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Void Holes at Beam Ends Appear Cut in Project (Structural Framing Family)

aysegulcinar64 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:40:10 GMT

Hello,

I am using Revit 2025 and working with a Structural Framing family (beam). I created holes using Void Extrusions inside the family.

Inside the Family Editor everything looks correct. However, when I load the family into the project, the holes at the start and end of the beam appear partially cut (as if they are intersecting with the beam end).

What I did:

Created holes using Void Extrusion
Created reference planes 147 mm from the beam ends
Aligned and locked hole centers to those reference planes
Middle holes are distributed using EQ constraints
Double hole group works correctly
In the 5-hole configuration, the first and last holes appear cut in the project
Tried changing z Justification to Center
Tried Disallow Join / Unjoin Geometry

The family looks correct in the Family Editor, but in the project the holes near the beam ends shift or appear trimmed.

My questions:

What typically causes void holes in Structural Framing families to appear cut at the ends?
Is this related to Location Line / Justification behavior?
What is the correct way to constrain end holes in Structural Framing families so they remain stable in the project?

I have attached images for reference.

Thank you in advance.

Re: Void Holes at Beam Ends Appear Cut in Project (Structural Framing Family)

Ahmed_M_Heteba — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 03:26:26 GMT

as per the family template of Structural beam / braces the extrusion should start and end at the second line not the first

try to adjust and see the results

Re: Void Holes at Beam Ends Appear Cut in Project (Structural Framing Family)

ctm_mka — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:52:44 GMT

as Ahmed correctly stated, switch to the other ref planes, second is your "array offset" a type parameter?

Re: Void Holes at Beam Ends Appear Cut in Project (Structural Framing Family)

lauri_barnhart — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:36:15 GMT

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Re: Void Holes at Beam Ends Appear Cut in Project (Structural Framing Family)

aysegulcinar64 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:04:25 GMT

I did as you said and it fixed the problem in the file, but when I tried opening a new file, it didn't work. So I deleted the Member Left reference plane and replaced it with a new one, locking the beam to that new plane. That fixed it.

Re: Void Holes at Beam Ends Appear Cut in Project (Structural Framing Family)

aysegulcinar64 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:08:06 GMT

Yes, array offset is a type parameter.