Revit Cut Roof With Reference Plane

Having trouble cutting trimming two arched cambered cellular beams where they intersect see attached screenshot.

Revit cut roof with reference plane.

For example use cut geometry to cut a column to a certain height or to stop a beam at a wall. Use the cut geometry tool to cut a structural member with a plane. Select the reference plane. Click modify tabgeometry panelcut drop down cut geometry.

To cut a beam at a wall create a reference plane in the plane of the wall where you want the cut to occur. Various methods to upgrade your office rft files to 2013. Naming reference planes makes it easier to track their. In the work plane dialog select the reference plane name you just created and click ok.

Use cut geometry and click the element and then click the plane. To align roof ridges use the align tool. Detailed review of reference planes beam and roof systems. Go to end view of roof elevation face on to new named ref plane select roof by extrusion the select new named ref plane from drop box.

Reference plane creates a reference plane using drawing tools. This method is worth learning so when plane moves everything goes with it. Split face divides the face of an element into regions for application of different materials. Select the reference plane and on the properties palette enter a name for the plane.

Have tried opening by face etc. Split element cuts an element such as a wall or line at a selected point. That is the vertical reference planes on the left and right hand side of the image. Open the 3d view and click architecture tab work plane panel set.

And cannot for the life of me figure out a way to cut the intersecting beam. I have actually selected the left hand reference plane you can see that i have also named it roof start. Non cuttable reference plane structural post navigation. 1 create another named ref plane in plan view so as to draw the roof profile roughly at end of roof image 1 2.

I just tested it again on revit 2013 and it does work. Select the beam to be cut. Trim extend to corner trims or extend one or more elements to form a corner.