void in family to make hole in project

[ray salmon]

is it possibe to make a void in a family that after it is loaded into the
project will do it bollean effect on a wall or extruded object

my case in point here is I am building a very custom shower but the soap inset has to be cut into the wall.. if I do it in project it is fine but can't seem to make this work if it loaded from a family

also, another use would be a pier made in the family editor that would cut holes in the extruded solid in project representing the ground.
still just have Revit 2009

Ray

[Andre Carvalho]

Ray,

If you want your family to cut a wall, you have to model it as a wall based family and make sure the void cuts the wall in the family itself. You can't have a void from one family being inserted into the project and cut portions of another family.

On your second example, if you model the ground as a floor and model your family as a floor based element AND make sure that a void cuts the floor in the family, then it will cut the floor that's hosting your family in the project.

Andre Carvalho

[ray salmon]

wow, thats a great help...
thanks

not sure why I didn't think of this....

r