Part 2 of door family modification-
Now we're going to take out a couple of reference planes that constrain the necessary resizing of the door. Sometimes it's easier to take them out and redraw than to unravel multiple constraints. Really two doors, the 3D version and the plan version (detail object). These are set 2" off the rough opening work planes, select and delete:
Grab the door panel extrusion and stretch the jambs to align with the frame jambs. Next constrain each door jamb by clicking on the alignment constraint (the little lock):
That takes care of the 3D part of the door. [Note: It's often best to create reference planes for constraint rather than constraining geometry-to-geometry. "So far" I haven't had a problem without them when the plane would just be sandwiched between geometry.] The panel will size automatically when Width, Height, Panel Width, or Panel Height are changed in the Family Type parameters. A couple examples in 3D:
But back to 2D- the Door-Swing detail item represents the door in plan view. At the moment it resizes correctly but is off-center. There's already a 2" dimension on the hinge side. It turns blue when the door is highlighted, which means it's associated with the door. Manually edit it to 1" and the door will move to center. Lock down the constraint:
Save the door, it's finally done! Well, mine's done, anyway, let me know if it worked for you. And don't worry even one second about the constraints and work planes that were blown off; perhaps families can become over-constrained during the process of creation.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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