# Adaptive Component (Water Stop - Gap) for Retaning Wall **URL:** \ **Category:** Revit\ **Tags:** revit, adaptivecomponent, dynamo, familyinstance\ **Created:** [May 21, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/adaptive-component-water-stop-gap-for-retaning-wall/36271 "2019-05-21T21:16:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![666Cachopo\_Cultist66](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/666cachopo_cultist66/32/109701_2.png) [@666Cachopo\_Cultist66](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/666Cachopo_Cultist66)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/adaptive-component-water-stop-gap-for-retaning-wall/36271/1 "2019-05-21T21:16:36Z")
Hey Lads. I was trying to create an adaptive component through Dynamo(using Adaptive component by points). I did the script, the family, but there’s something wrong with the family I think. It looks like this when the geometry is created in Revit: ![p7lON9bdBy](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/b/a/ba533f9d16a95d2967080bf587fdc0eb7ef623cd.png) Why it overlaps if the revit’s family looks so well organized? ![Revit_PpuNnLB1Ku](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/c/3/c36f25ba05ed4282b8ccd6c5adf05c3251b72db6.png) Maybe the hosts I’m using for the geometries? Someone has done something like this before? Please, some enlightenment will be greatly appreciated. Here are the Revit, Dynamo and Family files [Example For WaterStop(gap) between Walls.rvt](https://forum.dynamobim.com/uploads/short-url/o7vJTSpzrFdWnzmK1LZPAKkXBJm.rvt) (3.5 MB) [Water Stop.dyn](https://forum.dynamobim.com/uploads/short-url/onLPZTMBs33CXL75G167mYEazbG.dyn) (62.9 KB) [Water Stop.rfa](https://forum.dynamobim.com/uploads/short-url/xk18vCZRZYZo8HQzXDw3BOwv0s.rfa) (584 KB) This my dynamo workflow: ![Dynamo](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/f/7/f75e080b649b7ff16f05fbca7c331574ea25e256.png) ---
**Author:** ![Mark.Ackerley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/mark.ackerley/32/79310_2.png) [@Mark.Ackerley](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Mark.Ackerley)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/adaptive-component-water-stop-gap-for-retaning-wall/36271/2 "2019-05-22T10:44:45Z")
Hey, Apologies, I had a look but I couldn’t fix it. Your family looks ok to me, reversing the order of the points helped, but I’m not sure why there’s the shear to the panels. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/3/a/3a2deba4c4a4aaeb5615cdf6494ee2dc0fdf445b.png) Could you explain how you made the panels? They are generic models that aren’t editable…? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/1/c/1c4605f7b0cda278217ade0777e961730b72ecbb.png) Cheers, Mark Edit: ‘Lads’ ?! Really?! Not sure what the women here think of that! ---
**Author:** ![666Cachopo\_Cultist66](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/666cachopo_cultist66/32/109701_2.png) [@666Cachopo\_Cultist66](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/666Cachopo_Cultist66)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/adaptive-component-water-stop-gap-for-retaning-wall/36271/4 "2019-05-22T19:19:52Z")
> [@Mark.Ackerley](#): > > Could you explain how you made the panels? They are generic models that aren’t editable…? I hosted the points of each panel with the closest oval surface, and for the solid, it was made by extruding two sections: ![pRhmdXfVoO](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/f/8/f8fa5b815ea602b723d94200f1b33c57ff09f15f.png) Is it possible to divide/slice/chop/split the oval curve where the points of the panel are? ![Revit_dAlnmFr8XG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/2/d/2d034c513cd61c3e4780fb09caea8a004fc48283.png) ---
**Author:** ![jostein\_olsen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/jostein_olsen/32/8570_2.png) [@jostein\_olsen](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/jostein_olsen)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/adaptive-component-water-stop-gap-for-retaning-wall/36271/5 "2019-05-22T21:20:54Z")
I hope I don’t come across as rude, I mean it with the best of intentions. But every BIM-coordinator will probably hate your guts if you bring this family into a live project. Who benefits from creating a complex family for this when a simple box family with the right parameter values will do. It sure looks nice, but to what end do you need it to be geometrically correct? Just my two cents. ---
**Author:** ![666Cachopo\_Cultist66](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/666cachopo_cultist66/32/109701_2.png) [@666Cachopo\_Cultist66](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/666Cachopo_Cultist66)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/adaptive-component-water-stop-gap-for-retaning-wall/36271/6 "2019-05-23T01:39:18Z")
> [@jostein\_olsen](#): > > I hope I don’t come across as rude, I mean it with the best of intentions. But every BIM-coordinator will probably hate your guts if you bring this family into a live project. You’re absolutely right, don’t worry. I still asking myself “How I ended up doing this think?!” > [@jostein\_olsen](#): > > simple box family with the right parameter values I’m going to try that tomorrow at the office. Thanks for the idea. ---
**Author:** ![Mark.Ackerley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/mark.ackerley/32/79310_2.png) [@Mark.Ackerley](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Mark.Ackerley)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/adaptive-component-water-stop-gap-for-retaning-wall/36271/7 "2019-05-23T10:13:47Z")
I think a simple box is definitely the way to go, even just as a starter to make sure everything is working. If you were using a more typical family you could add detail elements to enrich drawings. I suspect that you need more control points to constrain the edges of your solids, which adds even more complexity. Cheers, Mark ---
**Author:** ![Fiesta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/fiesta/32/31914_2.png) [@Fiesta](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Fiesta)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 6:22am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/adaptive-component-water-stop-gap-for-retaning-wall/36271/8 "2019-06-05T06:22:24Z")
I think Mark and Jostein are right, a simple box would be better. But i like adaptiv components and i give it a try: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/6/a/6a825ede5ea8fb57db2e2224ddf81f82a3783f41.png) I used the function " Host Point by Intersection" on the surface edge and the reference line: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/9/2/92ceea5fb9842f7e346eb2dac5343c3e47f5e475.png) Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![Brendan\_Cassidy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/brendan_cassidy/32/7685_2.png) [@Brendan\_Cassidy](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Brendan_Cassidy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/adaptive-component-water-stop-gap-for-retaning-wall/36271/9 "2019-06-05T13:02:28Z")
I would suggest you follow @jostein_olsen or at the very least do not use a adaptive component for this. Create a parametric profile for the profile then apply the profile onto a adaptive component that has a start and end point. Then you could use dynamo to place and change the profile by types accordingly to the situation.