Sweep Profiles by paramater

[cellophane]

I'm making a downspout family and am trying to control the profile family (nested) with a paramater and it doesn't seem to have an option to do so. Is this possible and I'm doing it wrong or am I s.o.l.?

The DS is created with a sweep along a path and I have a few paramaters controlling heights and roof overhangs etc. Not overly complex (yet )

[Andrew K]

I'm making a downspout family and am trying to control the profile family (nested) with a paramater and it doesn't seem to have an option to do so. Is this possible and I'm doing it wrong or am I s.o.l.?

The DS is created with a sweep along a path and I have a few paramaters controlling heights and roof overhangs etc. Not overly complex (yet )

It should be possible. Have you carried the parameters through from the nested family (child) to the main family (parent)?

[cellophane]

As far as I know..

I'm trying to get the profile shape (round, rectangle) to be adjustable with a paramater. I was hoping for something similar to applying a label to a door panel but I'm not finding anything. Both profiles are seperate families that are loaded into the downspout and selected in the sweep sketchmode.

[Andrew K]

As far as I know..

I'm trying to get the profile shape (round, rectangle) to be adjustable with a paramater. I was hoping for something similar to applying a label to a door panel but I'm not finding anything. Both profiles are seperate families that are loaded into the downspout and selected in the sweep sketchmode.

You're trying to add a parameter to the profile selection process inside of a sweep?

As far as I know that is not possible (yet). You may need to make two sweeps and control their visibility that way.

[JeffH]

As far as I know..

I'm trying to get the profile shape (round, rectangle) to be adjustable with a paramater. I was hoping for something similar to applying a label to a door panel but I'm not finding anything. Both profiles are seperate families that are loaded into the downspout and selected in the sweep sketchmode.

You can't switch profile shapes like this (round to square) in a family. You can control the general size of the profile used by hooking up the parameters in the nested profile family to parameters in the host famil, but you can't completly change the profile family being used.

[cellophane]

Gotcha.

Thanks

edit:
Jeff - I did manage to stumble through linking paramaters in the profile to the family and even managed to get it to flex correctly (woo!) I just wasn't sure if I could swap it around in a manner similar to a nested door panel.

[Andrew K]

Gotcha.

Thanks

With a downspout, you could just have a parameter that adjusts a fillet radius at the corners, leaving a 1/16" straight line between them when "round" and a 1/32" fillet when "rectangular". Does anybody care if these profiles are exact?

[cellophane]

not that I know of. I thought of that shortly after posting - I have a fillet paramater in the profile anyways, I'll try to link it up in a bit.

[jbenoit44]

You can't switch profile shapes like this (round to square) in a family. You can control the general size of the profile used by hooking up the parameters in the nested profile family to parameters in the host famil, but you can't completly change the profile family being used.

Well, I have to disagree. Doable with Adaptiv Component. See attached. 2 types, square and circle, the nested profile updates by type. sorry, not perfectly done, but less than 2 min.

Hope it helps.

[Dave Jones]

Well, I have to disagree. Doable with Adaptiv Component. See attached. 2 types, square and circle, the nested profile updates by type. sorry, not perfectly done, but less than 2 min.

Hope it helps.

that is cool Julien, thanks for posting!