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<mixtup> wrote in message news:6170504@discussion.autodesk.com...

Rudy,
there are a few ways of achieving this. If you can post a file containing the
window and include the information, ie how far the mullions can space before
adding another and a list of your standard window sizes, i'd be happy to have
a go at it. Hopefully you can then pick it apart to see how it's been
done.

<mixtup> wrote in message news:6175435@discussion.autodesk.com...

Sorry
that i've created it in metric but the conversions would have driven me nuts.
This is one way of doing it. I think you could have the muntins come in as you
stretch with an array action but i prefer this way. You can adjust the height
and width of the window using the arrow grips, there is another set of grips
to adjust the shutters and the visibility grip lets you choose the muntin
divisions. I could probably write a short novel explaining what i've done, but
basically i created 6 separate "visibility states" for each different muntin
pattern. In the block editor, in the top right corner are the visibility tools
with a pulldown that lets you scroll through (and edit) each visibility state.
Then it's just a matter of assigning a linear parameter to the window, one for
the width and one for the height. You add a stretch action to each of those,
one to the horizontal transom and another for each muntin (vertical and
horizontal). Here's the trick. When you have assigned the one to the transom,
click on it's action label and check it's properties. Scroll down to Overrides
and change the 'Distance Multiplier' to .5 (this moves the transom half of the
distance that the block is stretched to keep it central. The same principle
applies to the muntins but you are dividing the window into quarters or even
6ths so the distance multiplier needs to reflect that. If your window is
divided into four sections, only vertically, then you would input .25 for the
muntin closest to the left, .5 for the center and .75 for the muntin on the
right. Each muntin has it's own stretch action label but all actions are
applied to the one Linear Parameter for the width of the window. If that makes
any sense then you can break down what i've done. Some tips- in the BE,
clicking on an existing action will highlight the linework that is associated
with it. Use regen when the BE gets untidy as well as if the block messes up
in model space. Check the properties of parameters and actions in the BE and
play around to see what can be controlled from there. Here is a link to some
useful whitepapers on Dynamic Blocks
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=12519044 You
can refine it a lot more by having it stretch in certain increments or listing
exact sizes etc, but that info is in the link. If there is anything in
particular thats unclear just ask. Cheers