Hole in Strip footing

[Anonymous]

Hi,

is there a way to draw a hole of a certain depth in RC strip footing?

Something like this:

Regards!

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

This can be done with a Generic Model face based family.  Create the void shape you need and cut it from the provided object and you should be able to cut the footing.

Perhaps a video would help: Revit 2017 - Cutting a hole in a footing

[barthbradley]

If you are in the project, use @Anonymous approach by modeling the void and cutting the footing with it using in-place component method. Set your work plane to the top face of the footing.  

[Anonymous]

Thanks, it did the job!

...thought there's something much more faster! ......:-(

[ToanDN]

There are some basic rules with using voids to cut elements:

- System elements (walls, floors, pads, roofs, strip footing) can be cut by in-place voids and voids in loadable families

- Loadable elements (columns, beams, isolated footing, etc..) can only be cut by voids in face based loadable families

* Exceptions:  System face based opening tool can also cut floors, ceilings, roofs, columns and beams, but not walls and footings.