Revit Cut Roof With Void

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

Revit cut roof with void.

I m trying to make this roof window as attached. Subscribe to the repro products channel. Cutting with voids in families when loaded open the revit family with unattached voids and click create tab properties panel family category and parameters. Revit slab cut by void family a how to guide presented by dzan ta repro products inc.

Load the family into the project and place it. 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. Best to let the outside edge of the blade hang out away from the solid if possible. When you load it to the revit project and place on any surface it cuts host element automatically.

Simply select the cut geometry tool then select the floor element first and then select the family second. 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. Use cut or don t cut geometry to resolve the cutting or lack thereof. Determine the length of the void ideally in 3d view at wireframe mode extend this in order to.

Create an in place family roof at choosing void extrusion. Please note that this cutting of the geometry was only possible because we checked the parameter cut with void when loaded. That s more like it. All that written revit hates tiny slivers so if a void doesn t completely cut the element it may complain.

Once both cut geometry tool and floor is selected it s time to select the newly developed family. Think router bit half the bit spins in open air and can cut you. Ideally in a section view draw the contourline of the void using the pick line option on the base of the inside edge. If you want to cut host element automatically at the moment of face based void placement you have to cut host element first.