How do you make a void family in Revit?

Create a Void Family with an Elliptic Profile

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Create a new family using the Metric Generic Model face based.
Select the 3D Front view.
Click Create tab Datum panel (Reference Plane).
Place a new horizontal reference plane in the middle of the slab extrusion:
Select the new reference plane.
In the Properties palette:

How do you indicate a void in Revit?

Create a Void Form

On the Create tab Draw panel, select one of the drawing tools.
Click in the drawing area, and draw a closed loop that intersects solid geometry.
Select the closed loop.
Click Modify | Lines tab Form panel Create Form drop-down (Void Form).

How do you cut a void floor in Revit?

Open the Revit family with unattached voids and click Create tab Properties panel Family Category and Parameters. In the Family Category and Parameters dialog, select Cut With Voids when Loaded and click OK. Load the family into the project and place it. Click Modify tab Geometry panel Cut drop-down (Cut Geometry).

How do you add a void to a floor in Revit?

Click in the drawing area, and draw a closed loop that intersects solid geometry. Select the closed loop. Click Modify | Lines tab Form panel Create Form drop-down (Void Form). A void form extrusion is created.

How do you create a void form in Revit?

How do you cut a void in your family?

Cutting with voids in families when loaded

Open the Revit family with unattached voids and click Create tab Properties panel Family Category and Parameters.
In the Family Category and Parameters dialog, select Cut With Voids when Loaded and click OK.
Load the family into the project and place it.

What does cut with voids when loaded mean in Revit?

Autodesk Help. “Cut with Voids When Loaded: When selected, voids created in the family will cut through solids. The following categories can be cut by voids: ceilings, floors, generic models, roofs, structural columns, structural foundations, structural framing, and walls.”

How do you cut a nested family with a void?

Select the cut tool in the Modify tab. First select the element to be cut and then the family instance to be cut with. After all drawn and cut as said before, you should be able to load the nested family into the project environment.

What is deep void?

British English: void /vɔɪd/ NOUN. If you describe a situation or a feeling as a void, you mean that it seems empty because there is nothing interesting or worthwhile about it. When he went away, he left a very deep void in my life.

What is a wall void?

In exterior walls the void contains insulation, but is usually empty in interior walls. In kitchens and bathrooms wall voids can contain plumbing, and electric wires and cables are strung through most interior wall voids.

What are floor voids?

In construction, a floor void is typically a vertical opening or hole that is left in the floor construction either to accommodate services, or allow the installation of a staircase or, as an aesthetic feature.

How do you cut a void in nested family?

Option 1:

Select the cut tool in the Modify tab. First select the element to be cut and then the family instance to be cut with. Once cut is done, it should be seen like this:
After all drawn and cut as said before, you should be able to load the nested family into the project environment. Option 2:

Why is my void Orange in Revit?

From the book: “When you create a void form while in the Family Editor, it will appear in the 3D views as a transparent form and as orange lines in plan and elevation views, as long as it is not cutting any solid geometry.” So, if it’s not cutting anything, then it’ll be orange.