Revit Cut Roof With Void

Workaround copy the original structural framing element.

Revit cut roof with void.

You can use model in place when you want to cut system families like roofs or walls. Create an in place family roof at choosing void extrusion. That s more like it. Please note that this cutting of the geometry was only possible because we checked the parameter cut with void when loaded.

Revit slab cut by void family a how to guide presented by dzan ta repro products inc. In the family category and parameters dialog select cut with voids when loaded and click ok. Subscribe to the repro products channel. Place the void family and cut it with your framing family.

Determine the length of the void ideally in 3d view at wireframe mode extend this in order to. Load the family into the project and place it. Model in place won t work. I m trying to make this roof window as attached.

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. Just model a void extrusion e g. Ideally in a section view draw the contourline of the void using the pick line option on the base of the inside edge. Enable cut with void.

My other problem is that even if i accept that i have to put it on the roof it always follows the. When you load it to the revit project and place on any surface it cuts host element automatically. If you want to cut host element automatically at the moment of face based void placement you have to cut host element first. Revit will think that the structural framing is cut forever.

But you can use cut tool and select host element then void and then you will have a cut there.