Hey Esteban.. thanks. The void outline shouldn't be visible because the sink should be covering it. Can you see through the sink? Maybe check your view settings for the sink's category, is there a transparency override? If you don't find the solution there then maybe check the sink family. It may be that the sink's solid geometry is set to be hidden in plan view and there may be 2D lines only. If this is the case you can fix it either by selecting the sink geometry, click into Visibility / Graphics Overrides and make sure Plan is selected; or, in plan go to your annotate tab and create a masking region over the outline of the sink. Finish the masking region then send it behind your 2D lines... Hope something here helps... let me know
I notice that in this video, you are using release 2022. However, I have a need for this in projects which are created in earlier versions of Revit (specifically, v_2019). When I follow this procedure in v_2019 families, and then place them in the project, they still do not automatically cut the counter as they do in your video. However, I was able to make it work by placing the void in the face-based family, but not cutting the extrusion. Then, when I load the family into the project, I can make it work by using the "Cut Geometry" tool. Any ideas as to why this occurs? Am I missing something?
Hi Dan. I'm not sure why that wouldn't work in 2019 and unfortunately I no longer have 2019 installed to go check. However, assuming you did everything right and it didn't work, maybe try this workaround: Load the void you made into a new faced based family as a nested family then put your sink into that family as before. Let me know if it works.
Hey - this was hugely helpful but I'm having an issue with Revit 2024. It does not want to attach to a countertop to cut it. If I add it in a 3D view, the island disappears from the plan view. I'm uploading a screen grab, and tagging you in it, hopefully you can help (th-cam.com/video/ftr6dbYJ14U/w-d-xo.html)
Hi Thomas, thanks, that video query makes it very clear. What I didn't see though was a plan view of your countertop with no sink or void cut in it at all. Just want to eliminate the obvious first... I mean, if you delete that last sink (there was still one there) is the counter then visible in plan? If not, then obviously the sink isn't the issue.. Let me know
@@tg-at I created a new countertop and used the "workaround" to place the sink on the countertop, went back to plan view and the countertop disappeared again. If I delete the sink I put in, the countertop stays "hidden"
@@ThomasReynolds there may not be a straight forward answer to this as Revit 2024 is pretty new and may have bugs... The problem may be the countertop family (is it a family or model in place?)... If you do the same procedure with, say, a furniture family to host the sink with void do you get the same problem? If it is a bug then some little fiddly type solution might fix it.. something like delete the countertop then undo might work. The fact that the countertop won't host the sink from plan view though suggests to me that the problem is with the countertop family
@@tg-at I'll also submit to autodesk. It is the autodesk island countertop family that I'm putting the modified autodesk kitchen sink family with the void cut in.
Thanks, man.
I'm in the middle of a rush and your video helped me a lot.
Thanks for letting me know Franco.. It's great to hear that these videos are actually helping
Thank You so Much man!
Thanks for saying so! You're welcome
This is very helpful, Thank you 👍👍
Glad to hear it, thanks for letting me know and please feel free to submit requests for new explainer videos.
awesome video
👍
Thanks!
Hey great video thanks, I noticed that the void box is visible in the floor view, any way to disable it?
Hey Esteban.. thanks. The void outline shouldn't be visible because the sink should be covering it. Can you see through the sink? Maybe check your view settings for the sink's category, is there a transparency override? If you don't find the solution there then maybe check the sink family. It may be that the sink's solid geometry is set to be hidden in plan view and there may be 2D lines only. If this is the case you can fix it either by selecting the sink geometry, click into Visibility / Graphics Overrides and make sure Plan is selected; or, in plan go to your annotate tab and create a masking region over the outline of the sink. Finish the masking region then send it behind your 2D lines... Hope something here helps... let me know
Perfect!
Thanks!
Thank you so much
So welcome!
I notice that in this video, you are using release 2022. However, I have a need for this in projects which are created in earlier versions of Revit (specifically, v_2019). When I follow this procedure in v_2019 families, and then place them in the project, they still do not automatically cut the counter as they do in your video. However, I was able to make it work by placing the void in the face-based family, but not cutting the extrusion. Then, when I load the family into the project, I can make it work by using the "Cut Geometry" tool. Any ideas as to why this occurs? Am I missing something?
Hi Dan. I'm not sure why that wouldn't work in 2019 and unfortunately I no longer have 2019 installed to go check. However, assuming you did everything right and it didn't work, maybe try this workaround: Load the void you made into a new faced based family as a nested family then put your sink into that family as before. Let me know if it works.
Hey - this was hugely helpful but I'm having an issue with Revit 2024. It does not want to attach to a countertop to cut it. If I add it in a 3D view, the island disappears from the plan view. I'm uploading a screen grab, and tagging you in it, hopefully you can help (th-cam.com/video/ftr6dbYJ14U/w-d-xo.html)
Hi Thomas, thanks, that video query makes it very clear. What I didn't see though was a plan view of your countertop with no sink or void cut in it at all. Just want to eliminate the obvious first... I mean, if you delete that last sink (there was still one there) is the counter then visible in plan? If not, then obviously the sink isn't the issue.. Let me know
@@tg-at I created a new countertop and used the "workaround" to place the sink on the countertop, went back to plan view and the countertop disappeared again. If I delete the sink I put in, the countertop stays "hidden"
@@ThomasReynolds there may not be a straight forward answer to this as Revit 2024 is pretty new and may have bugs... The problem may be the countertop family (is it a family or model in place?)... If you do the same procedure with, say, a furniture family to host the sink with void do you get the same problem? If it is a bug then some little fiddly type solution might fix it.. something like delete the countertop then undo might work. The fact that the countertop won't host the sink from plan view though suggests to me that the problem is with the countertop family
@@tg-at I'll also submit to autodesk. It is the autodesk island countertop family that I'm putting the modified autodesk kitchen sink family with the void cut in.
I had the exact same thing happen in Revit 2024
That sink would never work, the water would end up everywhere…… duh 🙄
We will model a plug and a bucket to place under the sink in a future video