Revit Cut Roof With Void

You can use model in place when you want to cut system families like roofs or walls.

Revit cut roof with void.

Subscribe to the repro products channel. 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. Enable cut with void.

Just model a void extrusion e g. Workaround copy the original structural framing element. Revit slab cut by void family a how to guide presented by dzan ta repro products inc. Revit will think that the structural framing is cut forever.

Load the family into the project and place it. Simply select the cut geometry tool then select the floor element first and then select the family second. Model in place won t work. But you can use cut tool and select host element then void and then you will have a cut there.

That s more like it. When you load it to the revit project and place on any surface it cuts host element automatically. Ideally in a section view draw the contourline of the void using the pick line option on the base of the inside edge. Place the void family and cut it with your framing family.

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. My problem is that i simply can t get a void to cut the roof and the floor underneath. Please note that this cutting of the geometry was only possible because we checked the parameter cut with void when loaded.

Determine the length of the void ideally in 3d view at wireframe mode extend this in order to.