Open cut out

[mphungDCHNW]

Hi,

I am trying to have another open cut out in my sweep sketch path however its not allowing me. I have tried creating a void extrusions but its not cutting through the sweep.

I was able to create one opening from the sweep.

Any Ideas is much appreciated 

[barthbradley]

You can't cut through it with any method. There are workarounds though.  Maybe a different rail at that location would be easiest.  Pretty much how it will be constructed in the real world. 

...or are you just trying to create an opening.   If so,  don't put a Rail there.   

[mphungDCHNW]

So should I make singles pieces? The rail itself I modeled in placed it 

[barthbradley]

In-Place?  So it's not done via the Railing tool?  If it's Modeled in place, then edit the In-Place Model and cut it with a Void there.  

Maybe I'm not reading you right.  Did you Model it using the Rail Tool. If so, Clipboard Copy/Paste Aligned to Same Place. Now you have two identical Railings overlapping. Edit each one and change the Sketch path so they don't overlap. Get it?   

[barthbradley]

....see edited post above.  

[ToanDN]

The void and the sweep should be in the same in place model.

Why don't you use railing?

[mphungDCHNW]

I modelled in place the railing and creating a plane or another generic object to be aligned with the plane and then created the void extrusion based off that plane but it still doesn't cut through the generic railing.

I think I might just create a custom railing sweep with the custom cut outs to match what I need unless there is a easier way.

[ToanDN]

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@mphungDCHNW wrote:

I modelled in place the railing and creating a plane or another generic object to be aligned with the plane and then created the void extrusion based off that plane but it still doesn't cut through the generic railing.

Void and sweep must be in the same in-place.

I think I might just create a custom railing sweep with the custom cut outs to match what I need unless there is a easier way.

Of course there is, it is called Railing.

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[barthbradley]

Maybe you mean something different by "In-Place" than I do. In-Place means the Railing was created via the Model In-Place tool under Component on the Architectural tab. Is that what you mean?  

[barthbradley]

An alternative to the Railing tool would be Curtain Walls.  Mullions for the rails and Empty System Panels for the space in-between.  

[mphungDCHNW]

With railing you also can't create multi cut out because it is in a closed loop hover you can cut/split the railing elements.

[mhiserZFHXS]

It sounds like you are really overthinking how to create railings... As pretty much everyone else is saying, use the railing tool. There is no "cut out" in real life. They are two separate railings. So model two separate railings.

[ToanDN]

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@mphungDCHNW wrote:

With railing you also can't create multi cut out because it is in a closed loop hover you can cut/split the railing elements.

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Yes you can use Split tool to split a railing to create a gap, or simply draw separate railings with a gap between them.