Section Cut plane issues when linking Revit Structure4

[psanoor]

I have linked a revit structural drawing to the revit architectural drawing. In VG/Revit Links, I have set view parameters 'by host view'. In the architectural drawings, the primary view range is set as following - Top :7', Cut Plane: 4'6", Bottom : 1'0" and the View Depth is set at 4'6".

But I am seeing the whole structural cross brace (see attached section drawing for cross brace) in the plan, instead of just till the 4'6" section cut plane, set in the architectural drawing. Is there some other setting I am missing ?

We have tried manipulating the structural drawing view parameters, but the cross brace is visible only in section. Is this a bug between Revit 9.1 and structure 4 or is there something we are missing here ?

[dbaldacchino]

I believe that's by design. The same thing happens with sloping walls (they show beyond the cut plane & View Depth settings). For the brace condition it would make sense to me. Typically you'd show bracing in plan with symbolic representation so you can understand where the bracing is tied to and in which direction it's going.

[psanoor]

but we just want the plans to have the cut plane for the brace at 4'6", just like the walls or the window !

[dbaldacchino]

As I said, it is by design. File a Support Request if it doesn't work for you.

[JohnCAVogt]

but we just want the plans to have the cut plane for the brace at 4'6", just like the walls or the window !
Lots of things do not cut in Revit. As dbaldacchino says, this is by design. For instance, you never want a section through a toilet - you always want it to show as an elevation even if your section cut plane goes through it. This behavior is set per category. Structural engineers do not want braces cut. They don't show them that way. Architects using a structural model from a consultant, if they want diagonal braces shown cut, have to turn off the vertical braces from the linked structural model and draw their own braces with a category that does show cut. Make a family based on "Generic Model line based.rft" and add your extrusion flat along the line. You get something that is as easy to draw in elevation as a true structural brace, and it shows cut at the floor plan view cut plane. I can give you the family I use if you're not so good with the family editor, yet.