Topic: Equal distances

[Krushert]

How can I make these two distance equal?

[Crank]

This is sooooo 2010.... But it can also be done with previous releases:

Make a vertical stretch parameter for the red distance.
Now add stretch actions where you need them.
You have to change the 'angle offset' of the stretch action to 90 or 270 to make a vertical parameter stretch in the horizontal direction.

See attached file for an example.

[Krushert]

This is sooooo 2010.... But it can also be done with previous releases:

Make a vertical stretch parameter for the red distance.
Now add stretch actions where you need them.
You have to change the 'angle offset' of the stretch action to 90 or 270 to make a vertical parameter stretch in the horizontal direction.

See attached file for an example.

Okay that gets to me from the finish end of the problem to the middle of the problem.  But what I need is from the starting line.  What I want is the user to only have three inputs.  this would cause them to do math.  I want the block to do the math.   Is this possible?

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Needed Distance = (Overall Width - Grating Width) / 2

[James Cannon]

My first thought was to start at the center and work my way out... which should be easy enough in your application I guess.  Just have to insert the block using "mid between 2 points" method, likely.

Anyways, I think this might be the way to go, except there's still a hurdle left as you see in the screenshot.  Assuming you're using standard 1"x4" Grating... I can't get the array to put in the next bar until there's a 4" -space- after it... which is weird... I have no clue why it does that.  I'm probably just brain farting, but I'm sure someone else can get it... it's escaping me at the moment... I haven't been using Dynamic Blocks at all for a while now, unfortunately... at least not creating new ones.

[Krushert]

My first thought was to start at the center and work my way out... which should be easy enough in your application I guess.  Just have to insert the block using "mid between 2 points" method, likely.

The block's insert point is on the mid point of one end.  The length is stretchable by the grip on the other end.  This way I have one end pined so to speak.  But the width I need stretch in both directions along the width axis.  Done and very easy.  Its trying to get the edge between the edge of the trench box and the grating to be equal on all four sides of the trench box that is the problem.   See the screen shot of the cut sheet.

Anyways, I think this might be the way to go, except there's still a hurdle left as you see in the screenshot.  Assuming you're using standard 1"x4" Grating... I can't get the array to put in the next bar until there's a 4" -space- after it... which is weird... I have no clue why it does that.  I'm probably just brain farting, but I'm sure someone else can get it... it's escaping me at the moment... I haven't been using Dynamic Blocks at all for a while now, unfortunately... at least not creating new ones.

I have the same problem with metal stud block that I have.  I can not get the punch holes in the stud to array clean at the top of the stud.