Families - Cuttable versus Non-cuttable

Cuttable families will show a profile via heavy line depending on where your section cut plane exists.  Non-cuttable will show up in their entirety if any portion of the family exists beyond (in front of) or cut by the cut plane.

Not Cuttable families - always shown in projection views:

Arch/MEP Families

• Balusters
• Detail Items
• Electrical Equip.
• Electrical Fixtures
• Entourage
• Furniture
• Furniture Systems
• Lighting Fixtures
• Mechanical Equip.
• Parking
• Planting
• Plumbing Fixtures
• Specialty Equip.

Structural Families

• Detail Items
• Entourage
• Mechanical Equip.
• Parking
• Planting
• Plumbing Fixtures
• Specialty Equipment

Cuttable Families - family displays as cut when the view cut plane intersects that family in referenced view:

• Casework*
• Columns*
• Curtain Wall Panels
• Doors*
• Generic Models
• Site*
• Structural Columns*
• Structural Foundations*
• Structural Framing*
• Topography
• Windows*

Cuttable System Families:

• Ceilings
• Floors
• Roofs
• Walls

*visibility of cut view can be controlled to show symbolic lines (ie door) in lieu of family geometry when cut.