Batch Cut
Cut model elements with void or solid family instances in bulk, remove cuts, and clean up the cuts that remove nothing, with a geometry check before anything is written.
Choose cutters and targets by project, view, selection or pick, and the tool checks each pair’s geometry: a cut is kept only when the target’s volume really drops. Preview runs the real operation and rolls it back, so the Removed volume you see is the one you’ll get.
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Workflow
How it works
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Mode and method
Cut, Remove cuts or Clean up ineffective cuts. Method: Auto (void, else solid), Void cut only or Solid cut only. Check: Geometry (keep real cuts only) or Bounding box only; tolerance 0–1,000 mm.
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Cutters
Family types from the whole project, active view or selection, each marked void, solid, void + solid or cannot cut (with the hint “Cut with Voids When Loaded”). Generic Models and Structural Connections by default, or all model categories.
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Targets
Whole project, active view, selection or Pick in Revit…; groups and assemblies expand to their members. Only categories Revit can cut are listed, with counts.
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Preview and Apply
Every pair shows Status, Removed volume, Reason, Method and Action. Select targets, Select cutters or Zoom to. The button reads Apply cuts, Remove cuts or Clean up cuts; one undo step named after the run.
Capabilities
What’s inside
Geometry, not boxes
Bounding-box checks cut every element whose box touches a cutter and leave dead cut relations behind. Geometry mode keeps a cut only if volume is removed.
Clean-up mode
Finds existing cuts that remove nothing and clears them: in a test model, 7 removed and 6 real cuts kept.
Cutters can be cut
Let cutters be targets too, and include group members when you need to.
Fast analysis
A real model with 1,052 cutters and 3,975 pairs analysed in 1.8 s.
Retries that skip only the refused
If Revit names elements in an error, those pairs are dropped and the run retried.
Report and history
Copy or export CSV; the last 100 runs are kept.
Safety guarantees
- Every pair is re-checked before writing
- Asks first above 200 pairs
- Multi-placed groups, nested instances and borrowed elements are skipped up front with a reason
- Mesh-only targets are cut but noted “not verified”
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Tutorials
Learn Batch Cut
Tutorials for this tool are on the way.