Ignoring Cuts With Voids Warning Importing from Advance Steel to Revit

Ignoring Cuts With Voids Warning Importing from Advance Steel to Revit

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Ignoring Cuts With Voids Warning Importing from Advance Steel to Revit

ebillips4SVD6
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I have a project that I'm trying to import into Revit from Advance Steel using the Advanced Steel extension for Revit. Whenever I import it though, it seems that almost every member I shortened using the "cut at object" command in Advance Steel is ignored by the importer. I receive a waring from Revit that all cuts with voids will be ignored when importing. When I recreate these beams by without using any cutting tools, they imported just fine.
My main concern about this isn't as much about simple beams since I can just avoid cutting them, but I don't know how else I'd model something like a cross brace without using a cutting command in Advance Steel before exporting. That said, all the cross braces I modeled and used a plate connector for appeared in Revit just fine. These were also shortened in the same manner.
Is this something I missed on the extension, or is it due to poor workflow in Advance Steel? I've only been working with Advance Steel for a week, so I wouldn't be surprised if I've been using workflows in ways that they weren't entirely intended to be. Any help is appreciated.

I attached screenshots of the Advanced Steel model and the Imported result in Revit.

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do either of these Knowledge Base articles reference your issue?

Unable to import the SMLX file in Revit, warning button OK inactive

 

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ebillips4SVD6
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They do not. I am able to import the SMXL and interact with the OK button. I'm also using Revit 2024, which the article says fixed the issue mentioned. All the beams that appear to have the cut with void warning are being created in Revit, they just aren't being created how they should be.

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What version of Revit 2024 are you running as this states it was fixed in 2024 and could be via an update?

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ebillips4SVD6
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I am running version 24.3.30.11. I downloaded the latest update from Autodesk's website to make certain that this was the same version and it is.
I also found yesterday that if I delete the joint connections in Advance Steel and then import the Revit that everything imports but all cuts made in AS are lost.

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jay_colc
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you could try orienting the cuts to another plane?

Beam ends not cut when importing an SMLX file from Advance Steel to Revit

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ebillips4SVD6
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I don't think so, but I could be wrong. The cut at object command determines the cut plane for me unless there's a way to change that I'm unaware of.

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Please refer to the following as it offers some guidance on acceptable cuts between the softwares.

Beam cut features missing when exporting SMLX from Advance Steel to Revit

 

Also are you using the Same Advanced Steel version as Revit?

Jay Colcombe

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ebillips4SVD6
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That's what it was. Any of the cuts from the features tool palette that would use a reference part to cut another part seem to cause the error. Thanks for your help!