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Here is the file, again, as a regular attachment: (saved in RAC2011)
Yep, and it's quite easy too (as soon as you know the trick):
Select the refplanes of the with the Reference Left and Right (Слева and Справа) and change the value in the Properties setting "Is Reference" to "Weak Reference". In general, a rule of thumb here that Refplanes constrain the grips more, the stronger they are. There's a kind of hierarchy in them:
Front/Back/Left/Right
Strong Reference
Weak Reference
No Reference
Weak Reference let's you still use the Grips while Strong Reference and the F/B/L/R/C-refplanes will constrain the values of parameters.
Maybe we are understanding different things, but I think that what the OP wants is that by changing the interior height of the object, the thickness of the top remains constant, in the same way as when he moves the interior width towards the outside, the thickness of the legs remain constant. If this is what the OP wants to do, the only change I would do to the family is to make the thickness of the top, a type parameter, instead of instance.
Maybe we are misinterpreting:
The grips on the upper part are working independently from each other: either one you flex gives a different thickness.
The grips on the "legs" work different: the grips on the outside make the thickness flex, whilst the grips on the inside make the entire leg move.
So there are two possibilities here:
1. The top needs to work as the legs, in which case I would suggest to set the interior top refplane "Is Reference" to "Top"
2. The legs need to work as the top part, in which case I would suggest to change the interior side refplanes "Is Reference" to "Weak Reference"
Making a parameter a type parameter is IMHO not quite the right way because this means you would have to make types for all versions with different thickness in the top section.
Thanks for the tips. Yes, I need the top to work as the legs. Make the thickness of the top, a type parameter, instead of instance is not an option.
Change the interior top refplane "Is Reference" to "Top" is not working.
Then, you need to: erase the dimension that refers to the thickness of the top, but leave the parameter in the family, then add a dimension from the reference level to the top of the object, and make this dimension an instance parameter, with a formula = the interior height + the thickness of the top. There is no need to make changes to the reference planes. Just these changes are enough for what you need.
So I have a detail component as shown in the image, but I would like the toggles (marked by boxes) to stay with the lines they control the lengths of...
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