Just did that one for another member recently.  Check out this discussion:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-architecture-forum/sheet-array-with-1-help/m-p/9652467#M291094

[AustinMcCollum]

Our interiors ladies want the category of this family to be Specialty equipment and they don't want this family to show up in plan but only in elevation. 

I never thought about using a curtain wall family to make this, but maybe that would be easier.

[ToanDN]

I did wall cladding using curtain walls for an entire floor of a hospital. Different typical panel sizes, sometime they need to be sloped or curved to follow the ceiling, various panel types and finishes, some time one panel in the chain has a different accent finish. That would be a nightmare using a family with array. And set them to show or not to show when you want is just a matter of using filters.

[martijn_pater]

You can make cw panels not show in plan I suppose, although category is somewhat more difficult if you really have to put those under specialty equipment for some reason. You could model it in-place in this category or with the line-based family, I guess you have some options...

[calexander_PCO]

You are right that to achieve that you are going to need an if/then statement to create the "width" of the parameter with, I'd guess, a few calculated parameters for the entire length, number of whole repeats, and then the remainder.

The curtainwall idea is also a good one, with the challenges mentioned below. I'd look at employing a system that allows for the naming of the curtainwall system and the panels themselves as named something like 'specialty equipment' or, if needed, more granular information. Then create a standard view filter to help control the visibility - but it depends on the flexibility that you need and whether you are wanting quantity takeoffs, etc.

One challenge of the curtainwall system is that it is, by design, flexible - so that curtain wall panels can be whatever size you want them; so if it is a commodity item that you are trying to calculate, it would infer or allow a greater amount of flexibility than is possible (i.e. panels come in 2' increments but it was modeled as 7'-4" tall) - it's the same challenge we had/have with door panels in curtainwalls rather than using a door family in a wall-panel.

[martijn_pater]

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@calexander_PCO wrote:

Then create a standard view filter to help control the visibility - but it depends on the flexibility that you need and whether you are wanting quantity takeoffs, etc.

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If you don't want to see it in plan you can simply uncheck the panel families' visibily settings not to display in plan views...

Element visibility settings

[AustinMcCollum]

I'll have to ask some more questions to see if there is a need for sloping the wall protection or anything else that would make using curtain walls.