Custom Revit Family - Cladding Panel with Rotation, Beam Rotation Problem

[alastairworsley1918]

Hi all,

I am working on a project where we are cladding a tunnel; I have a standard panel family that we are using along the length of the tunnel, but I need to apply a rotation parameter to it so I can rotate the panel slightly where the tunnel rises at each end to meet the surface.

So far I have created a family that I can alter the dimensions of, so I can resize it as necessary. I have also applied a rotation parameter to it so I can rotate the panel as the tunnel curves upwards. The panel itself is working fine, however I need to put in some horizontal bracing which will be some PFC beams. I have got it to the stage where I can make the beams rotate by locking their orientation to a 'vertical' Reference Line that rotates with the panel, however they do not move with the panel and I cannot constrain them without errors.

I'd ideally like to keep them as PFC beams but can use extrusions if that is more sensible, but I wasn't having any luck before when I tried that. Any help would be appreciated.

Ally

[ToanDN]

It sounds like a job for mass, divided surfaces, curtain panel pattern based or adaptive generic family.

[alastairworsley1918 · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the reply, but in the end I had Raquel from Autodesk provide some assistance.

We used a Reference Line to provide a rotated Work Plane that we then nested the original family onto. After that, the parameters were much the same as before, we just needed to associate the nested family's parameters with the new family parameters.

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