I had this same issue with a face based family for placing grooved titles on my book covers. I suppose you could lock the wall to ref planes so that it automatically grows with the opening. You make a window that works fine for ages and ages, then suddenly you decide to make a really big one and everything goes wrong. I was very puzzled when I first came across this. If you want to make a really big door or window, you may need to stretch the wall inside the family so that there is still something left. Interesting thing about hosted families, even though the host inside the family is just a "stand-in" it's size has a limiting effect. Why not use Philip Chan's trick of the face-based model text family that cuts into another. The books were looking a bit blank & I got the idea of making a halloween connection via their titles. But the other 2 need a good deal more attention. Without this, even the smartest technological tools cannot help to create good design.Would have loved to spend more time playing with this aspect, but we really must get back to the "END PRODUCT" Which at the moment is 3 Escheresque images. Architects like McDonough are evidence of the fact that design which is great in any aspect comes first and foremost from the philosophy, vision, and expertise of the designers. Only when you act and implement can you make innovation happen day in and day out. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, they make them.
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See this little video clip for how simple it is to get this done. The family itself will not report what category it is when you go to the Family Category and Parameters dialog. It is important to note that you place this family using the Component tool or straight from the family editor by dragging the family, which will be located under the corresponding category. If you had any geometry that you do not want in your template, make sure to delete it before you rename the file. Now you can use this template to create custom parameterized walls for example, that can be re-used from project to project. Notice that it will be saved as an rfa file ĭ) In Explorer, rename the extension to rft. For example add a simple extrusion, but then do not exit from Family Editing mode Ĭ) Go to the project browser under Groups and save out this group. But using the following technique, you can create a template for any system family category that is available as an in-place family:Ī) In a project, create an in-place family of the category you desire. We all know that we don't have rft family templates at our disposal for some system families such as walls, roofs, ceilings and floors. I ran across a "hack" a while back which I posted on the AUGI forums, and thought I'd add it here too.