Void visibility parameter

[L.Maas]

A 'visibility' parameter that when set to false will leave the object uncut would make life much easier.

Regularly we use voids to create openings in objects. If we do not need a particular void for a family instance we have to set up parameters to make sure the void does not intersect with the object.

Also we use (nested) face based families that create holes in the host. If this object is optional and controlled by a visibility parameter and hide it you are left with a hole in the object of the host.

[pieter7]

Would make so many families so much easier!

[Anonymous]

It's possible to manipulate voids with dimensions, but it's a huge pain. What users need is an ON/OFF switch for Void cutting behavior.

This would save us a lot of trouble.

[pieter7]

This post is a duplicate to https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/void-visibility-parameter/idi-p/6456982

[itzalon]

yes

this

please

[casquatch]

Running into this again (have in the past). I'm using a nested face based family with a void in it. I'd like to be able to array as well as turn this nested element on/off and also eliminate the void within it. That isn't happening. Only the solids are disappearing while the void is still cutting the face that it's hosted to. Not ideal 

There is another Idea out there for the array options. Really I think these are somewhat tied together. Typically you'd have to create the element then nest it into another family to allow it to be parametric within the array. If we could do this with a void and control it's visibility within the array after it was nested, then things would be better.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/family-void-constrain-and-array/idi-p/7870977

I have also tried the workaround involving attaching the void to length parameters and pulling it out of the face. For some reason this doesn't work on the nested FB element. I have used this method in the past with active elements in the same family and it has worked well, but in this situation where I'm trying to have an array of elements cutting something else, it just isn't working.

[CRJFusco]

I am currently working on making an office library of families for my company based on standards we use. We are a precast company and for our doors and windows we provide a drip strip in the head of the openings but some clients do not need or require one. I think having the ability to have a simple yes/no for making a void be visible/created in the selected family. I have looked through the forums and have found many solutions but they all boil down to making your projects larger by having two families with/without void or duplicating your original extrution and have that have a visibility setting of yes or no.

Both to me seam like the worst way to solve this as like in coding if you repeat things to many times it means your making things more complicated then they need to be. Their should be a way to streamline this so your files dont get to out of hand size wise.

[dplumb_BWBR]

I use a dimension to move the Void in  & out of the object its cutting

[pieter7]

This was included in Revit 2021! Some limitations (no support for cutting host geometry), but still an amazing addition!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzTllh2XCI8

[harlan_brumm]

We are pleased to say that this has been implemented in Revit 2021.

-The Factory