Wall Hosted Adaptive Family

[MAHadaway]

I have created an adaptive family.  It comprises of several different families, both adaptive and generic, nested into one.  I'm trying to load the now nested family into a wall hosted family template - which CANNOT be done.  However, I need a way to have this family penetrate a wall and host to it.  I'm not limiting myself to just wall host, I am ok with face or any other host.  I've tried to use a reference plane but I can't get the family to face the direction I want it to.  And to add another bit of challenge, I need it to go from inside to outside.  So the majority of the family it to the outside of a building.  See the attached images.  If my description isn't clear please let me know and I'll try to elaborate.  Thanks for the help!

[BDMackey]

If you have an adaptive point in the family it will host to anything.  No these CAN NOT be loaded into other families, a shortcoming to Adaptive families.  A void can be placed in this family so once hosted the cut tool can be used to make the hole in the object being hosted.

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

Set the placement point(s) as Adaptive Point(s) so that you can pick a surface or a workplane when place the family.

[MAHadaway]

BDMackey thank you for the input.   I am finding more and more the deeper I go into Revit the more frustrating it is.  I thought it would be more intuitive and not require so many work arounds.  Alas, we use with what we have.  I got it to mostly work - not quite like I think it should but it looks right.  Thank you for your help.

[MAHadaway]

@ToanDN  that work once I loaded the nested families in another Adaptive Family template.  I had to lock the adaptive point to the reference lines and then loaded it into the model.  Got it where I wanted it on the wall ... just couldn't make it cut.  Thanks for your help.

[BDMackey]

The cut will have to be in the adaptive family not in the family being hosted.