Deleting first instance of copied items

[aarondietzen]

Hi all,

Hopefully one of you smart people can help me out with an issue I am having.

I have a dynamic component in which both a vertical and horizontal divider are created and repeat based on the user's input. I was able to put in the members without issue, but I was hoping there was a way to remove (or hide) the first copy.

The member at the left and the bottom in the images are marked with a red arrow. I need to get them gone!

Thanks in advance!

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[pcmoor]

Hi
How about moving the position of the first instance and do one less copy.

[aarondietzen]

Not sure how that would work... right now I am using this for the Z location:

=copy*(Window!LenZ/(Copies+1))+1/2

Which divides the span of the window by the number of dividers (plus 1/2 the divider width to account for material thickness).

I know there is a COPY attribute which allows you to manipulate individual copies, but cannot find an example or explanation of how it works.

Thanks!

[pcmoor]

=copy*(Window!LenZ/(Copies+1))+1/2

Try =Window!LenZ/(Copies+1) + if(copy>0,(copy-1)*(Window!LenZ/(Copies+1)),0)+1/2

the first distance + copy less one * distance + 1/2

the if statement to make zero if copy = 0, otherwise copy-1 would be -1

However this places the first and second instance @ the same position. So probably better to reduce the copies number

ie for Copies: = window!number-1
exact syn tact would be whatever you choose for the variable "window!number"

then lenZ= Window!LenZ/(Copies+2) + copy*(Window!LenZ/(Copies+2) + 1/2

Hope this helps
Philip

[aarondietzen]

I ended up adding a HIDDEN attribute (=IF"copy=0,1,0) to hide the first instance.

I will try what you suggested, though, Phillip. Better to have it not there than to have it hidden!

Thanks!

[aarondietzen]

Philip,

Tried your solution and it worked PERFECTLY! Thanks a ton!