Revit Masterclass: Family Creation #2 (Parametric Arrays)

[@alantze]

Gotta love these parametric nested families. Nice work Gavin 👍

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Thanks!

[@terrelbs]

Your channel is so helpful for students specializing in BIM its crazy. Keep going. Greetings from germany

[@AussieBIMGuru]

That's my favourite audience to help via my channel, they are the future of BIM! Thanks for the kind words :)

[@terrelbs]

@@AussieBIMGuru absolutely! Doing my best!

[@arlindo.pereira]

Hello from Brazil! thank you.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

You're welcome!

[@nottheBIMMentor]

Liking this new video format

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Thanks Victoria!

[@raihanmulla7162]

Very Very Very Helpful 😉

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Glad it was useful!

[@osmani6004]

Very useful tutorial thank you so much

[@AussieBIMGuru]

You're welcome!

[@sadamth6714]

nice amazing work

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Thanks!

[@iftekharkhan8879]

Thanku sir ...for.completing my request ..thanku v much

[@AussieBIMGuru]

You're most welcome, it was a fun video to make and a good request. I hope this helped you learn more about parametric arrays :)

[@iftekharkhan8879]

@@AussieBIMGuru yes sir... obviously it will help me..thanku

[@3Dreproductor]

the best.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Thanks! Great to see you've followed a few family tutorials :)

[@lecg_arq]

"Revit Windows" series as the one you made for doors will be very useful

[@AussieBIMGuru]

I'll add it to the list, might be a while until I reach it though.

[@arkplato2186]

@@AussieBIMGuru What ????? nooooo I thought I already mastered the windows lol...... On a serious note, what exactly do you mean, like what is missing in the window family, maybe corner windows but thats it isnt ? Please lemme know, the heartbroken me :-(

[@AussieBIMGuru]

I meant I hadn't made a video yet. I have now though, a few weeks ago on the channel.

[@arkplato2186]

@@AussieBIMGuru I am waiting for curtain walls video though, that would be great to have. Thanks for all the amazing content man...

[@likesomebeer]

Hello from Thailand. Thank you so much for this clip. I have a question, please. How make a array the post when slope terrain or slope area? Thank sir 🙏

[@AussieBIMGuru]

For this scenario I would suggest using a railing or curtain wall approach instead, as this family is plane based.

[@likesomebeer]

@@AussieBIMGuru Thank you ❤

[@rik0904]

I suggest to not use spaces in parameters name. Cleaning and deleting materials is good practice, but I would leave one default material, some how file is bigger when there is non material in family. Well made video I like that you use reference plane as base for dimensions.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Some good practices there, and i agree generally spaces are best avoided. I usually use camel case when using shared parameters at the least. Interesting point RE the file increase, wasnt aware of this!

[@arincakkin]

Now I'm struggling with quantity takeoff. version without shared parameters in the video calculates invisible ones. how can i eleminate invisible panel

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Generally if a nested component is not visible it will not schedule/report. If it''s registering then it must still be visible.

[@arincakkin]

Thanks a lot. When i set array count as 1, there will 3 panel in 1 array even if i set panel count as 1.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

It sounds like you need to assign more visibility parameters to ensure your array doesnt show when the panel count is 1.

[@arincakkin]

@@AussieBIMGuru thanks i tried all day long but I couldn’t. I will try more

[@arincakkin]

When i set Array count and Panel count to 1 from type properties, i could see 3 panels. I click on that 3 panels and saw theres no parameters attached to "Array count" .When i attached Panel count to "Array count" the problem has been solved.:)

[@AussieBIMGuru]

@arincakkin sounds like a bit of a different setup to mine but glad it worked!

[@maikgroenia2771]

hi there, I have a question: When you make a array from the post why do you choose (to) second and not last?

[@AussieBIMGuru]

I find with arrays I prefer to be consistent, so I usually work to second element. I find this can be easier as the relationship between spacing is visually present for a user. Having said that, no reason why you couldn't bury the array spacing in a formula and set it to last if you know it can never go below 2 and break.

[@ВикторНиколаев-ь2ь]

can you help how make vertical radial array, I know that I need firstly build family in vertical plane but it anyways didn’t give me rotate that family if I am in vertical plane , I just saw how to make array in horizontal plane but what about vertical, like for example Vertical Sweep 90 For Basket Tray

[@AussieBIMGuru]

If you make your family workplane based that will help, and set its reference plane at ref level to centre elevation so it supports align/lock commands. From there you can array the element in an elevation view and constrain the same way i did horizontally, but vertically instead.

[@ВикторНиколаев-ь2ь]

@@AussieBIMGuru thanks

[@ВикторНиколаев-ь2ь]

I meant basically I needed that vertical radial array from nested family, and I tried to create workplane nested family as well, but it was not allowed me rotate that nested family in parent family. So the parent family will be consist of those nested families made from radial array in left elevation view of parent family, but I am not sure it's possible, because workplane family need reference

[@ВикторНиколаев-ь2ь]

So only solution of making something like that is just creating reference lines in elevation view of parent family and assign them to child families

[@AussieBIMGuru]

@@ВикторНиколаев-ь2ь as far as I know yes. Revit is a workplane based program so rotating the workplane of an object is typically the solution.

[@GarthEdmunds]

Good day Gaven, Is there such a thing as as partial array family? If the object being arrayed is not to the full length it will show only part of the object for the length being drawn.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Not technically. You can add a last element on the end and calculate the array to 1 less than the array length then have the last one to the excess length though.

[@ibrahimantonios]

hi there , what do you recommend for bim content management ?

[@AussieBIMGuru]

It ultimately depends on the scale and BIM maturity of a company. If you mean managing distribution and storage of content, I've had success with the 'Unifi' platform in the past. Some users I know have had great success with 'Family Browser' by Kiwi codes. If you mean editing and managing project loaded content then 'Family reviser' by DiRoots is a great free tool, and Dynamo can be quite useful for company specific workflows also. I hope that gives some options, and that I understood your question.

[@ibrahimantonios]

Many thanks

[@davidisrael7]

Hello, How can you do a parametric matrix, a two-dimensional array?

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Nest an array in 1 direction and then array that as a nested family in the other direction.

[@sanjayadias891]

Hi, when the array count is 1, the panel count isn't working correctly. For example, when the array count is 1 and we change the panel count, it only shows 4 panels and doesn't update as expected. Can you help with this? I think you might have encountered something similar. By the way, you're a great teacher!

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Maybe compare to mine which can go down to 1 to see what might be different, you can find it here: github.com/aussieBIMguru/Revit-Files/blob/master/Families/ABG_210225_ParametricFence.zip

[@sanjayadias891]

@@AussieBIMGuru

[@muwazzamkhan5710]

without even watching ....like

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Hopefully you watched too haha! Appreciated though :)

[@muwazzamkhan5710]

@@AussieBIMGuru... just watching....cant miss it...

[@muwazzamkhan5710]

@@AussieBIMGuru Please please please ....record a class specifically for using formula ,understanding formula and deriving new formula .

[@AussieBIMGuru]

@@muwazzamkhan5710 will do! Hopefully coming out next week.

[@iftekharkhan8879]

Hi sir...how r u ...sir i.want to learn bim.based project from.scratch . I will pay for.that.....kindly guide me thanku sir..plz.reply

[@AussieBIMGuru]

I will eventually be releasing courses on my platform which shows how this can be done for architecture (not structure/MEP as it isn't my background). This would not be possible on KZbin as it's too long of a topic to cover in videos alone.

[@taimursohail1723]

That's awesome but not for beginners, only for professional

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Yes most of my content is usually focused towards intermediate to advanced users. Plenty of beginner content out there already.

[@DavidGonzalezAlcaraz]

I liked your previous format more... with PiP (Picture-in-picture) of your webcam. It feels more personal.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Yes I'm trying it out, it's a bit challenging as the screen ratio wasn't quite right so the resolution of the video suffers a bit in 1080p. I'll try to find a way to maybe nest my video in the corner in a position that doesn't intrude on the workspace too much. I felt my contact banner was a bit informal also so wanted to remove that (these details become out of date quickly also). Thanks for the feedback!

[@krmb4494]

Quick tip. By being quick, you’re saving your time, but if you would try to be a bit slower I bet you would save some time for your viewers.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Try 50 or 75% video speed maybe. Appreciate the tip.

[@cl5619]

It’s a real deficiency of Revit to not allow array number to be 1. The very first parametric family that I’m trying to build is something that i need to have an array of 1. How in the hell did these software designers at Revit not understand this? Their code is full of arrays of 0 or 1 length.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

It sure is a pain, I know its on the team's roadmap to go down to 1 currently.