Autodesk Revit 2010 - Parametric Louver System Series Part 3
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Autodesk Revit 2010 – Parametric Louver System Part 3
Software: Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010
Description: In this Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010 video tutorial, we will nest our parametric louver system within a curtain panel family, so that it becomes a parametric panel system that can receive different louver counts.. This louver system will be embedded in a curtain wall family by arraying a generic model component family that is within a lined based family. Later, we’ll create shared instance parameters to drive the model from a schedule. This is the third of a series of videos that explains the process of creating parametric families within Revit.
Topics Covered:
- Nesting components in a curtain wall family
- Populating components based upon instance parameters
- Creating shared parameters and relationships
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Great tutorial, but I hit a snag at 2:45 where, when I select the louvers to drag down to the reference plane, there is no grip handle to drag. I’ve confirmed that I created the height as an Instance Parameter in the Louver System family…Any ideas?
make sure you dimensioned to the ref plan in the family and not to the geometry.
Thanks so much for this great tutorial. I always vaguely understood nesting families, but have a much clearer familiarity with it no. And now to my question, I’m trying to recreate this tutorial to array horizontally instead of vertically, and I’m getting stumped. What I did was created the LouverBlade as in the first step. Then, in the array stage, I still used the line based family, but instead of the reference line staying on the reference place, I rotated it to act as the height. I found that you can delete the dimension that comes in with the template, rotate the line, then redimension as associate with the Length parameter. It worked perfectly and flexes well, except once the curtain wall panel gets to a certain size, it seems to “let go” of my locks. And gives me a fixed number of Louvers and a fixed louver width. Any ideas why this would happen?
I’m getting the same issue as Matts. I’ve started over from part 1 and made sure that the Louver Height in the system is dimmensioned to the ref planes, not the geometry. Any way to correct this or a work around?
N/M I figured out what I did wrong. Great tutorial as usual David. Hope to see you at AU.
AHA! I found that I had inadvertently dimensioned the Louver System Height parameter from the level line, not the Ref plane. Thanks and hope to meet you at AU.
haha! I solved that problem too!! ^^
@Jon it does not have to be line based. It can be in a generic family. What happens of you draw the line based family in the other direction?
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I’ve tried everything and I still cannot get the height to work. The length is fine, but when I try to change height I don’t get the grip handles..please help!
@ed the above descriptions need some clarification. there is a reference level with elevation tag and there is also a reference plane at this same location. use the tab key to activate the reference plane to dimension.
Ming87,
I’m going to try it, and I let you know.
Thank you very much!!!!
Hi David,
fantastic tutorial but I seem to hit the same problem as some of the other guys…I dont get the handles for the height:(
I’ve definately used an instance parameter and am sure i use the ref planes only…
any ideas?
I’m getting the same problem when I select the louvers to drag down the reference plane.
All works great…however, now i have to pull the louvers around a curve…Tried to create a generic line based model using a radial array, didn’t really work. Any ideas?
This tutorial is really great, I’ve used the concept to make a horizontal louver for use as a ventilation grille in a curtain wall. Thanks for posting these tutorials.
How can I apply this panel to a horizontal curtain wall system? I followed all the steps and it works great on vertical walls, but when I try to change a panel in my horizontal oriented curtain wall its says it can’t make the louver panel type. (I am trying to use a curtainwall to create a horizontal sunshade with louvers.)
Ok me sale un error :S cuando cargas las 2da familia la tocas y aparecen las flechas para subirlas y las alineas pero a mi no me aparecen esas flechas las veo como grupos entonces no aparecen
@Rodrigo,
Tienes que asegurarte q estas tomando inicialmente la medida desde el “reference plane” y no desde el “reference level”. Para activar el “reference plane” tienes que usar tab. Yo tuve el mismo error y esto lo soluciono.
No aun asi no me funciona use el TAB y ahora si vi que puedo cambiar el referenc plane pero l problema es como que la altura de los paneles verticales esta fijo entonces si subo o bajo aun asi no funciona
@ Rodrigo,
Yo de ti empezaria desde el principio de los videos. Desde cero. A mi me tomo unas cuantas veces caer en cuenta de mi error. Pero estoy seguro q es eso. El momento en que el mide la altura del Louver en el video numero uno, creo, asegurate q le das tab al reference plane.