About Cuttable Families

If a family is cuttable, the family displays as cut when the cut plane of a view intersects that family in all types of views.

In the Family Element Visibility Settings dialog, there is an option called When cut in Plan/RCP. This option determines if family geometry is shown when the cut plane intersects that family.

For example, in door families, the geometry for plan swing is set to be shown when the door is cut in plan views and not shown when the door is not cut.

This option is never made available and is never selected for non-cuttable families. For some cuttable families, the option is made available, and you can select it. For other cuttable families, the option is never made available, but it is always selected.

The following table lists cuttable families and whether the option is made available for that family.

Note: Not Applicable means the category is a system family that cannot be made from a family template.

Cuttable Family Category	Cut in Plan/RCP Made Available
Baluster	Yes
Casework	Yes
Ceilings	Not Applicable
Columns	Yes
Curtain Wall Panels	No
Doors	Yes
Floors	Not Applicable
Generic Models	No
Roofs	Not Applicable
Site	Yes
Structural Columns	Yes
Structural Foundations	Yes
Structural Framing	Yes
Topography	No
Walls	Not Applicable
Windows	Yes