Revit Cut Roof With Void

Simply select the cut geometry tool then select the floor element first and then select the family second.

Revit cut roof with void.

Revit slab cut by void family a how to guide presented by dzan ta repro products inc. But you can use cut tool and select host element then void and then you will have a cut there. I m trying to make this roof window as attached. Cutting with voids in families when loaded open the revit family with unattached voids and click create tab properties panel family category and parameters.

If you want to cut host element automatically at the moment of face based void placement you have to cut host element first. 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. When you load it to the revit project and place on any surface it cuts host element automatically. In the family category and parameters dialog select cut with voids when loaded and click ok.

All that written revit hates tiny slivers so if a void doesn t completely cut the element it may complain. Subscribe to the repro products channel. Determine the length of the void ideally in 3d view at wireframe mode extend this in order to. My problem is that i simply can t get a void to cut the roof and the floor underneath.

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. Use cut or don t cut geometry to resolve the cutting or lack thereof. My other problem is that even if i accept that i have to put it on the roof it always follows the. Best to let the outside edge of the blade hang out away from the solid if possible.

Load the family into the project and place it. Ideally in a section view draw the contourline of the void using the pick line option on the base of the inside edge. Please note that this cutting of the geometry was only possible because we checked the parameter cut with void when loaded. Once both cut geometry tool and floor is selected it s time to select the newly developed family.