topic Re: Doors symbol doesnt cut the wall in Revit API Forum

Doors symbol doesnt cut the wall

MiguelGT17 — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 23:50:07 GMT

Hi folks
I've being working on a macro that place doors and windows and came up with this visibility issue:

Doors do not cut the walls and it's an issue since we wish to see the wall openings when documenting the viewplans and 2d views

FamilyInstance doorInst = doc.Create.NewFamilyInstance(new XYZ(center.X, center.Y, Lvl.Elevation), customDoor, wall, Lvl, StructuralType.NonStructural);

Does anyone has gone through something similar and found the root cause?

Thanks in advance, going to look into this from my side

Miguel G.

Re: Doors symbol doesnt cut the wall

architect.bim — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 04:00:23 GMT

Hi!

I have two assumptions:

Have you tried to regenerate [doc.Regenerate()] the document after placing the door?
Are you sure that it is the Revit API issue? Maybe the problem is in view range setting of a particular view. Have you tried creating a different view? If you create doors on the same view manually, is the result the same or different? Do the openings cut through in 3D?

Re: Doors symbol doesnt cut the wall

MiguelGT17 — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 17:42:49 GMT

Thanks for replying me!
I tried regenerating the document too and no changes were visible

However when using the "Pick new host" tool manually, the doors cut the wall in the same view without applying any extra setup to view

I'll look into this by the end of the day,

thanks for the hints though!

Re: Doors symbol doesnt cut the wall

studio-a-int — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 22:59:06 GMT

Make sure your View Range is set up correctly, Cut Plane to be cutting though your door (try a 4'-0").

Also make sure Phases match on Walls and Doors.

Re: Doors symbol doesnt cut the wall

MiguelGT17 — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 01:04:25 GMT

We solved this issue, I ended up modifying the door sill height parameter and turning it back to 0", that updated the cutting geometry

Best regards

Miguel G-