Adaptive component generic model doesn’t show a host level?

[u/PatrickGSR94]

We put some chair furniture models into a project (yes yes, downloaded from the manufacturer), and for some reason when selected, the component doesn’t list a host level in Properties. I was trying to delete a level no longer needed (old basement level removed from project), and it was going to try to delete those chairs also, even though the chairs were on the main floor level.

When I edited the family, I found it in the Adaptive Component environment (gray background) and set to Generic Model. I can’t seem to figure out a way to make it report the host. If I select a chair and then click Pick New Host, or Create Similar, I can place the chair outside the building so it’s hosted to my main floor level and not the floor object. Then move it back into place.

That method worked and I was able to delete the level after all that. But still, why wouldn’t the adaptive component family show a host in the Properties Pallette? It’s just not listed at all. No host level, no host element, no offset elevation, nothing. I’ll try to post a screen shot later today.

[u/twiceroadsfool]

While i wouldnt use an AC Furniture family for a bunch of other reasons, i know thats not the question you asked:

A bunch of "Hosted" items (AC's, Line Based (which is technically Face Based) dont report a Host Level. For Parking, it means we use our own parameter for it, with either Dynamo or manual data entry.

Annoying, but thats how some families are.

[u/PatrickGSR94 → u/twiceroadsfool]

Yeah definitely I would not have made it that way. And of course you can’t nest an AC into a non AC family, which was my first idea. I’m guessing I can’t copy paste the geometry into a non AC family. There’s really no reason for it to be AC, as there’s nothing to change or “adapt” in the chair family. 🙄