Beam to column face

[Grumple]

Hi all,

Is there any way to get the end of an angled beam to cut flush against the face of a column?

I guess it could be done with a void, but is there a proper parameter or tool anywhere?

Cheers : )

[patricks]

You'd probably have to add an angled void cut locked to a reference line with an angle instance parameter in the beam family itself.

[stephanschneller]

You could simply cut the beam on a (vertical) Reference Plane.

Regards,

Stephan

[Grumple]

Yea I was thinking of the 'build it in the family' option... Too much like hard work though!

Can't access Revit atm but I'll give the ref plane idea a go - Do you mean using the Cut Geometry tool?

[stephanschneller]

yes, 'cut geometry' should work for steel and precast concrete beams.

Regards,

[Grumple]

It won't even let me select the beam as 'Geometry'...

Not sure I've ever seen a ref plane used in this way, can you show an example?

[Grumple]

How can I get a void to cut a beam in Project?

I've got voids to cut model geometry before... But it won't let me select the beam when using 'cut geometry' in the in place void creation...

[sbrown]

You use the opening tool.

[Grumple]

oooh... I'll give it a go, thanks : )