topic Re: Can you cut a sweep built into a wall? in Revit Architecture Forum

Can you cut a sweep built into a wall?

KraiggC — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:45:42 GMT

Good Morning,

I was curious if it was possible to cut a sweep built into a wall? I have metal panels wrapping the exterior of the building, but as you can see from the attached image it is protruding through the roof. Can I do this easily or must I create a model in place extrusion then cut it out from there?

Re: Can you cut a sweep built into a wall?

L.Maas — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:06:52 GMT

Is the metal panels a loadable family?

-If so you could create an angle in the panels inside the family

-You could use a face base void family

-You could use a model in-place void

Doing it inside the family will be best if you have many panels to place and if you intend to use it in several projects

Re: Can you cut a sweep built into a wall?

KraiggC — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:17:30 GMT

The metal panel is currently just a sweep built into the wall family. I've tried using a model in place void to cut the sweep but it won't work, I can cut the wall but not the sweep.

Re: Can you cut a sweep built into a wall?

KraiggC — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:19:03 GMT

I'm using sweeps built into the wall family because this is the simplest way for the sweep to cut around all the wall inserts. When I use the manually inputted wall sweep function the sweeps won't cut around wall inserts.

Re: Can you cut a sweep built into a wall?

ToanDN — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 19:26:33 GMT

Create Parts , Divide, and Exclude.