Revit How to Cut a Component Family with an In Place Family

This probably isn’t something that comes up very often, but in case it ever does, here is a way that you can cut a component family.

We can’t use a void to cut a family, but we can use an in-place family to cut a component family.

Note:

This may not apply in all family type categories.

Process
In the example below I placed a couple of out of the box desks in my view 

• I’m going to create a Model in-Place family to cut them with.
• From the Architecture tab, Build panel, select the arrow under Component, Model In-Place  
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• Name the family and select Extrusion
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• Draw the extrusion and define the size and material then finish.
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• To cut the Desks with that solid
  • From the Modify tab, Geometry panel, select the Cut tool
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  • Select the item you want to cut (the desk)
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  • Then what you want to cut it with (the cylinder).  Repeat for second desk.
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  • The result will look like this
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• You don’t want to see the outline of the cylinder so either right click and hide or a better method is to create a subcategory (in Object Styles) and assign it to the element so you can control it in visibility graphics.
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    For a video on this process:
    https://share.vidyard.com/watch/PmTjF8ESgSkbBuQJwuQdt9? 

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Sr. Technical Support Specialist, Building<br><br>Sherry is a certified Autodesk Building Solutions Technical Support Specialist at IMAGINiT. She has been a speaker at several AUGI Cad Camps and a co-speaker at Autodesk University. She is also a certified expert in Revit Architecture. She has 30 plus years of experience in the Architectural field and supports all the Autodesk Building Solutions software. She began her career with us as an Application Engineer conducting training, product demonstrations, and implementation services. She now focuses her knowledge and dedication to the National Solution Center here at IMAGINiT.

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