http://cad-1.com/ | The existence of the Adaptive Component feature isn’t really a secret, but it is one of the cool things about Revit that is sometimes overlooked. Imagine a family that lets you push and pull points in 3D space…and imagine that those points then drive all the geometry inside the family. Adaptive Components are designed to handle cases where components need to be flexible enabling them to adapt too many unique contextual conditions. Join Brian Mackey as he makes the use of Adaptive Components an easy task, opening the door to your design creativity.
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