How would you nest this into another family to make a panel of bars for example? how would you constrain the left and right planes but still be able to adjust this array in the parent family? Great video thank you!
For extruded object, because you need to create a family first and import it. Can't I create an extruded object directly in the .rfa file I'm creating?
It's probably possible but can be messy, especially when you also want to change the size of the extrusions. Using nested families allows you to constrain the location using the reference plane inside the extrusion family while adjusting the size of the extrusion by associating the parameters. If you create an extrusion directly into an arrayed group, it's very likely to break.
You can use array is the path is straight line, or arc. If the path is irregular curved line, you might need to look into Adaptive Family. This is an example: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BT9KrIAG4vU.html
I know we can have some similar spacing, but I am not sure whether or not we can have both minimum and maximum... I'll have a look next week after I submit my BAS205 assignment.
Yes, you can. You can dimension the centers of the batten and use a formula like "Total width/Spacing +1", this way the dimension of the batten will not affect the spacing.
Since this video is about the array formula, I did not add any other parameters such as the height of the sticks. You can add a height dimension in the stick family and load it into the host family. Do not add dimension or parameter to the array in the host family, Revit doesn't like it.
