Nest a void in a window family.

I've created a void loaded it into my window family and it cut's the wall, but when I load it into a wall to test it the voids doesn't cut the wall.

Any suggestions would be extremely welcome.

Regards, Paul.

All cuts have to be done in the main family. Nested families will cut in the host famiy, but vanish when loaded into a project.

Aaron, thanks for the reply. The only problem with this is the window was made using an opening and you cant have a void and an opening in the same family, and when I change the openings in the family for a void the family wont load into a project.

Regards, Paul.

Ignore the previous post as I have sorted it out, the only question I have is can you control the void with a yes/no parameter.

Ignore previous post, just done a bit of digging and found out you can't.

Paul.

I assume by asking about controlling the void with a yes/no parameter that you are hoping to turn the void "on and off"? You can't do that since a void isn't really "visible"... You can however use yes/no parameter to determine whether the void extends far enough to actually cut the object. If you place your void on a reference plane in front of your object you can toggle the length/depth of the void to either cut or not cut the object by assigning a Yes/No parameter and a formula to the depth of the void...or to a second reference plane that the void is locked to.

Check out the sash example I posted in THIS THREAD

Thank's for that Steve, will take look at that.

Regards, Paul.