Nested Family Cutting Void in Host ?

[MKEllis]

I'm trying to have a void extrusion in a nested family (A vision panel) cut the geometry of the host family (the door leaf), but I can't get it to work.

The Vision Panel void is a Generic-Face Based family.

The Door Leaf is a Generic Model.

The void extrusion family is set to "Cut with Voids when loaded"

The Vision Panel contains only the void extrusion at present. I intended to to place the glass and beads in the family to allow interchangeable vision panels in the host door leaf - but I can't get the basic cut to work at present. From reviewing other answers it seems that it should be possible, and I thought I had the answer when I saw comments that said I needed to make sure the 'Cut WIth Voids when Loaded' was checked, but that doesn't seem to be the issue I'm having.

I also saw an answer that said you need to use the 'cut' tool to associate the cutting void with the host geometry, but it won't allow me to select the void when trying that.

The Door panel is DR1.rfa

THe void is DR-VP2.rfa

Is this possible ? If so any ideas where I'm going wrong ?

Many thanks

Martin

[MKEllis · Accepted solution]

ooookaaaaay.

Having struggled with this for an hour or so, made a coffee, came back, and immediately saw what the problem was.

Simple really - in the Vision Panel Void Extrusion face based model, I hadn't set the void to actually cut the host geometry. I had tried unsuccesfully to use the cut tool on the host family, but not on the original host geometry.

Having done that, it now works.

[ImtheB3st]

Hello MKEllis.

How do you actually set the void to cut on the original host geometry?

Thanks

[ImtheB3st]

Please ignore me I've sorted it - result!

[david_ivey]

So what was the solution?

[David_W_Koch]

There is a "generic" host in the face-based family.  Have the void cut that host, inside the face-based family.  Then it should cut the actual host when an instance is placed on the Door Panel.

[niteshhalde]

guys, i am facing the same problem here. will you please elaborate it how to cut the geometry with the void in it. i have grille family (face based)

[ToanDN]

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@niteshhalde wrote:

guys, i am facing the same problem here. will you please elaborate it how to cut the geometry with the void in it. i have grille family (face based)

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Maybe you should share your family?  And since this topic is already solved, you should post a new one.