Bill Tillman Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 I'm working on a couple of dynamic blocks, still very new to the topic so I don't know all that's needed just yet. But can you make a dynamic block conform to the spacing shown in this sketch: On the left, the number of reinforcing members is an even number, on the right it's odd. Thus the variance in the layouts. The dimensions in red are fixed, the others can be fluid but are not to exceed 6" o.c. max. The oc spacing on the left will not always be symmetrical with those on the right of the centerline. Quote
Bill Tillman Posted July 28, 2016 Author Posted July 28, 2016 Okay, I've just been informed that this cannot be done. There was some information passed to me yesterday that it could be done but the source of that info was.....wait for it .... a sales person who really doesn't know what they are talking about. Oh well, could have been worse. Could have been raining during their presentation. Quote
iconeo Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 It is possible. I have several that I use. I'll try and make some time later today to walk you through it. Quote
Bill Tillman Posted July 28, 2016 Author Posted July 28, 2016 iconeo, hey that's pretty slick, but I'm afraid the non-congruent spaces that have to be included would not work for this one. I can see that maybe by using two different dynamic blocks, one for the reinforcements on the left and one for the reinforcements on the right, might get me close but sooner or later I have to deal with those fixed dimensions within the array. And due to the odd/even variances I think one would need to have twice as many dynamic blocks at the ready. There are other developers here who think they can come up with something and I'm very open to their ideas. But for the moment, I'm handling this with a little more than a dozen lines of LISP code and it's working perfect. Quote
iconeo Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 Nah, you just have two arrays inside of one block. These blocks have fixed dimensions as well for the edge spacing as you can see from the quick properties. These blocks don't use parameters but dimensional constraints so you can enter formulas. It looks like you would want to go. Fixed, fixed, array, fixed, array, fixed. Shouldn't be too bad... Quote
iconeo Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 Maybe this will get you started. arrayspacing.dwg Quote
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