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Generic Model families can be a bit overbearing when it comes to visibility. Unfortunately, you can’t usually change the Show only if Instance is cut property for Generic Models… unless you switch the…
EDIT Current category guide post: https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/2013/09/new-crowdsourced-and-open-source.html In Revit, some families have Cut Dominance, some are Cuttable, and some respect various Vie…
Draw something with a cuttable category, like a Structural Column Draw a Reference Plan that intersects the element (even at an angle) Use Cut Geometry and click the element and then click the Plane v…
Have you struggled with the Show only if Instance is cut option in the family element visibility settings. Was it grayed out? The following highlighted categories (wall hosted) have ‘Show only if Inst…
One easy way to determine if a family Category is Cuttable is by looking in the Object Styles dialog box. If there is a gray box in the ‘Cut’ column, that Category is not cuttable. See image below (fr…
You want to know which families are cuttable and which are not. Revit 2011 help gives the answer: Cuttable families (link):CaseworkCeilingsColumnsCurtain Wall PanelsDoorsFloorsGeneric ModelsRoofsSiteS…