Instance swaps not retaining size alterations

If you are referring to this:

Then you should be doing precisely the opposite of what I’m suggesting there.

That post is about having the instance size dictated by the main component of that instance and not by the instance size.

Remove auto layout, set up constraints, and you are good https://www.figma.com/design/9x1Q2TUhQWmdQrdXq9Qq0R/Untitled--Copy-?node-id=0-1&p=f&t=VI5yUcTI6gbNFVl4-0 

Wait really? The second page of your “Variable Size Nested Instances” file is doing exactly what i’m trying to accomplish - having the icon I am switching out retain the size dictated by the instance and not main component.

I’ll try replicate what you have done in the linked file all the same and hope it works! Thanks for the fast reply by the way!

Already ran into a hiccup haha I dont know how to set hug on a component set without turning on auto layout :/ 

You don’t need to use auto layout. Again, you need the opposite. The second page in my file doesn’t use any auto layout (hug). I added that page because someone had the exact question as you. 

I’m not using auto layout but its not allowing me to add hug to the component set

Perhaps there’s something wrong in the way i am setting it up…

At the moment my process is:
1. Create 2 white ellipses, turn them into, components.
2. Reduce size of ellipses to fit better
3. Copy and paste components, creating instances.
4. Turn instances into component set.
5. Try to set hug. Won’t let me XD 

There is no dropdown arrow to change from fixed to hug :(

There should be NO auto layout and NO hug. See my file. There is no auto layout and no hug anywhere. Hug is a property of auto layout so no auto layout implies no hug by default.

so sorry if this is frustrating lol 

So i have no auto layout, no hug set but its not retaining the size alterations.

What constraints could I be missing? My file is below, should I be setting any of the elements in a frame?
 

LOL no idea what i’m doing wrong here, set to scale, doesnt scale XD

See the circle that I selected on the screenshot I shared. That’s the one you need to change constraints on.

holy hell yes that worked! oh my god thank you very much man! that was so helpful and thank you for your patience with me as well! 

My question now is will this work if i’m pulling from a design system with a variety of icons already setup in component sets? Would I just have to set all their constraints to scale?

Exactly this and you are good to go