Split with gap for walls! alternatives

[nia98bim]

Hey , I want to split wall with gap in point that i add in wall curve but as i see in revit api forum there is no way to do .

that.

  double gap = 30;
  foreach (XYZ point in verPoints)
  {
      PostableCommand.SplitWithGap(activeView, point,gap);
  }

is there any other ways to do that?

thank you.

[Moustafa_K]

I recall i read a long discussion about this, gladly i found it here .  regarding the gap, and since this feature is not yet implemented through the api, [part of wish list].

If you tried creating a split by gap through the UI, you would find the wall is with defined space apart and locked by a dimension.

have you tried creating the same? may be this below suggested workflow works

1. make a copy of the wall you need to split
2. shorted both wall to the split location minding the gap space
3. create a dimension connecting both end faces
4. lock the dimension 

did not test it, just a thought that might help triggering something. Over all, it will not be exactly as the built in split with gap,  for example I doubt the following:

1. any hosted elements will be duplicated
2. even if we removed the duplicates, the copied host will not respect the voids of the inserted families in the original wall.