Revit Cut Roof With Void

Think router bit half the bit spins in open air and can cut you.

Revit cut roof with void.

Revit slab cut by void family a how to guide presented by dzan ta repro products inc. When you load it to the revit project and place on any surface it cuts host element automatically. Cutting with voids in families when loaded open the revit family with unattached voids and click create tab properties panel family category and parameters. Subscribe to the repro products channel.

All that written revit hates tiny slivers so if a void doesn t completely cut the element it may complain. Determine the length of the void ideally in 3d view at wireframe mode extend this in order to. Use cut or don t cut geometry to resolve the cutting or lack thereof. Best to let the outside edge of the blade hang out away from the solid if possible.

I ve got the window in a face based family and will cut either the roof if that s the face i put it on or the floor if i put it on that face but not both. My problem is that i simply can t get a void to cut the roof and the floor underneath. That s more like it. Once both cut geometry tool and floor is selected it s time to select the newly developed family.

But you can use cut tool and select host element then void and then you will have a cut there. Please note that this cutting of the geometry was only possible because we checked the parameter cut with void when loaded. Now go to the properties panel and checkout and select the parameter cut with a void when loaded revit users before selecting the newly created family should first select cut geometry tool and then select a floor. In the family category and parameters dialog select cut with voids when loaded and click ok.

If you want to cut host element automatically at the moment of face based void placement you have to cut host element first. Create an in place family roof at choosing void extrusion. Simply select the cut geometry tool then select the floor element first and then select the family second. Load the family into the project and place it.