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I have a series of custom cabinets i'm developing for our company. They are very customizable with lots of instance parameters for dimensions instead of pre-dimentioned types. I'm trying to set up a single yes/no lock parameter that would lock every dimension. The goal is to be able to load a cabinet into a project, manually size it to whatever dimensions necessary and then lock the cabinets size. This way I can quickly unlock them and resize for any design changes. I've been trolling the forums for help on this but I can't seem to find anything that makes sense. Please help!
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Sorry ... no way that I know of. Don't you trust your users? If you don't want them easily changed, make them type parameters but even those can be altered.
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This isn't about trusting users. The problem I have is that I want to use loadable instances of cabinets that I can resize just from their element properties. It was easy enough to make and load in, but when I use the Align command to line them up or against the wall they resize. I would like to load in a cabinet, size it the way I want, and then lock the dimensions so I don't have to worry about them resizing as I move then around the kitchen. Any ideas yet? As an aside, does anybody know of a good reference to find out more about working with formulas?
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I don't use types becuase our company does custom cabinetry and in the design phase many small changes get made. The cabinets get sized to fit the space as required. I'd end up with a ludicrous amount of types after just a few projects! (believe me, people are picky)
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Your problem can be solved by how you "align" your cabinets. You must be aligning an instance paramter located plane in your family with something in your model resulting in you actually changing the parameter. If you have built your family with the origin at the center, this will always be a problem. You need the origin at one side with the family flexing in one direction. Then you place the cabinet from the origin sied and adjust or not the instance parameter side.
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Thanks a lot for your help. I defined an origin 1 foot away from the cabinet. (made 2 reference planes, defined them as origin and pinned them). It still resizes when I use the align command. I'm not sure if i'm following your instructions properly. Any time for a futher explanation?
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There is a great resource on the AutoDESK site on family building that may help you better understand this. ArchitectureFamiliesImpENU.pdf Search and download that from their site.
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Thanks, I appreciate your time
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