Cut and Join behaviour in 2015 changed?

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I have couple of clients that are benefiting from the workaround:

- create face based generic family

- create extrusion

- make it invisible

- load in project & place on wall

- join (show family, then wall)

- wall is perfectly cut with invisible geometry

This doesn't work in 2015 (and 2016) anymore. Any chance we can get the functionality back in the future releases?

The same happens with curtain panels and generic families using Cut tool.

Attached is a file I created in 2014, when you open it in 2015 it shows the cuts, but if you want to create another one it doesn't work anymore. Any ideas?

[L.Maas · Accepted solution]

Check THIS blog post. It describes the cutting with the solids. If you read the comments you will see remarks about newer versions of Revit and some workarounds (putting the solid in a separate sub-category and use graphics overrides to hide object or place it on a separate workset). Check it out and see if it works for you.

But also considered to use a void (family)?

[Anonymous]

Thanks.

I tried with subcategories, but you need to turn off the subcategory in all views, sure you can use view templates, but it is extra work. There is another problem with categories - in some cases, it shows the outline for the solid even if the subcategory is turned off, I noticed this happens when you place the cutting instance close to grid line (check attached file).

The best workaround for now is combination of subcategories and setting detail level for the solid to Coarse - there is good chance you will never place cuts when using Coarse display setting.

Anyway, I knew the cutting process was too good to be true... 🙂