cut multi instances

[yangshilun2012]

hello,  these are some adaptive component,  I wanna trim them all by the upper generic form which is a box. I know how to cut one by one. I have hundreds of them actually which I showed are only few. Is there a quick way I can cut them once?  

[RDAOU]

@yangshilun2012 

Using Revit, NO there isn't any tricks which cut all at once ... Multiple cut would allow you to cut several but again one at a time. For such operations you would need Dynamo

ALternatively, a pattern based component on a divided surface with the Border Tiles property set to Partial might achieve something very similar to what you are asking for

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

Yes you can do it by nesting the repeater to another family and cutting it as a whole.  See attached 2022 file.

[yangshilun2012]

hi  i only have rvt2021 I can not open your file, sad. 

does nesting family work for adaptive components?  I tried put my adaptive components in a mass, then load to a project,  still I can not cut whole at one.  And I have an irregular grid, I have to use adaptive components.

[yangshilun2012]

hi, thx for your answering, the grid of surface is not a very regular, I didnot find a very related pattern for surface division, so I tried adaptive components.

and I have a little dynamo, can we achieve that？

[ToanDN]

Yes I used adaptive component with repeater. The original adaptive
component family must not be Shared in order to do what I did.

[yangshilun2012]

Hi, something new for me 🙂 let me search what revit repeater is 🙂 then tell you I make it or not. thanks for your help

[ToanDN]

You used Repeater to populate the adaptive component on a divided surface,
did you not?

[RDAOU · Accepted solution]

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@yangshilun2012 wrote:

hi, thx for your answering, the grid of surface is not a very regular, I didnot find a very related pattern for surface division, so I tried adaptive components.

and I have a little dynamo, can we achieve that？

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That was pretty much clear in the image you attached to the original post. Working with i dividual adaptive instances will limit your options to either cut one by one or use dynamo to cut a bunch of instances intersecting the geometry of the void.

Not sure who is meant by we, but I'm pretty sure that with basic dynamo skills you can pull that one out. If you fail, there is a forum where you may beable to get help with it if you demonstrate that you have put in some effort...https://forum.dynamobim.com/

otherwise, you need to rethink your concept and modify the way you modeled the component to allow use of a pattern (either to make use of nodes required for repeaters or for applying a pattern based panels) ... Note: the pattern does not dictate the shape of the components. The pattern only drives the placement points (pattern based or adaptive).... the shape of the component itself can still be random...

[yangshilun2012]

Thanks RDAOU， I will try in dynamo then. I havd had a try by using a pattern, mine gird is a pentagonn not very easy based on those deflaut surface division patterns in revit .

[yangshilun2012]

Hi, actually I used rhinoinside, the grid is from rhinoinside, and the componment is from revit. so I dont have a divided surface 😞

[ToanDN]

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@yangshilun2012 wrote:
Hi, actually I used rhinoinside, the grid is from rhinoinside, and the componment is from revit. so I dont have a divided surface 😞

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It doesn't matter you are using rhinoinside or using repeater to populate the adaptive component on the surface, you can still cut it as a whole.  Share that mass family here I can show you.

[yangshilun2012]

Hi, here is the file, I tried create a nest mass family, I dont know if i get you right, but still i can not cut as a whole 😞

[RDAOU · Accepted solution]

That works only when you are cutting the Surface (ie: replicating the functionality of a pattern based family)...I do not believe what you are suggesting works for individual adaptive components placed/hosted by points.

Nontheless; observing...maybe I am missing out on something

In the meantime ... @yangshilun2012 here is how the dynamo version would work

[ToanDN]

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@yangshilun2012 wrote:

Hi, here is the file, I tried create a nest mass family, I dont know if i get you right, but still i can not cut as a whole 😞

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Here is an example, still in Revit 2022 as I don't have Revit 2021, but the principle is the same regardless of versions.  Thing is the composition of the adaptive components must done be in a family (can be an in-place family), then you can cut it as a whole in the project.

[yangshilun2012]

looks cool where can I have the dynamo script?

[yangshilun2012]

Thanks let me have a try now.

[yangshilun2012]

what is that blue wire and point grid? I dont know how to create it, do I need it?

[RDAOU]

@yangshilun2012 

@ToanDN  skipped the part where it should say they need to be in a family hosted on a divided surface/pattern (the blue wireframe) and what you will be cutting is the divided surface/pattern... otherwise what he is proposing will not work...but I guess he just cut it short since it has been already clarified in message #9 and #14 

[yangshilun2012]

ah i see, I am not sure rhinoinside allows me to create the adaptive components hosted on a divided surface/pattern，I will check it out. It seems the dynamo player is what I need, but it is not in my dynamo player list, where I can find it?