How do I cut out the brick or stone veneer to a different height the the sheathing/studs/gyp of a wall? Thanks.
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How do I cut out the brick or stone veneer to a different height the the sheathing/studs/gyp of a wall? Thanks.
Hi, John. Welcome on your first post. As you've probably figured out, window families do not allow there to be an opening and a void cutting the host (wall). One solution could be a face-based generic model (converted to the window category) with a void cutting what you want. Attached is a family with a void in the rough shape you want. I made it with one void, but if you wanted to control the window opening and the lintel void separately, you could make them two voids. I set up some basic parameters, too, but again, these could be changed to meet your specific needs.
Or you could replace the default 'opening' with as many voids in as many shapes as you like ;-)
I have started to go this route but have come across one little problem. Basically, if you have two walls running parallel that touch each other and you join the geometry, a window with voids instead of an opening will only cut its host wall, it will not cut the additional wall that has been joined to it. At least that has been my recent experience. It is a pretty specific issue, but worth mentioning I think. An example would be an exterior wall with a furring strip that doesn't run the full length or height of the wall. You could probably create a wall type that could include both, but its easier to do it with two walls.Quote:
Originally Posted by bulletproofdesign
Anyway, like I said I use the void process, but I have begun integrating the nested void approach in conjunction with the opening because it seems to be more "natural" to Revit and doesn't cause the one problem I have encountered so far.