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I want to create a flexible family of the type "Structural Framing - Complex & Trusses". I'm not really interested in using the structural truss wizard or family because we don't analyze these trusses, nor do we care about the internal truss bracing. We're only concerned with modeling the shape of the truss. So, I've attached a PDF showing what I'm trying to accomplish. I'm trying to create this truss family with 3 parameters, so that I can create multiple Types within the family. I would like to be able to enter the slope parameter as a ratio (ex. 6:12). The one that I'm having the most difficulty with is the "H" parameter. I just can't get it all to work without errors. Anyone interested in helping? THANKS!!
Edited on: Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 4:12:21 PM
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Just curiuos as to what the dimension is going to-because I do not see refernce lines/planes. If you aren't using them try that and use the align and lock (it works on end points of lines too in case you didnt know). Actually I just made the family in revit using reference planes and flexed it-it all seems to work fine (well similar with same parameters. Put your dimensions to your references and align lock your solid object lines to those.
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not the exact family you are probably trying to create but if you edit this solid form you will see the end points are aligned and locked to the reference plane-hope this helps
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I'm going to be working on this today and I'll stay at it until I get it right. The example that I posted was just a Drafting View that I sketched up for illustration purposes. That's why you didn't see any reference lines/planes. I must have been doing something fundamentally wrong yesterday. I tried setting up reference planes, dimensioning and labeling them, and then creating my extrusion and locking it to the reference planes. I was able to get the H dimension to work, but it would always move the bottom chord for some reason, even though I had locked it to the reference plane. Then there's the issue of the angle. I can't figure out how to develop a slope parameter so that I can enter the data as a ratio (6:12). I'm thinking that I may have to create 2 labeled dimensions: Rise & Run, and then create a type parameter for Slope with a formula for slope . . . . or something like that. Thanks for your help so far!
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OK . . . I'm close. I didn't realize that you could align and lock end points. I think that resolved my problem with the "H" dimension. So I've attached the family that I'm working on and the "H" and "L" dimensions both work fine as TYPE parameters. So, now . . . it's on to the SLOPE part. And I think maybe I'm close with that . . . but now the SLOPE parameter is "grayed out" in the Type Parameters dialogue box. And the Rise and Run parameters are available. That's just not going to work. The slope is always given to us by the architect as a ratio and so I don't want my guys having to calculate the heigth of the ridge. Make sense? So, how do I get a Type Parameter for Slope that I can enter as a ratio, which in turn "flexes" the truss to match?
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Got it! Kind of . . . It dawned on me that in the slope ratio, RUN always = 12". So, I only need to enter the RISE as it's related to a 12" RUN. So, I created a simple formula that works great. So my guys can quickly model and detail Light Gage Metal Trusses of this shape by entering 3 simple variables. Thanks!
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