Revit Cut Roof With Void

Revit slab cut by void family a how to guide presented by dzan ta repro products inc.

Revit cut roof with void.

Use cut or don t cut geometry to resolve the cutting or lack thereof. 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. Load the family into the project and place it. Determine the length of the void ideally in 3d view at wireframe mode extend this in order to.

In the family category and parameters dialog select cut with voids when loaded and click ok. Please note that this cutting of the geometry was only possible because we checked the parameter cut with void when loaded. 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. When you load it to the revit project and place on any surface it cuts host element automatically.

Think router bit half the bit spins in open air and can cut you. My other problem is that even if i accept that i have to put it on the roof it always follows the. If you want to cut host element automatically at the moment of face based void placement you have to cut host element first. I m trying to make this roof window as attached.

Best to let the outside edge of the blade hang out away from the solid if possible. That s more like it. Cutting with voids in families when loaded open the revit family with unattached voids and click create tab properties panel family category and parameters. Ideally in a section view draw the contourline of the void using the pick line option on the base of the inside edge.

But you can use cut tool and select host element then void and then you will have a cut there. My problem is that i simply can t get a void to cut the roof and the floor underneath. Simply select the cut geometry tool then select the floor element first and then select the family second. Create an in place family roof at choosing void extrusion.