Unjoining Geometry; Splitting Walls And Lines - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

Structural elements cut host elements (walls, roofs, ceilings, and floors).
Floors, ceilings, and roofs cut walls.
Gutters, fascias, and slab edges cut other host elements. Cornices do not cut any elements.
To join geometry:
1 Click Tools menu
2 If you want to join the first selected geometry instance to several other instances, select Multiple
3 Select the first geometry to join (for example, a wall face).
4 Select the second geometry to join to the first (for example, an edge of a floor).
5 If you selected Multiple Join, continue selecting other geometry to join to the first.
6 To exit the tool, click Modify or press ESC.

Unjoining Geometry

Use the Unjoin Geometry tool to remove a join (between 2 or more elements) that was applied using the
Join Geometry tool. For information on the kinds of elements that can be joined and unjoined with these
tools, see Joining Geometry
To unjoin geometry:
1 Click Tools menu
2 Select the geometry to unjoin.
3 To exit the tool, click Modify or press ESC.

Splitting Walls and Lines

Use the Split Walls and Lines tool to cut walls or lines at a selected point, or to remove segments between
2 points.
To split walls and lines:
1 Click Tools menu
2 If desired, select Delete Inner Segment on the Options Bar. When you select this option, Revit
3 Click the wall or line at the point you wish to split. If you selected Delete Inner Segment, click
Join Geometry, or click
Join on the Options Bar. If you do not select this option, you must make a first and second
selection each time.
NOTE If you join solids in the Family Editor, you can apply a Visibility (on/off) parameter only to the
entire joined geometry, not to the sub-elements that were joined. Use TAB to toggle to the combined
geometry.
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Unjoin Geometry, or click
Split Walls and Lines, or click
Architecture removes the segment of the wall or line between selected points.
at another point to remove a segment.
on the Tools toolbar.
on the Tools toolbar.
(Split) on the Tools toolbar.
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