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rcobbjr

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bauhaus1919

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Depends on how detailed you need. You can create an inplace family of a solid extrusion 1" thick at the height you want relatively quickly. You can do something more elaborate is you need detail and it is custom. If its standard casework try here:

http://www.woodworkinstitute.com/publications/casework.asp

or search for "shelf" in the downloads section of this site. Anything you download can be modified to look more like the way that you need it to. I download stuff all the time that is a good starting point for what I need...usually stripping the parametrics off the bat and really canabalizing it down-and-dirty if it's a one-off.

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IDN101

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The one correct way to do this would be to create a custom family. A simple series of extrusions, spaced vertically apart. But this assumes you are comfortable with the Family Editor.

An alternative work-around would to be to use "Floors" to create the individual shelves. Offest them from your reference level to get the spacing. I wouldn't recomment getting into the habit of creating elements like this (from totally unrelated ones) but it will look about right in your model.

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bauhaus1919

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That's a better description of my in-place family idea. Again, I think it depends on the detail needed, but also the type of shelf (single shelf closet-style or multiple shelves bookcase style) that are needed. Solid extrusions are easy enough that I was thinking in-place, but using the Family Editor as you suggest is also a viable option. I actually prefer the Family Editor in most cases, so 'm glad to see that added to this thread.

I don't see, however, how making it out of Floor is helpful? I just timed myself and creating an in-place solid extrusion of the right Type and thickness took within 5 seconds of making a floor (of a default thickness, not accurate)...and the first way schedules correctly. I could see doing it that way if you need to quickly do a shelf with complicated sloping geometries...but the real-world necessity seems limited.

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FAMILY EDIT - adding hidden lines to casework to show shelves in elevation

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family with (3) or more yes/no options

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Custom Shelves

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Yes/No paramter controlled by two different types of paramters

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SHELVING SYSTEM

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