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Specialty Equipment family won't section correctly

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Sahay_R
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Specialty Equipment family won't section correctly

At my wits end with Specialty Equipment families. The first one - changed its category to Casework, nested it in a Specialty Equipment family, inserted it into a test project, and it sectioned beautifully. Next family from the same manufacturer - went through the exact same drill and it does not section! Feel free to point and laugh at the attached family, as long as you can give me the information needed to fix it.....


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Viveka_CD
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Hi @Sahay_R

Please edit the family and change its type value to a type that is not listed as "Non Cuttable" such as casework, then change the OmniClass Number to reflect your specialty equipment category.

OmniClass

Alternatively as a quick turnaround, you could try the following: create a 3D View,adjust the Section Box ,orient the 3D View to replicate the Section View and place on your sheet.

 

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Alfredo_Medina
als Antwort auf: Sahay_R

This is one of those things... you know... Some categories respond to section lines and some others ignore them. It is hard to accept, but... I assume it is for performance, considering, for example, that if mechanical ducts were "cuttable", Revit will take longer to regenerate a mechanical model.

 

However, I still think that the user should have some more power about deciding what categories can be cut or not, and when. It could be an option somewhere in the VG dialog box.

 

Anyway, for future reference, the categories that have a a gray cell under the cut pattern column in VG, will ignore section lines:

 

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Also, I wish there were some more freedom about what categories we can assign to adaptive families. For example, neon lights, sometimes they need to follow curves and irregular forms. If the user decides to model that neon light as a family with splines and points, Revit won't let the user choose the Lighting Fixture to the family. Someone already decided in advance that the list of possible categories for a family with the adaptive template must be only these, below. As a result of this, some families must remain in the "wrong category" because there is no way to put it in the proper category.

 

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Sahay_R
als Antwort auf: Alfredo_Medina

(sigh) - 

 

Here is what worked for me - a mix of both suggestions from @Alfredo_Medinaand @Viveka_CD.

 

For some magical reason, I was able to fix a recessed version of this same family. I CtrlC>>CtrlV-ed it in a new Casework wall based family, made the necessary tweaks, controlled visibility and Casework Object Styles, constrained it to the wall face, added parameters, then changed it to the Specialty Equipment category.

 

Completely magical experience. Once I have it figured out, I will write a lengthy, profound and intellectual treatise on the topic. Until then, I would like to forget that all this ever happened......


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