User:pvillella

Hi Kevin, Can you explain, then, the purpose of allowing a user to change a line in a profile family to 'Invisible'? As you pointed out, whether you make it invisible or not, Revit still shows all profile lines in the project, as they are all edge defining (the very nature of a profile). If it's not possible to hide those edges at the profile level, why give us the option to make the lines invisible in the family to begin with? Also, even though they are edge defining, we still have the ability to use the Linework tool in the project to make the profile edges invisible. It would be nice to be able to do that automatically at the profile family level, like we are wanting, instead of having to hide the lines manually. Thanks for your feedback. Patrick Villella, LEED AP AEC Consultant CADsoft Consulting

@pvillella, thanks a lot for your thought on this function.Currently, it only supports these categories. I am not sure the detail reason for this. You can report what you think about this function in Autodesk Feedback Site or post in AUGI Revit wish list. Thanks. Autodesk Feedback Site: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=1109794 AUGI Revit Wish Lists http://forums.augi.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1090

@lanl, I appreciate the updates. I see now that it does, in fact, apply to in place components, as you say, but that the family category needs to be one of the classes that you mention. Thank you for the clarification. I find the parameter, 'Cut with Voids When Loaded' to be confusing and counter-intuitive. The fact that this parameter is an option even for families that WON'T be cut by the void, such as Casework, Furniture, etc. is confusing. I realize that this parameter is actually referring to the fact that the family WILL cut other families, but that isn't clear by its name. So a Furniture family can have a void in it which can cut a Generic Model family, but a Furniture family would not be cut by a void in a Generic Model family. I understand this now, but the language and methodology seems like it could be improved. Do any other users have at thought on this? One last comment: why am I limited in which family category I can cut? Creating a counter top as a generic model is not a good practice. A sink (plumbing fixture family) should be able to cut through a counter top that is defined as casework. In fact, the out of the box families for kitchen counters that ship with Revit are all configured as Casework, as they should be. Creating the counter top as a generic model just to take advantage of the cut feature will impact schedules, visibility graphics, linework, etc. Can you explain why Furniture and Casework can't be cut by the void? PS - I'm editing my original post, so as not to confuse anyone. -Patrick Villella, LEED AP, CADsoft Consulting AEC Technical Consultant

@lanl, I appreciate the updates. I see now that it does, in fact, apply to in place components, as you say, but that the family category needs to be one of the classes that you mention. Thank you for the clarification. I find the parameter, 'Cut with Voids When Loaded' to be confusing and counter-intuitive. The fact that this parameter is an option even for families that WON'T be cut by the void, such as Casework, Furniture, etc. is confusing. I realize that this parameter is actually referring to the fact that the family WILL cut other families, but that isn't clear by its name. So a Furniture family can have a void in it which can cut a Generic Model family, but a Furniture family would not be cut by a void in a Generic Model family. I understand this now, but the language and methodology seems like it could be improved. Do any other users have at thought on this? One last comment: why am I limited in which family category I can cut? Creating a counter top as a generic model is not a good practice. A sink (plumbing fixture family) should be able to cut through a counter top that is defined as casework. Creating the counter top as a generic model just to take advantage of the cut feature will impact schedules, visibility graphics, linework, etc. Can you explain why Furniture and Casework can't be cut by the void? PS - I'm editing my original post, so as not to confuse anyone. -Patrick Villella, LEED AP, CADsoft Consulting AEC Technical Consultant