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**mdradvies** · January 12, 2011, 12:17 AM

make a parameter for it using a set of reference lines and a corner parameter.

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**Twiceroadsfool** · January 12, 2011, 01:34 AM

What he said. Build them with a Yes/No for mitering, and an angle.

Then.... Abandon Repeating details alltogether, and make everything a Line Based Detail Component, with a nested detail component.

Then you can intelligently have the mitres at the end, and do other sorts of trickery... Like Keynote.

**mdradvies** · January 12, 2011, 02:03 AM

Why the Yes/No? This example sets to 90 degrees perfectly.

About the RDC's: totally right. Those are evil little bastards... Line Based let's you create different types for end solutions as well as the arrays. Far more flexible, with less handling.

**Twiceroadsfool** · January 12, 2011, 01:09 PM

I generally keep a yes/no for conditions like that in case the mitred piece has to be a completely seperate DC, like a returning brick instead of a running brick, or a chiseled or pistol cut brick, or something thats not just a parametric variation of the same DC... Just another way to go.

**dzatto** · January 12, 2011, 02:07 PM

Okay, that makes sense. Thanks for the example.

I still have a few questions about detail components. Can they be scheduled? The reason I ask is because, on metal stud framing for instance, there is a billion sizes to choose from. When you hover over it, it tells you what it is.

So if I needed a 2x8 14 gauge stud to be mitered, would I just create a generic one that looks correct? I guess I would name it whatever I wanted in the family editor.

OR, are they simply just for detailing so it really doesn't matter?

**dzatto** · January 12, 2011, 08:35 PM

I don't know what I'm doing wrong here. I opened one of my detail components to edit and save as another with a miter angle. I added a reference line, but no matter what I do it won't miter. It either does nothing, or says constraints not satisfied. What am I doing wrong?

**Munkholm** · January 12, 2011, 08:41 PM

Originally posted by dzatto View Post

...It either does nothing, or says constraints not satisfied. What am I doing wrong?

Could you attach the family ?

**Alex Cunningham** · January 12, 2011, 08:43 PM

Originally posted by dzatto View Post

I don't know what I'm doing wrong here. I opened one of my detail components to edit and save as another with a miter angle. I added a reference line, but no matter what I do it won't miter. It either does nothing, or says constraints not satisfied. What am I doing wrong?

Do you have all the annotations turned (VG) on in your family so you can see what constraints are there?

**dzatto** · January 12, 2011, 09:01 PM

Erm..............no.

But when I did turn them on, there wasn't any constraints that would affect it. Just one for a hidden line showing the beam thickness. I unlocked it and it still does the same thing.

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