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Cuttable and/or Generic Model Category for MEP Elements
We need a loadable Family solution for Views that are set to one of the three MEP Disciplines, where it's cuttable and the linework remains as black, instead of auto-halftone. Currently there are no solutions that I am aware of. Generic Model category is auto-halftone, and no other loadable MEP family is cuttable, only protection.
While it may sound right when you first hear this suggestion, I personally would say no to this based on two things:
1. Equipment needs to always be shown in protection, never cut. When you want one Mechanical Equipment family to be cut, it'll cut all of them and that wouldn't be ideal.
2. The MEP disciplines still needs a "Generic" category specific to MEP. For instance, a roof curb should be shown as cut, but a roof curb is a generic item, it's not equipment with electrical connections, duct connections, pipe connections, etc, that calculate loads for MEP systems.
What I meant was a "cuttable" check box that could be checked per family, not the entire category. Also, I disagree with your statement that equipment should never be cut. I work primarily on wastewater projects and we commonly have equipment that spans multiple floors/levels and we need to show how that equipment looks at each level. We use sub-categories as a work around, but being able to set individual families to cuttable would be ideal.
You are right about roof curbs. They don't fit into any of the Revit categories. I handle generic items with shared parameters and filters to control visibility based on discipline of the generic model families.
I also disagree with the statement that 'equipment should never be cut'. That might be the case in your workflow but that definitely does not apply to ours.
A checkbox per family to make a family cutable or not would be a great solution for us.
It would be very helpful if the Mechanical Equipment Family Category would have the ability to cut with the view range. Is this ever going to be implemented?
