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Hi, I'm trying to create a Brise Soleil canopy for my new building. The canopy is made up from an element which sticks out of another arced element attached to the building. I've created the element which sticks out (it is a simple extrusion), but I would like to have several of them along the arc. It is possible to array an element along the arc, i.e. so that there will be an element placed every, say 200mm, along the arc. In AutoCAD this would be the Divide or Measure command. I woudl appricate some help!
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Your arm element probably needs to be a family by itself which you could place then array it around the center of your arc.
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I'll try that. So is there any way of arraying along something - what could I do if I have a spline instead of an arc ?
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You could try using the railing tool and define objects to be arrayed as balusters. Kind of a Revit hack since the objects become railings, but it does give a more dynamic way to create objects along a path.
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Hi
I need to copy some houses along a path and I tried the baluster method, and it's works.
But what if I would like the houses to have the same orientation? is that possible?
Right now they all align to the path.
Thanks
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I need to copy some houses along a path and I tried the baluster method, and it's works.
But what if I would like the houses to have the same orientation? is that possible?
Right now they all align to the path.
Thanks
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then, try with adaptive family with Orientation(Orthogonal on Placement) and divide path.
i'm attaching a family i just simply made.
hope it helps.
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Hi Dingohot
Can I load this family into a project and select the path? cause I need to generate the houses inside a masterplan, and could be frustrating to generate the models outside the masterplan.
It seems to be what I need - but I know nothing about adaptive families, but I find it very interesting.
Do you know a good way / place to start?
Thanks :-)
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Hi Dingohot
Can I load this family into a project and select the path? cause I need to generate the houses inside a masterplan, and could be frustrating to generate the models outside the masterplan.
It seems to be what I need - but I know nothing about adaptive families, but I find it very interesting.
Do you know a good way / place to start?
Thanks :-)
Edited on: Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 6:14:50 AM"
You may know pattern based family. Pattern based family is one kind of adaptive. But it has to be placed at grid of mass face in common.
But Adaptive family can be placed anywhere in project. Number of adaptive points are the order of placing.
The family i attached above has three adaptive points. It means you can place it in your project with three clicks.
You can find lot's of information about adaptive family on internet and autodesk wiki.
And there are some posts also in my blog.
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(ABSOLUTE NONSENSE)
Don't see why this feature is not available as a basic tool, and with maximum editability. Editability being critical to it's parametric functions.
Revit should consider 'reconceptualizing' the way their modeling tools are specific to function -- they just don't have to be that way. I noticed that users spend a reasonable amount of time tool hunting, and the findings are seldom intuitive and often result in loss of productivity.
In case anyone else is wondering, the best solution is as described by 'dingohot' below, and it's still not as easy as you'd expect.
Yikes! Adaptive Families is the only place where you can divide a path? It's just not something any user would have guessed on their own 
Thanks to those who take time to share, unlike that dude in my office; Autodesk owes you big time.
But here is a thought:
UI in Revit needs impovement/redesign  agree?)
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