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Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 9:26:55 AM | Revit Building 2008-3 hole countertop

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I am trying to modify a default countertop to contain three openings.  I can get the outside two openings to be constrained to a constant distance from the sides, but I cannot constrain the middle opening.  I want it to always stay in the middle.  I've tried formulas, setting the distance from each end as equal, setting the distance from the opening centerlines as equal, etc.  Commonly I get errors saying that adding a constraint would overconstrain the family.  I'm sure this is something relatively simple I'm missing.  Any ideas?  and thanks!

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Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 10:09:19 AM | Revit Building 2008-3 hole countertop

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I have found constrainign things to reference planes instead of each other produces less errors.  In your countertop situation, you would add a reference plane to represent the centerline.  Constrain that to be centered on the length of countertop, then contrain the holes to be constrained to that line (either on it or x inches to either side).  I think that might work for you.


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Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 10:14:08 AM | Revit Building 2008-3 hole countertop

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AHHH!!!  I think that may have been part of my problem.  I wasn't constraining the reference plane correctly.  Let me look into that a little more.  What you say is making sense, so let's see if I can make it work.  Thanks!


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Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 2:02:04 PM | Revit Building 2008-3 hole countertop

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Lizard2806, Thanks for the help.  That was the problem.  I had the reference lines set to be relative to each other.  Don't know why that didn't work, but when I set them to be relative to the reference lines for the ends of the cabinet, it fixed the problem.  The only additional oddity I had was the symbolic circle for the cutout in plan view wouldn't move, but I deleted it and redrew it and problem solved.  I think I'll try it out a little more and upload it here in case someone else wants to use it too.

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