A special family type whose placement points are not fixed - they adapt to conform to a host, like a divided surface, a curved curtain wall panel grid, or a path defined by a Dynamo graph. Instead of one rigid shape, an Adaptive Component flexes its geometry to fit wherever its points land, which is what makes complex, non-repetitive facade panels or canopy structures possible without manually modeling each unique piece.

They are the standard technique for panelizing a curved or freeform surface: place one adaptive family, apply it across a whole divided surface, and each instance automatically reshapes to fit its own unique panel location.