Void Holes at Beam Ends Appear Cut in Project (Structural Framing Family)

[aysegulcinar64]

Hello,

I am using Revit 2025 and working with a Structural Framing family (beam). I created holes using Void Extrusions inside the family.

Inside the Family Editor everything looks correct. However, when I load the family into the project, the holes at the start and end of the beam appear partially cut (as if they are intersecting with the beam end).

What I did:

• Created holes using Void Extrusion

• Created reference planes 147 mm from the beam ends

• Aligned and locked hole centers to those reference planes

• Middle holes are distributed using EQ constraints

• Double hole group works correctly

• In the 5-hole configuration, the first and last holes appear cut in the project

• Tried changing z Justification to Center

• Tried Disallow Join / Unjoin Geometry

The family looks correct in the Family Editor, but in the project the holes near the beam ends shift or appear trimmed.

My questions:

• What typically causes void holes in Structural Framing families to appear cut at the ends?

• Is this related to Location Line / Justification behavior?

• What is the correct way to constrain end holes in Structural Framing families so they remain stable in the project?

I have attached images for reference.

Thank you in advance.

[Ahmed_M_Heteba · Accepted solution]

as per the family template of Structural beam / braces the extrusion should start and end at the second line not the first 

try to adjust and see the results

[ctm_mka]

as Ahmed correctly stated, switch to the other ref planes, second is your "array offset" a type parameter?

[lauri_barnhart]

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[aysegulcinar64]

I did as you said and it fixed the problem in the file, but when I tried opening a new file, it didn't work. So I deleted the Member Left reference plane and replaced it with a new one, locking the beam to that new plane. That fixed it.

[aysegulcinar64]

Yes, array offset is a type parameter.